Sestra Atanázia
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:45 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:46
Sister Atanasia, formerly Mária Holubová, was born in the village of Svetlice near Humenné. She graduated from the Secondary Medical School in Prešov, where, while studying there, she felt the call of faith. After graduation, she joined the Institute of Social Care in Bardejov, where the nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great worked as well. In 1972 she secretly entered the novitiate and in 1973 she made her first religious vows. She received her university education at the Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology in Spišské Podhradie. She works in the Roma housing estate Poštárka in Bardejov in a kindergarten and primary school.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2005 in Bardejov during an interview about Christmas activities at Poštárka.
Source:
RNĽ č. 725-729/2005
www.employment.gov.sk/files/slovensky/uvod/informacie-media/aktuality/uspesne-romske-zeny-profily.pdf
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Sestra Atanázia general audience internal
Erika Šajgalová
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:40 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:40
Erika Šajgalová is an artist who grew up in an orphanage, she lives and works in Poprad. In 2003, she started attending the Secondary Art School in Košice, successfully graduating in the field of Design - working with wood. She later graduated from the Secondary Pedagogical School in Košice, as she wanted to work with preschool children. She is a talented portraitist, she prefers to portray children. She illustrated additional textbooks for children: Children's Syllabary and Merry Letters. She also exhibited her work in exhibitions organized by the Jekhetane-Spolu Civic Association under the direction of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová.
A documentary film made by the Košice based film company ATARAX called ERIKA portrays the story of her life and her strong desire for education.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2006 in Rimavská Sobota during the presentation of film documentaries about four Roma artists.
Source of information:
RNĽ č.738-741/2006
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Erika Šajgalová general audience internal
Vojtech Kökény
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:30 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:34
PhDr. Vojtech Kökény (Kökény Kotyer Béla) was born in 1956 in a Romani settlement in the village of Cakov near Rimavská Seč. He came from a musical family. For many years he worked as a worker on various construction sites in Slovakia and abroad. He devoted himself to fine arts, politics and local activism. As he himself mentions in one of the interviews, he was not a prolific painter. He worked with pencils, water and oil paints. He exhibited his works mainly in the Romani Traveling Gallery, organized by the Civic Association Jekhetane-Spolu under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the District Office in Rimavská Sobota as a social worker.
He was a member of the Roma Civic Initiative (ROI) party, later joined the Roma Intelligence for Coexistence (RIS) party, and ended his political career in the Roma Coalition Party (SRK). In 2005, he ran for Headperson of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2006 in Rimavská Sobota during the presentation of film documentaries about four Romani artists.
Sources of information:
RNĽ č.738-741/2006
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Vojtech Kökény general audience internal
Alexander Bohó
created: 29. 06. 2022 12:04 modified: 29. 06. 2022 12:04
The photo shows a professional Romani artist Alexander Bohó. He was born in Brezno and comes from five siblings. He studied with doc. J. Jánoška and professor F. Ondra free graphics and graphic design. He studied painting with the academic painter F. Kráľ in the years 1979-1985. In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of History of Art.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was created in 2006 in Rimavská Sobota during the presentation of film documentaries about four Romani artists.
Sources of information:
RNĽ č.738-741/2006
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Alexander Bohó general audience internal
Ján Šándor
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:45 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:46
The photo shows the Romani writer Ján Šándor. He was born in 1948 in Brno (former Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic). From the age of 16 he lived in Prievidza until his death. He worked as a laborer all his life.
Since 1979 he published in the magazines Železničiar, Bosorka, Smer dnes, Prieboj, Romano nevo ľil, Sam adaj, Romano džaniben. He made his book debut with a collection of fairy tales and short stories called The Roma Dream (2004). In 2008, the Jekhetane-Spolu association published a book of Romani fairy tales titled The Black Rose, in Slovak and Romani. He has published a total of 10 books.
He was a member of the Slovak Writers' Association.
In 2017, he was awarded the Roma Spirit Award for his lifelong literary work and the development of Roma culture.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2005 in Prievidza during the christening of his book.
Sources of Information:
ŠÁNDOR, Ján. Čierna ruža / E kaľi ruža. Prešov: Jekhetane-Spolu Prešov, 2008, 132 s. ISBN 978-80-968744-2-2
www.romaspirit.sk/rocniky/rocnik-2017/nominovani/jan-sandor-prievidza/
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ján Šándor general audience internal
Ctibor Nečas
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:40 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:41
The photo shows prof. PhDr. Ctibor Nečas, DrSc. (26.7.1933 Rakvice, district Břeclav - 19.12.2017). He worked as a university teacher at Masaryk University in Brno, where in 1992 he obtained the title of professor of general history. He is the founder of Romani studies in the former Czechoslovakia. His main area of interest was the persecution of Czech Roma during the Nazi occupation and the Roma Holocaust.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2006 in Bratislava during an event called The Unrecognized Holocaust.
Sources of information:
RNĽ nb.755-758/2006
encyklopedie.brna.cz/home-mmb/
amariluma.romanokher.sk/encyclopedia/necas-ctibor/
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ctibor Nečas general audience internal
Karel Holomek
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:36 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:36
Karel Holomek was born in 1937 in Brno, in the family of the original Moravian Roma who settled in Morava at the end of 17th century. His father Tomáš Holomek was the first Roma with the university degree in former Czechoslovakia.
Karel Holomek graduated from the Faculty of Machinery Engineering of the Military Academy in Brno, later he worked there as the senior assistant. His statements about the occupation of the country by the Soviet Army in 1968 got him fired from the Faculty. After that he worked as manual worker until 1990.
