529 Hortobágy Landowners and horsemen on the Hortobágy plain. Régi gazdák és csikósok

magyarul lsd. lent When János was starting out as an apprentice wrangler, the old system, predating the Soviet collectives, was still in place, under which the farmers would hire a chief herdsman [számadó] to oversee their herds, who would also bear financial responsibility for the animals. We asked János about this period, and about the relationship between the herders and the landowners at that time. Excerpt from the interview: The landowners had a good relationship with the horsemen. When they came out to inspect their animals, they drove around their carriages visiting every herd, herdsman and horseman where they had livestock. Everywhere they left a demijohn of wine, and some unrendered lard. There were even landowners who brought chicken stew and smoked sausage. But there were also miserly landowners who didnt bring anything, who didnt reach under the seat when they came. The herdsmen weren't so friendly towards them. They called them skinflints. During the forming of the collectives in the 1950s and 1960s, the state authorities confiscated the animals or forced the landowners to hand them over to the collective farms. --------------------------------------- János bá mikor kezdő csikósbojtár volt, még meg volt a szovjet típusú kollektivizálás előtti régi rendszer, hogy a gazdák fogadták meg a számadó csikóst. Erről a korszakról ill. a az egykori gazdákkal való kapcsolatról kérdeztük: Kivonat a beszélgetésből: A gazdák jóban voltak a pásztorokkal. Mikor kijöttek ...

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YouTube | April 4, 2008

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