Pole and Hungarian cousins be

Pole, Hungarian, two little brothers are the opening words of an ancient proverb that exists in both the Hungarian and Polish language since the Middle Ages and a deep friendship between the two peoples expresses that continues to this day and is unique among international relations.

Polish the saying goes:

Loosely translated into German: " be like Pole and Hungarian cousins, good in combat, good at parties, both brave, both lively, is God's blessing to them."

Hungarian is it:

Correspondingly, " Pole and Hungarian - two good friends, together they fight and drink their wine. "

A genetic study, which was published in the scientific journal Science, has demonstrated a genetic relationship of populations of Poland and Hungary. In both ethnic groups of the type R1a1 Y-chromosome occurs statistically more often than other ethnic groups in Europe. 56% of Polish male population are carriers of this chromosome, in Hungary the proportion is 60 %.

Day of Polish- Hungarian friendship

On 12 March 2007 the Hungarian Parliament adopted a law that sets the day of March 23 as the "Day of Polish- Hungarian friendship ." The document was adopted by 324 deputies, no votes against and abstentions. An analogous effect was approved by the Polish Sejm on March 16 of the same year. In the grounds is explicit reference to the "unprecedented " nature of the friendship.

Friendship societies

Both in Poland and in Hungary, there are many Polish- Hungarian friendship societies.

  • In Łódź ( Sandor Petőfi Society);
  • Slupsk;
  • In Warsaw ( Dr. J. Antall Society)
  • In Leszno;
  • In Olsztyn;
  • In Poznan ( F. Liszt Society );
  • Radomsko;
  • In Győr (J. Piłsudski society);
  • In Esztergom;
  • In Budapest
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