Parno Graszt - Évzáró koncert
Concert attended in 2018
Akvárium Klub, Budapest
From Wikipedia:
Parno Graszt is a Roma (i.e. "Gypsy") music ensemble from Paszab, Hungary founded in 1987. "Parno Grast" means "white horse" in the Romany language, with "graszt" using the Hungarian orthography 'sz' for 's'. In the Roma culture white is symbol of purity and horse is a symbol of freedom.
They sing in Hungarian as well as in Romani, exchange the language in one song or sing in both languages at the same time. All the inhabitants of the village are singers and dancers, and the band has ten members, but there are twenty musicians and sometimes a ten-member dance group. The orchestra has gathered its roots in the immediate surroundings of Paszab Szatmár and its surroundings, and the band still lives here, far from the noise and fast-moving fashion of big cities. Their music thus preserved its ancient, lively character, and the band's sincere, direct nature.