Ondrej Gadžor - Madona II.
created: 13. 01. 2022 10:51 modified: 13. 01. 2022 10:51
The wooden sculpture depicts a female figure - the Madonna. The name is artificially created by the cataloger, as the statue does not have its own designation. The sculpture is made of one piece of wood. Used wood is not specified. At the bottom back, the author has his own brand - a carved name.
Height: 44.5 cm
Width: 6 cm
The sculpture is from the collection of OZ Jekhetane - Together.
Ondrej Gadžor (9.7.1956 - 19.10.2013) - the native of Krásna nad Hornádom village, began with woodcarving at the age of 24. He worked with various types of material - stone, even with horn or shells, but especially with wood. He developed a unique sculptural handwriting, influenced by the school of the academic sculptor Vojtech Löfller, in whose atelier he worked for eleven years. Among the main themes stands a woman. He had several solo exhibitions, he regularly attended sculpture open air events. He performed at several solo exhibitions home and abroad. His works are exhibited i. a. also in Los Angeles, or the Vatican and many are part of the collections of museums in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic (East Slovak Museum in Košice, SNM-Museum of Romani Culture in Slovakia in Martin, Vojtech Löffler Museum in Košice, Museum of Romani Culture in Brno).
category: Crafts
tags: active traditional artistic wood carving Ondrej Gadžor general audience internal
Ondrej Gadžor - Madona I.
created: 13. 01. 2022 10:04 modified: 13. 01. 2022 10:11
The wooden sculpture depicts a female figure - the Madonna. The name is artificially created by the cataloger, as the statue does not have its own designation. The female figure stands on a pedestal. Used wood is not listed. The author has his own brand on the pedestal - a carved name.
Height: 38 cm
Width: 5 cm
The sculpture is from the collection of OZ Jekhetane - Together.
Ondrej Gadžor (9.7.1956 - 19.10.2013) - the native of Krásna nad Hornádom village, began with woodcarving at the age of 24. He worked with various types of material - stone, even with horn or shells, but especially with wood. He developed a unique sculptural handwriting, influenced by the school of the academic sculptor Vojtech Löfller, in whose atelier he worked for eleven years. Among the main themes stands a woman. He had several solo exhibitions, he regularly attended sculpture open air events. He performed at several solo exhibitions home and abroad. His works are exhibited i. a. also in Los Angeles, or the Vatican and many are part of the collections of museums in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic (East Slovak Museum in Košice, SNM-Museum of Romani Culture in Slovakia in Martin, Vojtech Löffler Museum in Košice, Museum of Romani Culture in Brno).
category: Crafts
tags: extinct traditional artistic wood carving Ondrej Gadžor general audience internal
Ondrej Gadžor - A Boy
created: 13. 01. 2022 09:33 modified: 13. 01. 2022 09:51
A wooden sculpture called A Boy depicts a male figure with folded arms with his head looking to the side. The figure stands on a pedestal. Used wood not specified. The author has his own brand on the pedestal - a carved name. At the bottom is a sticker with the name of the sculpture and probably with the price.
Height: 20 cm
Width: 4.3 cm
The sculpture is from the collection of OZ Jekhetane - Together.
Ondrej Gadžor (9.7.1956 - 19.10.2013) - the native of Krásna nad Hornádom village, began with woodcarving at the age of 24. He worked with various types of material - stone, even with horn or shells, but especially with wood. He developed a unique sculptural handwriting, influenced by the school of the academic sculptor Vojtech Löfller, in whose atelier he worked for eleven years. Among the main themes stands a woman. He had several solo exhibitions, he regularly attended sculpture open air events. He performed at several solo exhibitions home and abroad. His works are exhibited i. a. also in Los Angeles, or the Vatican and many are part of the collections of museums in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic (East Slovak Museum in Košice, SNM-Museum of Romani Culture in Slovakia in Martin, Vojtech Löffler Museum in Košice, Museum of Romani Culture in Brno).
category: Crafts
tags: active traditional artistic wood carving Ondrej Gadžor general audience internal
Lomnické čháve - Savana
created: 11. 01. 2022 12:11 modified: 28. 02. 2022 10:01
Lomnické čháve is a Romani rom-pop band lead by Milan Polhoš, the manager is Tomáš Slebodník. Their repertoir consists mostly of Romani, Slovak and other nation’s folk songs, which they interprete in pop-music arrangements, also using electronic musical instruments. The video is a recording of their performance of the rom-pop song Savana.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quartet borrowed Romani Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Lomnické čháve – Mamo miri (My Mother)
created: 11. 01. 2022 12:10 modified: 11. 01. 2022 12:11
The digital cultural object is a video recording of the interpretation of the Roma song Mamo miri (My Mother) performed by the group Lomnické čháve, recorded on July 8, 2020 in Prešov. The song was sung solo by Nikolas Polhoš, accompanied by Roman Polhoš on the piano. The song Mamo miri (My Mother) is one of the sad songs, full of sorrow. The lyrics is about the loss of the mother, she being a strong symbol of security and love now missing.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop duet borrowed Romani Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Lomnické čháve – Gelem, gelem (We Went, We Went)
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:53 modified: 11. 01. 2022 12:09
The digital cultural object is a video recording of the interpretation of the Roma anthem Gelem, gelem, performed by the Lomnické čháve group, the performance was recorded on July 8, 2020 in Prešov. The Roma anthem was officially recognized in 1971 at the First World Roma Congress in London. The text was written by the Yugoslav composer Žarko Jovanovič to the tune of a traditional Romani song. The band Lomnické čháve interprets it as a fast song, which musically belongs to the rom-pop genre.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quartet borrowed Romani Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Lomnické čháve – Lomnické čháve sa voláme (Lomnické čháve, They Call Us)
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:50 modified: 11. 01. 2022 11:50
The song called Lomnické čháve, They Call Us by the band Lomnické čháve is a czardasz song. The melody of the song is built on a folklore basis, well known and popular in the Roma community. The text is sung partly in Romani and partly in Slovak. The authors of the text are the members of the band. They consider this song to be something like their anthem or jingle, which announces their performances and talks about their goal, which is to please and entertain people.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quartet borrowed Slovak Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Lomnické čháve – Ona ľúbi pomaranče (She Loves Oranges)
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:36 modified: 11. 01. 2022 11:47
The song She Loves Oranges by Lomnické čháve is originally a song with the same title by the Polish group After Party, published in 2016. Like the original song in the Polish language (Ona lubi pomarańcze), its cover version in Slovak is a dance song with techno-pop and ska elements. Members of the Lomnické čháve group interpret this song with the original title, with Slovak lyrics, but in specifically Romani way of interpretation.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quartet borrowed Slovak Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Sister Maristella
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:19 modified: 07. 07. 2022 11:09
Sister Maristella, by civic name Mária Kačová, is a nun of the Congregatio Jesu, the catholic female congregation known by popular name as „The English Virgins“. Sister Maristella lives in Prešov, helping the abused women, mothers with children and homeless people. She organizes charity where people donate food and clothing. For decades she has been an organist in the concathedral of St. Nicholas in Prešov. In 2009 she received the City of Prešov Award. She is the niece of the first Romani writer in Slovakia, Elena Lacková.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Maristella general audience internal
Cyril Demeter - Talking
created: 10. 01. 2022 13:38 modified: 10. 01. 2022 13:40
Cyril Demeter is from the village of Brekov. He was 57 in the time of the interview. He comes from the working-class family. His father worked in Brekov in lime factory. In the same time he used to earn money as a musician, he played violin. He speaks about the local Romani community, the co-existence with the majority, about the Romani language and significant 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 Cyril Demeter general audience internal
