From Szeklerland to Wisconsin — A Conversation with Folk Dancer Noémi Tordai

From Szeklerland to Wisconsin — A Conversation with Folk Dancer Noémi Tordai

I first met Szeklers from Wisconsin at the 2023 Csipke Folk Dance Camp in Michigan, when I noticed a few people speaking in a very strong Szekler dialect, and I learned that they were from Transylvania and lived in the neighboring state of Wisconsin. We didn’t have the chance to speak then, nor at this year’s Chicago Gala Ball, where they had a table of their own and clearly had a great time. When I recently ran into them for the third time at t…