Viola Magda Szapu

* Szímő, July 29, 1951 – / ethnographer ; ; He began his schooling in his native village, graduating from the Nagysurány Vocational School in 1970. He earned a diploma in ethnography and history from the ELTE BTK in Budapest in 1978, a doctorate there in 1990, and a PhD in 2001. Since 1978, he has been an ethnographer and museologist at the Somogy County Museums Directorate in Kaposvár, and since 1991, he has been its deputy director. His main field of research is folkloristics. ; ; His main works: ; Lifestyle Studies in the Váh Valley. Szímő, 1993, ; There's a party: forms and occasions of entertainment for today's urban youth (In: Rituals and celebrations at the turn of the millennium), Research and comparative study of youth cultures at the turn of the millennium (In: Youth "subcultures" in Hungary and Transylvania), The storyteller and his community in Kaposszentjakab (In: Studies on the social situation and culture of the Gypsies), "The noble public is dancing." Revival of Somogy county balls at the turn of the millennium (In: Rituals and celebrations at the turn of the millennium), Children of the turbulent era: today's youth group cultures, 2002.