Spear trees in Nagysödémes

The Csemads have always played a significant role in the cultural life of the village. From 1988 to 1994, the Csemads' summer cultural camps were organized in the village, and from 1994 to 1996, the large village hosted folk dance and folk music camps. ; In 1988, the first headstone was erected in Nagyfödémes, during the first summer cultural camp. According to the plans at the time, a new memorial column would have been added to the park every year. However, after six years, the tradition of the camps was interrupted. In 2004, the members of the basic organization proposed that a memorial column be erected every five years for those who continue to carry the torch. On the occasion of the anniversary, five renovated headstones were moved from their original ; location to the village center. ; In 2014, the sister village of Csabrendek, Nagyfödémes, donated a new memorial column to the village government. “The culture of every community is determined by the values it follows and what it thinks about the big questions of life. The headstone is not rooted in the ground, yet it is like a living tree that clings to its native land. We also need to put down deep roots, because that is where the nourishing power that we may need in our everyday lives comes from,” said József Turcsi, mayor of Csabrendek, who compared the headstone to the Hungarian soul. After the unveiling of the memorial column and the wreath-laying ceremony, a gala program was held in the community center. The village’s talented performers and the Berkenye folk dance ensemble performed. At the gala, those who helped the organization develop and contributed to the preservation of culture and the mother tongue were thanked with awards and commemorative plaques. ; Among the previously erected headstones, those made in 1989, 1990, and 1994 commemorate the summer cultural camps, while the headstones erected in 2004, 2009, and 2014 commemorate the 55th, 60th, and 65th anniversaries of the founding of the Csemads, respectively.