Cantavir
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Hungarians in Vojvodina
Hungarians are the second largest ethnic group in the Vojvodina province in northern Serbia. According to the 2002 census, there are 290,207 ethnic Hungarians in Vojvodina who compose 14.28% of the provincial population. The number of ethnic Hungarians in the whole of Serbia is 293,299, and their...
ethnic majority in the autonomous province of Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is situated in the municipality of Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, North Bačka District
North Backa District
North Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the Bačka region in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 200,140...
. The population of the village is 7,178 (2002 census). The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture and stock breeding.
Historical population
- 1921: 8,969
- 1931: 11,287
- 1948: 9,397
- 1953: 9,262
- 1961: 9,341
- 1971: 9,085
- 1981: 8,596
- 1991: 7,940
School and culture
There is an elementary school in Čantavir.This school have had a very famous children choir conducted by Éva Gubena music teacher (she got the prize "Sparkle of Culture" at year 2001 st).
At year 1995th, previous members of famous children's choir, (Bodor/ Huszár/ Melinda, Barkóci/ Juhász/ Szilvia, Pósa/ Faragó/ Gabriella, Sándor/ Pósa/ Csilla, Poljaković/ Zabos/ Marianna) have had start a ladies choir "Primavera" under conductor of Éva Gubena.
From 1996 "Primavera" became a mixed voice chamber choir "Musica Viva". They've tried to bring a live music to the hearts of their audience on concerts, festivals and other events. On their programme there are numerous compositions from all area of a musical history.