Palóc
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The Palóc are a subgroup
of the Magyars in Northern Hungary
. While Palócs have retained distinctive traditions, including a very apparent dialect of Hungarian
, Palócs are also ethnic Hungarians by general consensus.
Although their origins are unclear, the Palóc seem to be the descendants of the Khazar, Kabar
, Pechenegs and Cuman tribes. The Cumans, who were called Polovtsy in Slav sources, which later became Palóc. Although similar to the Magyars in origins and culture, they were considered distinct groups by the Turks.
The first written record of the word "palóc" as the name of a people appears in the Mezőkövesd
register in 1784. The writings of Kálmán Mikszáth
gave new prominence to the people in 1882 with his work The Good People of Palóc.
The Palóc village of Hollókő
was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Subgroup
In group theory, given a group G under a binary operation *, a subset H of G is called a subgroup of G if H also forms a group under the operation *. More precisely, H is a subgroup of G if the restriction of * to H x H is a group operation on H...
of the Magyars in Northern Hungary
Northern Hungary
Northern Hungary is a region in Hungary. As a statistical region it includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, but in colloquial speech it usually also refers to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. The region is actually in the north-eastern part of the country, but the northwestern...
. While Palócs have retained distinctive traditions, including a very apparent dialect of Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, Palócs are also ethnic Hungarians by general consensus.
Although their origins are unclear, the Palóc seem to be the descendants of the Khazar, Kabar
Kabar
The Khavars or erroneously Kabars were Khazarians, therefore Turkic people who joined to the Magyars in the 8th century.- History :...
, Pechenegs and Cuman tribes. The Cumans, who were called Polovtsy in Slav sources, which later became Palóc. Although similar to the Magyars in origins and culture, they were considered distinct groups by the Turks.
The first written record of the word "palóc" as the name of a people appears in the Mezőkövesd
Mezokövesd
Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger.-History:The area has been inhabited since the Great Migration. It's likely that the first Hungarian settlement was formed here shortly after the conquest of Hungary, but in 1275 in a church...
register in 1784. The writings of Kálmán Mikszáth
Kálmán Mikszáth
Kálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó was a major Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician.-Biography:Mikszáth was born in Szklabonya, Upper Hungary into a family of the lesser nobility...
gave new prominence to the people in 1882 with his work The Good People of Palóc.
The Palóc village of Hollókő
Hollóko
Hollókő is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary, part of the World Heritage. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian.- Location :The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 91.1 kilometres northeast from Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies in a valley of Cserhát Mountains,...
was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.