Elena Lacková and the Romani Band
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The photo shows the Romani writer Elena Lacková with a Romani band (the name of the band is not given) in the village of Svinia. The photo was published in issue 340-347/1998 on p. 8 for the article entitled Messengers.
The band members Ján Čikala, Alexander Polák, Daniel Bendík and Miroslav Červeňák were on the way to the village of Liptovské Sliače, where they performed at the event called Liptov Days of Mother, Sliače 98. Elena Lacková also gave a lecture at the event.
The photo was taken shortly after the devastating flood that affected the villages of Jarovnice and Svinia.
The author of the photo is not mentioned in the newspaper. Analogue photography was created in 1998 in the village of Svinia for the purpose of publication in the Romani newspaper Romano nevo ľil.
Source:
Šilanova, Daniela. 1998. Messengers. Romano nevo ľil no. 340-347/1998, p. 8.
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 14. 08. 1998
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Elena Lacková general audience internal
