Figure 1.--These Hungarian folk outfits were labeled Magyar népviseletek: Dunaszekcső. The children are from the Gyermeksvábbál school. |
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Hungary until after World War II was a largely agrarian country. We believe folk styles were still widely worn in the country side, especially before World War I. Hungary until 1918 was governened by Austrians. There was a constitutional change in 1867 when a dual monarch was established for the Empire. I'm not sure at this timre how this affected folk fashion. We have, however, few real details. We do note that there was not one Hungarian national folk costume. Rather there was a wide variety of folk costumes from the different regions of Hungary.. We have very limited information on the different styles, but have begun to collect some information. There are not only different Hungarian folk costumes, but costumes of ethnic minorities within Hungary. Hopefully our Hungarian readers will provide us more information here.
These Hungarian folk outfits were labeled Magyar népviseletek: Dunaszekcső. The children are from the Gyermeksvábbál school.
Here we see farmer children in Mikepércs, near Debrecen during the 1910s. They are wearing characteristic hats. This seems to have been a popular style in Hungary. We also notice some of the boys wearing skirts. We are not sure how common that was in Hungary. It may have been more common in rural than urban areas.
Prussta is an arid, almost treeless steppe-like plain in eastern Hungary. We have found a German postcard labeled "Kinder of Pussta. It was part of a series. We think that meant a series on European children, not a series on Pussta itself. Strangely there are Yiddish characters on the card. We are not sure why this was as we do not see any distinvtively Jewish aspects to the way the children are dressed.
We note the Gyermeksvábbál school in Hungary which incourages its students to dress up in folk costumes.
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