János Banner

1888–1971 (age 83)

Biography

János Banner (1888–1971) devoted his life to the study of traditional Hungarian cultures, documenting folk customs with sensitivity and care as an ethnologist.

His scholarly work preserved valuable traditions for future generations, and those contributions are reverently recalled at Farkasréti Cemetery.

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