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Vaja
 (09-006.03-F) -  Shelf Number: MDV 118
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Date: July 1, 2008

Participants: Galambos, Zoltan. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger.

Location recorded: Vaja, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary

Language: Yiddish

Culture Group: Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Hungarians

 Recording Content:   

The recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Zoltan Galambos. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 117)

00:00:00 Galambos chants "Avinu Malkeinu" (prayer recited on Rosh Hashanah). He then addresses customs on Rosh Hashanah and recalls a Yiddish saying.
00:02:34 Galambos addresses prewar Sukkot celebrations.
00:03:15 Galambos answers questions about cultural terminology and addresses prewar religious and healing customs.
00:06:50 Galambos speaks about his life today and regional geography.
00:09:47 Galambos addresses prewar occupational structure in Jewish Vaja. He also mentions the local wine production, before talking about prewar Shavuot and Sabbath food customs.
00:18:08 Galambos speaks about his life today. He then addresses prewar Passover celebrations, including differences regarding Ashkenazi and Sephardi customs.
00:21:50 Galambos recites Purim shpiels. He then speaks about his visit to Israel approximately eight years ago.
00:28:39 Galambos discusses his childhood memories, before he sings "Habeit mishamayim" (look from heaven) in Yiddish. Galambos heard the song in 1948 in Pest, performed by a Polish theater troupe.
00:31:00 Galambos sings "Papirene kinder" (paper children; the title song of the movie "A brivele der mamen") and speaks about his life today.
00:33:16 Galambos shows family photographs and speaks about his family. He shows again the photograph when his family was forced to move from Vaja to Kisvárda on April 17, 1944.
00:38:24 Galambos shows a copy of the Haggadah.
00:40:22 Galambos speaks about religious customs.
00:42:17 Galambos chats the with the team about America, Israel and Romania.
00:50:52 End of recording.