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
Adrian Balog - The Music Teacher Speaking
created: 04. 01. 2019 15:14 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A. Balog, when interviewed, was thirty-years old qualified teacher of music. Originally from Kosice, living in Filakovo currently, the place which even before the crisis in 2008 started had become a town with high concentration of the Romani people from all over Slovakia. A. Balog is an experienced teacher teaching at the local Elementary Musical School. Beside this, he studies the opera singing at the Private Musical and Drama Conservatory in Hnusta. He speaks about his activities in the gospel band where he invites also the children from the community. Adrian Balog speaks about his family's traditions - his grandfather Zoltan Balog and his cimbalom band played the music typical for the Gemer-Malohont region. Adrian Balog in his speaking brings more information about the regional culture of the mentioned regions.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual monologue guided Slovak Adrián Balog general audience internal
Acquarello2
created: 17. 12. 2018 10:46 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The painting was a part of the paintings' exhibition titled The Unknown Colours of the Well-Known People, which was in the year 2016 organized by the State Scientific Library in Presov. The painting is painted on the hard paper, format A2. Technique: painting, acrylic tempera.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Acquarello1
created: 17. 12. 2018 10:40 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The painting is a part of the paintings' exhibition titled The Unknown Colours of the Well-Known People, which was in the year 2016 organized by the State Scientific Library in Presov. The painting is painted on the hard paper, format A2. Technique: painting, acrylic tempera.
category: fine arts
tags: Jozef Fečo secular material artistic 2D artifact painting general audience internal
A Bulb
created: 17. 12. 2018 10:32 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The painting was a part of the paintings' exhibition titled The Unknown Colours of the Well-Known People. The State Scientific Library in Presov organized it in the year 2016 (April). The drawing is on hard paper, format A2. Technique: a drawing - a charcoal, a pencil.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Despair
created: 14. 12. 2018 14:47 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The painting was a part of the paintings' exhibition titled The Unknown Colours of Well-Known People. In the year 2016 (April) organized by the State Scientific Library in Presov. The material is hard paper, format A2. Used technique: drawing - charcoal, acrylic colour.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact drawing Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Roman Goroľ - Cold Touch of Lost Morning
created: 14. 12. 2018 13:23 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Roman Gorol was born on 15th of August, 1969, in Vranov nad Toplou. He is married, has three sons, works as a teaching assistant at the Elementary School in the village Caklov, where he lives. Roman Gorol graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of the Presov University in Presov, as the bachelor of pedagogy. Roman Gorol loves literature, both poetry and prose. In his young years he began writing short poems about life, emotions, love. His art of word is present in the book of poems titled “Cold Touch of Lost Morning”, published by the State Research Library in Presov, 2016, illustrated by Martin Kaleja Januv. Four poems of the collection were translated in Romani and English languages by Erika Godlova. The video recorded on December 1st, 2016, introduces the author of the book of poems, some of his poems as well as the illustrator Martin Kaleja Januv, whose talent in fine arts is also pictured in the video. Frantisek Godla and Dusan Onody as the Duo Farsa provided the music for the event. (source: Roman Gorol, Cold Touch of Lost Morning, own research).
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue general Slovak Romani Roman Goroľ František Godla Dušan Onody general audience internal
Let's Get Know Each Other
created: 13. 12. 2018 22:57 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The scanned invitation for the cultural event called Let's Get Know Each Other which took place in Roznava. The invitation provides information about the event and the performers, the venue and the organizers.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material utility 2D artifact graphics Slovak Jekhetane-Spolu general audience internal
