Living Book Holocaust Ďusi band Hatikva (Jewish Anthem)
created: 27. 11. 2023 13:24 modified: 10. 01. 2024 11:09
Hatikva, Ha-Tikva — Israel's national anthem. Its lyrics express the hope of Jews to return to their country and their desire to live there in calm, peace and harmony (hatikva = hope in Hebrew). The lyrics was written in 1878 by Naftali Herz Imber (*1856, †1909) as poem, published in 1886 titled Tikvatenu (Our Hope). The author of melody is Samuel Cohen, the composer and immigrant from Moldova. He composed it as a popular Moldovan-Romanian folk melody, in which musical motifs from The Vltava, a composition which is a part of music cycle My Homeland by Bedrich Smetana. In time of 7th Zionist Congress in Basel (1905) it was already widely known and popular. Its status as the anthem of the Zionist movement was confirmed at the 18th Congres in Prague (1933). In 1948 it became the national anthem of the state Israel. In some communities, it is sung as the closing song of a thanksgiving service or after a meal.
The video is a recording of the instrumental interpretation of the song performed by the Roma band Ďusi Band.
The family band called Ďusi Band consists of Július Bandy Sr. and his three sons Kristián, Július, and the youngest Samuel. The cimbalom band from Prešov presents the best tradition of the Romani cimbalom groups with the high interpretive art of their members as well as the scope and genre richness of their repertoire. It consists of folklore typically Romani but also Slovak and other nations‘ and nationalities‘, the band also plays classical music and does well in playing music of the genres such as jazz, pop or film tunes. The Romani song Hatikvah in an instrumental version was recorded during the Living Book on the Holocaust event, in Prešov, on September 27, 2018.
Musical instruments and musicians who play them
Violin (primas) - Samuel Bandy
Double bass - Július Bandy Jr.
Viola - Kristián Bandy
Cimbalom - Julius Bandy Sr.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Bc. Roman Goroľ: Roma and Romani language in RTVS
created: 27. 11. 2023 12:38 modified: 27. 11. 2023 12:39
The third year of the conference titled The Current State of Romani Studies III; the organizer was the State Scientific Library in Prešov, a documentation and information center of Romani culture. The Center of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Roma Studies of the Prešov University in Prešov collaborated. It was held on 1-2 December 2002 at the University of Prešov. The hybrid form enabled the participation of scientists from abroad as well. There were 23 contributions in five panels.
In the Language, Literature and Media Environment panel, Bc. Roman Goroľ presented a paper titled Roma and Romani language in RTVS. Bc. Roman Goroľ works as editor of the national minorities’ broadcasting of the Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) in Košice. The video was recorded on December 2, 2022.
category: speaking
tags: academic report monologue conference Slovak Roman Goroľ academic audience internal
Mgr. Roman Čonka, Mgr. Norbert Végh - Virtual Galleries - The Instrument for Presentation of Romani Culture
created: 27. 11. 2023 12:33 modified: 27. 11. 2023 12:35
The third year of the conference titled The Current State of Romani Studies III; the organizer was the State Scientific Library in Prešov, a documentation and information center of Romani culture. The Center of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Roma Studies of the Prešov University in Prešov collaborated. It was held on 1-2 December 2022 at the University of Prešov. The hybrid form enabled the participation of scientists from abroad as well. There were 23 contributions in five panels.
Mgr. Roman Čonka presented virtual galleries, their content and suggestions for use in the presentation of Romani culture in schools and other cultural facilities. Mgr. Norbert Végh, in the second part of the presentation, explained the technical side of processing the virtual gallery. The video was created on December 1, 2022.
category: speaking
tags: academic report monologue conference Slovak Roman Čonka Norbert Végh academic audience internal
Mgr. Alexander Mušinka, Ph.D., specially appointed docent: To the significant jubilee of Arne B. Mann
created: 27. 11. 2023 12:24 modified: 27. 11. 2023 12:25
The third year of the conference titled The Current State of Romani Studies III; the organizer was the State Scientific Library in Prešov, a documentation and information center of Romani culture. The Center of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Roma Studies of the Prešov University in Prešov collaborated. It was held on 1-2 December 2002 at the University of Prešov. The hybrid form enabled the participation of scientists from abroad as well. There were 23 contributions in five panels.
