Christian Roma Musicking in Hungary

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52413/mm.2024.37

Keywords:

Roma culture, religion, roma missions, Roma musicking, Hungary

Abstract

In this article, we investigate Romani musicians and Romani religious musicking, a previously under-researched facet of Roma musicking. We detail the emergence of Romani religious music and its distinctive features, explore its evolution over the past fifty years, and identify the earliest Roma religious musicians in Hungary. Furthermore, this study will highlight the significance of Romani religious music in the process of Romani conversion, the emergence of a Christian Romani collective identity, and the development of Romani relations and inculturation. In addition to historical sources and literature, our study draws on personal field experiences and interviews with Roma believers in Baptist, Catholic, Pentecostal-Charismatic, and Free Christian congregations in Békés, Budapest, Szeged, Szendrőlád, Csatka, and Uszka.

Author Biographies

István Povedák, Institute for Theoretical Studies, MOME – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary

István Povedák is an associate professor at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary. He completed degrees in History, Religious Studies, and European Ethnology at the University of Szeged, and holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from ELTE, Budapest. His publications examine Romani vernacular religious practices (https://doi.org/10.32436/2475-6423.1075), re-enchantment in Central and Eastern Europe (https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2023.2277021), contemporary spirituality (https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2021500303), neo-paganism (ISBN: 978-3-643-91110-0), and everyday neonationalism in Hungary (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88392-8_4).

Kinga Povedák, HUN-REN-SZTE “Convivence” Religious Pluralism Research Group, University of Szeged, Hungary

Kinga Povedák is an associate professor at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Szeged, Hungary. She holds an MA in European Ethnology and American Studies, and a PhD in Modern History from the University of Szeged. Her research focuses on religious modernization through the phenomenon of popular Christian music in Hungary (https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12060438), vernacular Christian musical practices (https://doi.org/10.32436/2475-6423.1066), the Pentecostalization of religious musicking (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59656-3_10), religious underground movements in Communist Eastern Europe (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003380597), and religion and securitization (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003380597).

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2024-11-27

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Vol. 3 (2024)

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Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"

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