Szépszerével & Joanna Mieszkowicz
Csángó Festival in POLAND

The Csángó Festival in Poland is the fruit of Polish-Hungarian friendship, the flourishing of the dance
house movement and at the same time traditional culture: we dance, make music and sing together.
The fusion of temperaments and the explosion of joy in making music and dancing together create
ideas for future editions of the Festival.

We are happy to join festivals and other events realised in a similar spirit to the All Mazurkas of the
World Festival in Warsaw
or the Song of Our Roots Festival in Jarosław.

We propose various forms of our activity:

  • dance parties
  • workshops
  • concerts
  • presentations on czango culture
  • events for families with children
  • event moderation and translations
  • promotion
  • exhibitions

OUR MISSION AND VALUES:


The green standards of the Csángó Festival includes:

  • Presentation of traditional folk music played on traditional instruments and in the manner handed down by the masters according to the methods of the Hungarian Dance Houses listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO since 2011;
  • All concerts and dances are performed with live music, with as little artificial sound systems as possible;! We avoid high stages, air-conditioning, unhealthy artificial lighting, unnecessary paper prints, and waste production and smoking;
  • We rely on and encourage land-based public transport, caravans and, locally, cycling and walking;
  • We choose venues with good transport connections to the city, the region and different parts of Poland;
  • We present the cultural heritage of ethnic minorities; !We present and promote our culinary heritage! We focus on locally produced, locally grown, small environmental footprint, chemical-free, less meaty food and drinks;
  • We support grassroots art, ecological and educational initiatives;
  • We implement solutions friendly to people with disabilities;
  • We connect generations – we welcome everyone from little babies with their parents to seniors;
  • We bring nations and generations together in the name of shared values – peace, dialogue, caring for nature.

Want to know more? see our activities under the Festival tab and contact us.

Welcome to the circle.

Patron of the Festival – Mária Petrás

We are happy to announce that the honorary patron of the Czango Festival has become a person who has been supporting our mission with great dedication for years – Mária Petrás.

Ever since I met the organizers of the Czango Festival in Poland, I have loved the sheer dedication with which they treat the culture of my small nation (Csángóság) and the way they work tirelessly to make our Polish brothers and sisters get to know and love it. Thank you for the honor of being the honorary patron of the Czango Festival in Poland. So far I have done my best to revitalize the Chango culture, and I will continue to do so in the future, God willing. I wish you good luck and God’s Power in accomplishing this noble task! – Mária Petrás says.

The support of our patroness is an invaluable inspiration that strengthens our determination to bring the Chango culture closer and nurture ties between our peoples.

Our team


“Hungary and Poland are two eternal oaks, each of them shot up with a trunk separate and distinct, but their roots, widely spread under the surface of the earth and tangled and knit together invisibly. Hence the existence and blackness of one is to the other a condition of life and health.”

Joanna Mieszkowicz
Joanna Mieszkowicz

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
CSÁNGÓ FESTIVAL IN POLAND

joanna.mieszkowicz@gmail.com

+48 693 589 391

Gergely Sámsondi
Gergely Sámsondi

co-organiser and coordinator of the Hungarian section, architect and musician

kisecsetskg@gmail.com

Gyulai Farkas
Farkas Gyulai

co-organiser and assistant coordinator of the Hungarian part, musician

D.Asman-Wierzbicka
Dominika Asman-Wierzbicka

Creating the website, project administration

Monika Karvazy
Monika Karvazy

Hungarian Language Translator

Agnieszka Świątek

Festival promotion specialist

Maja Cieszyńska
Maja Cieszyńska 

Social media coordinator

Cultural studies student

Lena Kubacka
Lena Kubacka

Volunteer

Cultural studies student

Zuzia Maciejewska
Zuzanna Maciejewska

Volunteer

Cultural studies student

Zuzanna Antoniak
Zuzanna Antoniak

Volunteer

Cultural studies student

Oliwia Kalczyńska
Oliwia Kalczyńska

Volunteer

Cultural studies student

In previous years, we have collaborated with, among others:

Czarli Bajka

festival graphic design
2022- 2023

Dorota Wilczyńska-Sztyma

Promotion and author of commemorative folk sculptures 2023 – 2023

Justyna Permus-Sałańska

Curator of the exhibition by Julia David -2023

Photo authors

Ewa Jurkiewicz
Maciej Sarna

Adam Zakrzewsk

Grzegorz Tomasik
Ota Nèpily