A Musician in the Meadow
created: 07. 06. 2019 10:32 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jan Sajko paints the Romani motives on the wooden plates since 1986. He collects waste wood, preferably with some imperfections which determine the course of future painting. His most common motives are the faces of Romani women and girls, dances, musicians. The most used technique is tempera on wood.
Since the year 1986 Jan Sajko works as teacher of arts at Elementary School in Jarovnice.
The painting on wood, 35,5 cm (width) x 305 cm (height) x 2,5 cm (thick). The left part has a bark structure, the right part is wavy and smooth. The motive is the musicioan playing violin and two female dancers. Some parts of the wooden board are cracked. The right lower part displays some houses. The painting was created in 2010.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 3D artifact painting Ján Sajko general audience internal
The Portrait of a Woman with the Rose
created: 07. 06. 2019 10:11 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jan Sajko paints the Romani motives on the wooden plates since 1986. He collects waste wood, preferably with some imperfections which determine the course of future painting. His most common motives are the faces of Romani women and girls, dances, musicians. The most used technique is tempera on wood.
Since the year 1986 Jan Sajko works as teacher of arts at Elementary School in Jarovnice.
The painting is on wood with dimensions of 31 cm (width) x 31 cm (height) x 2,5 cm (thick). Upper and lower part of wooden board are trimmed evenly, left and right side are trimmed in the 45 degrees angle. The motive is the portrait of woman with rose in hair. On the left side, above her arm the houses are pictured. The painting was painted in 2012.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 3D artifact painting Ján Sajko general audience internal
A Girl in Traditional Dress
created: 07. 06. 2019 10:03 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jan Sajko paints the Romani motives on the wooden plates since 1986. He collects waste wood, preferably with some imperfections which determine the course of future painting. His most common motives are the faces of Romani women and girls, dances, musicians. The most used technique is tempera on wood.
Since the year 1986 Jan Sajko works as teacher of arts at Elementary School in Jarovnice.
The painting is made on wood with dimensions of 22 cm (in the widest part) x 28.5 cm (height). Wood thickness is 2.5 cm. The left side has a bark structure in part. The remaining sides are trimmed evenly. The motive of painting is a girl in a Romani costume in the meadow. The painting was created in 2010.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 3D artifact painting Ján Sajko general audience internal
Balvalfest (The Wind Festival)
created: 25. 03. 2019 08:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording of the 13th Romani festival, recorded in 2013 in Kokava upon Rimavica. The festival presents traditional Romani music as well as modern musical genres. Every year the organisers of the festival invite the performers both from Slovakia and other countries. The video is the cut of the live performances presenting traditional and popular Romani music, the interview with the festival organisor Vladimir Sendrei is added to the final edition.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix original borrowed Slovak Romani Hungarian Vladimír Sendrei general audience internal
The Gypsy Devils - The Concert
created: 25. 03. 2019 08:05 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Gypsy Devils as a group of Romani musicians report 1991 as the year of birth of this formation. They are characterized by a excellent, even virtuoso interpretation of Romani music from the urban environment, classical world music, but they do not avoid cooperation with contemporary artists known from popular music. The orchestra performs often both in Slovakia and abroad, it has already played on five continents. At the concert in Prešov on 24.10.2013 in the Cinema Scala the orchestra members playing there were: singing and violoncello - Silvia Šarköziová, viola - Jozef Farkaš, double bass - Tibor Lévai, solo doublebass - Alexander Mihok, violin - Emil Hasala, clarinet and tarogato - Zoltán Grunza , cimbalom - Ernest Šarközi, primash (violin) - Štefan "Picur" Banyák.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental classic contemporary orchestra folklore Romani Cigánski Diabli general audience internal
Marco Pillo - My Love
created: 25. 02. 2019 16:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Marco Pillo studied at Conservatory in Prague, his main subject was cimbalom. Later he also learnt playing the classical guitar. When studying in Barcelona he was introduced to the local Romani style flamenco, what greatly influenced his later performance. The digital cultural object is the video recording of him interpreting the song Amor mio/My Love from the album Volare by the Romani group Gipsy Kings.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern flamenco solo borrowed Spanish Marco Pillo general audience internal
Helena Cervenakova - Speaking her Memories
created: 22. 02. 2019 14:40 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The interview with H. Červeňáková was recorded in September 2013 in the village Roštár, in Rožňava district. H. Červeňáková, neé Laliková, was born in 1963 in the family of migrants from Slovakia in the town Moravska Trebova. Later the family returned to Slovakia, back to the village they came from. H. Cervenakova was a member of the group of the leading personalities of the Romani culture, civic and association activities in the region of Gemer. Her literary creation is specific, she writes directly in Romani language, especially in very unique Romani dialect occuring exclusively in Roznava and its close vicinity. The interview's topic is her live, memories about the events which took place in the Romani community in Gemer as well as other places. The speaking is in Slovak language.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Helena Červeňáková general audience internal
Kvetoslava Berkyova - Speaking the Memories
created: 28. 01. 2019 09:51 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The interview was recorded in 2014, March 31st. Kvetoslava Berkyova works in the local Romani community in Rudnany for more than 30 years already. Rudnany is the place where she was born and still lives and works there. As a field worker and activist she is highly devoted to the work with children and youth in the local community center. She works with them on various theater, music or dancing performances. She used to write poetry as well.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Kvetoslava Berkyová general audience internal
The Bihari's Festival 2013
created: 28. 01. 2019 09:24 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Bihari’s Festival is the annual event taking place in Dunajska Streda. It’s organized by the Association of the Romani Musicians in Dunajska Streda and the Zhitny Ostrov Cultural and Educational Center. The whole idea was brought in by the local Romani violinist Stefan Banyak Sn., who still acts as the most active organizer. Janos Bihari (21.10.1764, Velke Blahovo, Slovakia – 26.4.1827, Budapest, Hungary) was one of the most known musical artists of the old Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, popular at the royal court. As a violinist as well as composer, his creative work inspired the worldwide known composers of the era, such as Franz Liszt, or Ludwig van Beethoven. The digital cultural object contains the video documenting the gala program.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra original Biháriho orchester general audience internal
Karol Bari - Speaking
created: 04. 01. 2019 15:41 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The interview with Karol Bari was recorded in September 2013 in Cakov, a village in the Rimavska Sobota district. Karol Bari was born in 1941 in the above mentioned village where he also spent his life. He comes from the large family, has six brothers, he is the only one of them who does the traditional basketry. In the interview he speaks about his experience in basket-making as well as the traditionally used ways of making the baskets. The interview is in Slovak language. It provides a glimpse into the life of the traditional Romani craftsman.
category: crafts
tags: active traditional utilitary natural materials košikárstvo Slovak Karol Bari general audience internal
