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A. Wagner: Csiko racing in Debrecen, copper engraving, 1883

The stereotypical image of the “fiery Magyar”: the horseback cattle herdsmen (csiko) in the expanses of the Hungary plain

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Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur-und Betriebsges.m.b.H./Fotograf: Alexander E. Koller

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    From ‘Natio Hungarica’ to Magyar nation

    In the era of emergent national identity, the foundations of a modern Magyar nation were also laid in Hungary, where it took place on the basis of a strong national awareness and historical identification with the Crown of St Stephen.