LUNA - The Postman is Coming
created: 18. 09. 2025 10:10 modified: 18. 09. 2025 10:13
The LUNA Band from Martin is a vocal-instrumental group of four musicians, graduates of the Košice Conservatory. Their repertoire is primarily focused on Romani and Slovak folklore compositions, partly also on the interpretation of pop songs in folkloristic arrangements and classical music.
The LUNA Band members and instrumental lineup:
Petra Cicková - accordion
Bronislava Cicková - double bass
Michaela Kazárová - violin
Stanislava Cicková - vocals, percussion
The song The Postman is Coming is a popular song of the rom-pop genre, the most known from the Slovak film Pink Dreams (1976) directed by Dušan Hanák. The song was sung by the Romani singer Věra Bílá. The authors of music and lyrics are currently unknown.
The video was recorded as part of a series documenting Romani folklore bands in 2023.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Romani LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - Neither Skirt Nor Shirt
created: 18. 09. 2025 09:46 modified: 18. 09. 2025 10:09
The LUNA Band from Martin is a vocal-instrumental group of four musicians, graduates of the Košice Conservatory. Their repertoire is primarily focused on Romani and Slovak folklore compositions, partly also on the interpretation of pop songs in folkloristic arrangements and classical music.
The LUNA Band members and instrumental lineup:
Petra Cicková - accordion
Bronislava Cicková - double bass
Michaela Kazárová - violin
Stanislava Cicková - vocals, percussion
The song was recorded during documentation of the Romani folk bands in 2023.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Romani LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - Eve, Send me a Photo
created: 18. 09. 2025 09:27 modified: 18. 09. 2025 09:44
The LUNA Band from Martin is a vocal-instrumental group of four musicians, graduates of the Košice Conservatory. Their repertoire is primarily focused on Romani and Slovak folklore compositions, partly also on the interpretation of pop songs in folkloristic arrangements and classical music.
The LUNA Band members and instrumental lineup:
Petra Cicková - accordion
Bronislava Cicková - double bass
Michaela Kazárová - violin
Stanislava Cicková - vocals, percussion
Authors of the song currently unknown.
The video was recorded as part of a series documenting Romani folklore bands in 2023.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Romani LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - Why am I Going Home
created: 18. 09. 2025 09:21 modified: 18. 09. 2025 09:26
The LUNA Band from Martin is a vocal-instrumental group of four musicians, graduates of the Košice Conservatory. Their repertoire is primarily focused on Romani and Slovak folklore compositions, partly also on the interpretation of pop songs in folkloristic arrangements and classical music.
The LUNA Band members and instrumental lineup:
Petra Cicková - accordion
Bronislava Cicková - double bass
Michaela Kazárová - violin
Stanislava Cicková - vocals, percussion
The song Why am I Going Home is originally a Romani folk song (the original Romani lyrics currently unknown). It was adapted into the widely popular form, which the LUNA Band also performs, by respected Romani singer and composer Ľubo Virág (* 20.11.1955 - † 10.11.2024).
The video was recorded as part of a series documenting Romani folklore bands in 2023.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Slovak LUNA general audience internal
Dalibor Cibuľa, Dávid Oláh
created: 09. 09. 2025 10:04 modified: 10. 09. 2025 08:07
Bratranci Dalibor Cibuľa a Dávid Oláh pôsobia ako hudobníci so skupinou Sendreiovci. V spoločnom rozhovore hovoria o hudobných koreňoch ich rodiny, o špecifikách muziky z Klenovca, odkiaľ pochádzajú, o štúdiách a pracovných možnostiach a skúsenostiach, o kapele Sendreiovci a o svojich snoch a plánoch do budúcna.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Dalibor Cibuľa Dávid Oláh general audience internal
Living Book - Sendreiovci Gypsy Band
created: 09. 09. 2025 08:52 modified: 09. 09. 2025 08:53
A public cultural event hel on April 9, 2024 in order to celebrate the World Roma Day. The event was implemented in cooperation with RTVS and took place in the Grand Studio of the Slovak Radio at Moyzesova Street 7 in Košice. The event is a part of the series of cultural gatherings named the Living Books. The living books were member of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
Vakeribena
created: 08. 09. 2025 10:36 modified: 08. 09. 2025 10:37
Public event on the occasion of the Week of Slovak Libraries, which took place in the premises of the Viola Theater. The event introduced a new book by the Documentation and Information Center for Roma Culture, the book's title is Vakeribena (Fables), authored by Jana Gáborová Kroková. In addition to the author, the event's guests were - Stanislav Cina, Peter Káša, Klara Kohoutová. The musical guest was Štefan Cína.
category: speaking
tags: academic scientific discussion dialogue humanities Slovak Jana Gáborová Kroková general audience internal
Living Book - The Roma Holocaust
created: 08. 09. 2025 10:31 modified: 08. 09. 2025 10:33
A public event from the Living Books series on the topic of the Roma Holocaust, which took place in the Viola Theater. The Living Books were researchers from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Košice, Patrícia Fogelová and Veronika Szeghy Gayer. The musical guest was pianist Miroslav Rác.
category: speaking
tags: academic scientific discussion dialogue humanities Slovak general audience internal
Romano nevo ľil – vydanie 1/2025
created: 03. 09. 2025 10:16 modified: 03. 09. 2025 12:00
Romano nevo ľil (Rómsky nový list) sú nezávislé kultúrno - spoločenské noviny rómskej národnostnej menšiny na Slovensku. Vychádzajú od roku 1991 po súčasnosť. Od roku 1991 do roku 1993 bol názov Romano ľil. Vydavateľom novín je od roku 1993 občianskej združenie Jekhetane-Spolu. Obsah novín je v slovenskom a rómskom jazyku. V minulosti mali noviny aj maďarskú prílohu.
číslo 1
category: literature
tags: Jekhetane-Spolu
Milan Berky
created: 03. 09. 2025 06:47 modified: 03. 09. 2025 06:48
Milan Berky (1961-) comes from Lučenec, he spent the most part of his life working on the railways as a train driver. His more intense art work began when, after almost 35 years he lost his work. The change in his life meant he got time to develop his childhood passion - drawing. His work focuses primarily on portraits, characteristic feature of them is extraordinary deatail and realism. He mainly uses charcoal, what allows him to achieve the great depth and contrast of his black-and-white works that have an almost photographic effect. His works include portraits of famous personalities, but also portraits of ordinary people, Roma men and women from cultural, social and sporting life.Milan Berky has gained recognition not only in Slovakia but also abroad, despite the fact that he has no formal artistic education. He has received several awards, including first place in the portrait category at the International Fine Arts Fair in České Budějovice (2017) and the Inspiration award for contribution to culture (2022). His drawing – a portrait of an Iraqi statesman – was used on Iraqi postage stamps in 2023. An interview with the intuitive artist about his life and work was recorded on April 12, 2024 in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Milan Berky general audience internal
