The Kazun Association was established in 2002 as a non-for profit, apolitical and independent association from the initiative of a bunch of young people from Plăieşii de Jos with the aim to provide non-formal education through culture.
The aim of the association is to:
• Promote cultural and social activities in the community
• Keep and disseminate the Szekler/Hungarian cultural values and folk art traditions
• Support and promote the inter-ethnic relations
• Support charitable and welfare activities
• Establish and develop national and international contacts and intercultural exchanges
The association proposed the following objectives to achieve its goals:
• Initiating and implementing activities to support cultural and artistic values
• Organizing folk performances on a reciprocal basis
• Organizing theatrical performances in Hungarian language
• Organizing events, exhibitions, summer camps, cultural exchange programs, in order to learn our own, and other nations’ traditions
• Organizing seminars, debates, trainings in order to develop the knowledge of local youth, and to involve them in the public and cultural life of the community
• Fundraising in order to preserve and promote the Szekler/Hungarian values and culture
The current Board Members are:
• Imre-Zsolt Nagy, president
• Ignác Adrás, vice-president
• Mária-Magdolna Tima, program coordinator