Ilona Petras, 76-year-old rings the bells of the St. Andrew church in Tereny, Hungary, October 16, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
TERENY, Hungary (Reuters) - Ilona Petras' family has been in charge of ringing the bells of the 600-year-old Catholic church in the small village of Tereny in the northeast of Hungary for over a hundred years.
At the age of 76, she still pulls the ropes on the three big bells every day, calling people for prayers, weddings and funerals, or warning villagers of impending hailstorms.
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