Book on Hungarian scout movement presented in Washington, D.C.

A book on the more than 100-year history of the Hungarian scout movement was presented with the participation of its writers at the Hungarian embassy in Washington, DC, on Friday local time.

Over four decades preceding the 1989-90 regime change in Hungary, the movement was only allowed to exist in the Hungarian diasporas abroad, and it has remained important for preserving the Hungarian community identity there ever since, the writers said.

An important element of the scouting activity in diasporas is that the Hungarian language is used for all activities, Imre Lendvai-Lintner, president of The Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris, said.

Co-writer of the book Levente Székely, who heads the youth research institute at Mathias Corvinus Collegium, said that the 110-year-old Hungarian scout movement currently has some 14,000 members in Hungary and there are an additional 8,000 members beyond the borders, in the diasporas.

Szabolcs Takács, the Hungarian ambassador in Washington, DC, said that a recent camp of the Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris held in New York State attracted some 850 participants from all corners of the world.

The book launch in New York on 10 September:

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