President Tamás Sulyok said culture is what allows a community to survive.
"And this is essential for the Csángó communities that are seriously exposed to the threat of assimilation and are at risk of disappearing," President Sulyok said in his address at the 28th Csángó Ball in Budapest on Saturday.
The president called the Csángó Ball a meeting point for the Csángó Hungarians returning home to Hungary and those "longing to be in Csángó Land in spirit".
President Sulyok said the ball also offered an opportunity for the people of the 21st century to get acquainted with centuries-old Hungarian folk music.