Etela Kirvejová - Talking
created: 10. 01. 2022 11:59 modified: 10. 01. 2022 12:00
Etela Kirvejová comes from the village of Brekov. She was 75 in the time of the interview. Her father worked in mines, later in Czech Republic, her mother worked as the cleaning lady at the post-office. She speaks about the local Romani community, their life with the majority, about the Romani language and signifcant cultural and social changes.
The regional history of the Roma living in the village of Brekov is the subject of audio recordings that DICRK obtained free of charge from researcher Elena Cinová. Her research project called Brekov Roma in the Flow of Time was supported in 2020 by the Fund for the Support of the Culture of National Minorities. Guided interviews are in Slovak and bring closer the life and culture of the Roma and their perception of social change in the region.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Etela Kirvejová general audience internal