After 1990 he spent two years as the member of the Czech National Council (The Czech Parliament), a member of the Občianske hnutie party.
After 1989 he began his activities for integration of Roma into society. He is one of the founder of the Museum for Romani Culture in Brno and the founder of the Society of Roma in Morava, which publishes the bi-weekly Romano hangos (published since 1999). In 2002 he was awarded with the Medal for Merit, III. degree.
The author of the photo is the Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. The digital photo was made in 2006 in Bratislava during the event named The Unrecognized Holocaust.
Source:
RNĽ č.755-758/2006
www.srnm.cz/zakladatel-karel-holomek/
www.pametnaroda.cz/cs/holomek-karel-1937
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Karel Holomek general audience internal
Pal o ňebos (From Heaven) - Gitana and Ďusi Band
created: 13. 06. 2022 13:09 modified: 13. 06. 2022 13:09
The original song (music by: Gitana, lyrics: Gitana) performed by the singer Gitana (stage name), her civil name is Adriana Drafiová, musical accompaniment by Dusi Band, the folk cimbalom orchestra. The song belongs to rom pop genre. The video was recorded on November 19, 2021 in Presov, The Center for Independent Culture Wave. Gitana (A. Drafiová) - vocals, Július Bandy - dulcimer, Samuel Bandy - violin, Roland Horváth - clarinet, saxophone, Kristián Bandy - viola, Július Bandy junior - double bass.
Gitana
Musical talent is her family heirloom. Gitana (Adriana Drafiová) used her gift and became an accomplished singer of mainly electro swing and gypsy swing. Already at the age of seventeen, she sang with various bands abroad, performed in Hungary with Jozef Szabo, a respected singer, and later on her years long collaboration with the Kmeťoband began. She also sang a duet with Juraj Benetin, the lead singer of Korben Dallas, which is the opening song of Pixar's animated short film Lava from 2015.
Ďusi Band
Romani family folk band from Prešov, led by the cimbalist Július Bandy. He and his three sons produce and preserve the best traditions of Romani dulcimer music in Slovakia. They perform independently or in collaboration with a wide range of Roma and non-Roma artists. The guest member is Roland Horváth (clarinet, saxophone) from Rimavská Sobota.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quintet original Romani Ďusi Band Gitana general audience internal
Rovava (I Will Cry) - Gitana and Ďusi Band
created: 13. 06. 2022 13:07 modified: 06. 10. 2022 15:45
The original song (music by: Gitana, lyrics: Eduard Čonka) performed by the singer Gitana (stage name), her civil name is Adriana Drafiová, musical accompaniment by Dusi Band, the folk cimbalom orchestra. The song belongs to latin pop genre. The video was recorded on November 19, 2021 in Presov, The Center for Independent Culture Wave. Gitana (A. Drafiová) - vocals, Július Bandy - dulcimer, Samuel Bandy - violin, Roland Horváth - clarinet, saxophone, Kristián Bandy - viola, Július Bandy junior - double bass.
Gitana
Musical talent is her family heirloom. Gitana (Adriana Drafiová) used her gift and became an accomplished singer of mainly electro swing and gypsy swing. Already at the age of seventeen, she sang with various bands abroad, performed in Hungary with Jozef Szabo, a respected singer, and later on her years long collaboration with the Kmeťoband began. She also sang a duet with Juraj Benetin, the lead singer of Korben Dallas, which is the opening song of Pixar's animated short film Lava from 2015.
Ďusi Band
Romani family folk band from Prešov, led by the cimbalist Július Bandy. He and his three sons produce and preserve the best traditions of Romani dulcimer music in Slovakia. They perform independently or in collaboration with a wide range of Roma and non-Roma artists. The guest member is Roland Horváth (clarinet, saxophone) from Rimavská Sobota.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quintet original Romani Ďusi Band Gitana Adriana Drafiová general audience internal
Azt a kutya mindenit (Throw It to a Dog) - Gitana and Ďusi Band
created: 13. 06. 2022 13:04 modified: 06. 10. 2022 15:34
The Hungarian folk song Azt a kutya mindenit (Throw It to a Dog), performed by the singer Gitana (stage name), her civil name is Adriana Drafiová, musical accompaniment by Ďusi Band, the folk cimbalom orchestra. The swing song’s is interpreted in the way typical for sub-genre gypsy swing. The video was recorded on November 19, 2021 in Prešov, The Center for Independent Culture Wave. Gitana (A. Drafiová) - vocals, Július Bandy - dulcimer, Samuel Bandy - violin, Roland Horváth - clarinet, saxophone, Kristián Bandy - viola, Július Bandy junior - double bass.
Gitana
Musical talent is her family heirloom. Gitana (Adriana Drafiová) used her gift and became an accomplished singer of mainly electro swing and gypsy swing. Already at the age of seventeen, she sang with various bands abroad, performed in Hungary with Jozef Szabo, a respected singer, and later on her years long collaboration with the Kmeťoband began. She also sang a duet with Juraj Benetin, the lead singer of Korben Dallas, which is the opening song of Pixar's animated short film Lava from 2015.
Ďusi Band
Romani family folk band from Prešov, led by the cimbalist Július Bandy. He and his three sons produce and preserve the best traditions of Romani dulcimer music in Slovakia. They perform independently or in collaboration with a wide range of Roma and non-Roma artists. The guest member is Roland Horváth (clarinet, saxophone) from Rimavská Sobota.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet Hungarian Ďusi Band Gitana Adriana Drafiová general audience internal
