The Matyó are a subgroup of

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

. The Matyó people populate an ethnographic region in

Northern Hungary Northern Hungary ( hu, Észak-Magyarország) is a region in Hungary. As a statistical region it includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, but in colloquial speech it usually also refers to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. ...

, called " Matyó Land (''Matyóföld'')". Matyó Land consists of the town of

Mezőkövesd Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger. History The area has been inhabited since the Great Migration. It is likely that the first Hungarian settlement was formed here sh ...

and its vicinity. The Matyó have retained distinctive traditions, costumes and embroidery.

Origin

Traditionally, the Matyó and

Palóc The Palóc are a subgroup of Hungarians in Northern Hungary and southern Slovakia. While the Palóc have retained distinctive traditions, including a very apparent dialect of Hungarian, the Palóc are also ethnic Hungarians by general consensus. ...

populations were considered to share common ancestors but recent researches question this shared origin.Human Biology, Volume 68, Issues 1-3, Wayne State University Press, 1996, p. 353

References

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