Duj Dzséne – Ketten
Nyelvészeti Etnográfiai Folyóirat
Duj Džene – Two Together
Journal of Linguistic Ethnography
ISSN 3057-8493 (Print)
ISSN 3057-8639 (Online)
Kiadja a Ketháne: cigány–magyar közösség, Budapest és Tiszavasvári
A nyelvi részvétel előmozdítása a kollaboratív kutatás révén (OTKA K146393)
Pont ott: kollaboratív etnográfia (MEC_N_148959)
Published by the Kethane: Roma–Hungarian Society, Budapest and Tiszavasvári
Enhancing linguistic citizenship through participatory research (project reference: OTKA K146393)
Othe: Collaborative Ethnography (MEC_N_148959)
Translated by Eszter Tarsoly
Well, my way is to help, always, if I can, when I see that there is someone in need of it. And I have always acted like that, not just once or twice. For example, when I cook, and I see that my neighbour is hungry, I take food over to them. Or when they come to me to ask for things, I never deny them anything. If someone is ill around me and they need money, I give as much as I can. And I give wholeheartedly, but may it never be needed by no one! On one occasion I was waiting in the queue in the supermarket, with a Hungarian person ahead of me, and she was 200HUF short at the till. There were three other Hungarians ahead of me, and no one gave her the 200. I went over to her from three lines down the queue and gave it to her. They were left with their mouth agape, as I also thought of myself: what would it feel like if I were in their place, what would it feel like to be helped out by someone.
It is therefore good to give and good to be given. It feels right and one never forgets that. One can never know what is ahead of us, what to expect. Those who fall need to be lifted up, they must not be left behind, we must not bypass them. It is important for people to be receptive towards one another, but in today’s world very few are able to do this. We should always remember where we came from and with what means we made it up. This is all I know about this. I have written it down because I cannot put it into words by saying it.