Our partners Boldi and Mesi Paladi-Kovacs, and students from Csillagszeműek Anglia (http://csillagszemu.uk/english/), introduce us to the Cifra, one of the most fundamental folk dances/dance steps in Hungary.

If you're enthusiastic about traditional Hungarian folk culture -- as well you should be -- you'll definitely enjoy a folk dance party called the táncház. Inspired by the Transylvanian tradition of holding dances in people's homes, the modern Hungarian táncház ("tánc" means "dance" and "ház" means "house") might take place in a house or in a special dance hall reserved for the occasion. During the event everyone participates, from the littlest dancers on up, learning folk dances not just of Magyar origin, but derived from ethnic groups from all over the former Hungarian empire.