In the panel Roma in the historical-political discourse, a contribution entitled “To the significant jubilee of Arne B. Mann” by Mgr. Alexandra Mušinka, Ph.D. from the University of Prešov in Prešov, Institute of Roma Studies was presented. The video was created on December 1, 2022.
category: speaking
tags: academic report monologue conference Slovak Alexander Mušinka academic audience internal
Mgr. Ondřej Poduška: Political participation of Roma in Slovakia - trends and comparisons
created: 27. 11. 2023 10:56 modified: 30. 11. 2023 16:47
The third year of the conference titled The Current State of Romani Studies III; the organizer was the State Scientific Library in Prešov, a documentation and information center of Romani culture. The Center of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Roma Studies of the Prešov University in Prešov collaborated. It was held on 1-2 December 2022 at the University of Prešov. The hybrid form enabled the participation of scientists from abroad as well. There were 23 contributions in five panels.
In the panel Roma in the historical-political discourse, a contribution entitled Political participation of Roma in Slovakia - trends and comparisons was made by Mgr. Ondřej Poduška from the National Democratic Institute. It analyzes the development in the field of political participation of Roma in local governments over the last ten years and the models of Roma participation in political life.
category: speaking
tags: academic report monologue conference Czech Ondřej Poduška academic audience internal
Mgr. Martina Horňáková: Romani Dictionary Online
created: 27. 11. 2023 10:52 modified: 27. 11. 2023 10:52
The third year of the conference titled The Current State of Romani Studies III; the organizer was the State Scientific Library in Prešov, a documentation and information center of Romani culture. The Center of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Roma Studies of the Prešov University in Prešov collaborated. It was held on 1-2 December 2022 at the University of Prešov. The hybrid form enabled the participation of scientists from abroad as well. There were 23 contributions in five panels.
In the Language, Literature and Media Environment panel, Mgr. Martina Horňáková from the Foundation of Good Romani Fairy Kesaj presented the Romani Dictionary Online. It was a presentation of the currently implemented project of the online Romani dictionary romskyslovnik.online. The video was recorded on December 2, 2022.
category: speaking
tags: academic report monologue conference Slovak Martina Horňáková academic audience internal
Mgr. Zuzana Polačková, M.A., PhD.: Current Challenges of Pre-primary Education of the Romani Children in Slovakia
created: 27. 11. 2023 10:48 modified: 27. 11. 2023 10:49
The third year of the conference titled The Current State of Romani Studies III; the organizer was the State Scientific Library in Prešov, a documentation and information center of Romani culture. The Center of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Roma Studies of the Prešov University in Prešov collaborated. It was held on 1-2 December 2022 at the University of Prešov. The hybrid form enabled the participation of scientists from abroad as well. There were 23 contributions in five panels.
In the panel Schools and Education, Mgr. Zuzana Polačková, M.A., PhD. presented a paper titled Current Challenges of Pre-primary Education of the Romani Children in Slovakia. The video was recorded on December 2, 2022.
category: speaking
tags: academic report monologue conference Slovak Zuzana Polačková academic audience internal
Ďusi Band - The Romani Girl
created: 24. 11. 2023 10:56 modified: 24. 11. 2023 10:58
The song "The Romani Girl" has no known author, but since World War II it has been considered the anthem of the Slovak Roma. The lyrics is directly related to the suffering of Roma in labor and extermination camps.
The family band called Ďusi Band consists of Július Bandy Sr. and his three sons Kristián, Július, and the youngest Samuel. The cimbalom band from Prešov presents the best tradition of the Romani cimbalom groups with the high interpretive art of their members as well as the scope and genre richness of their repertoire. It consists of folklore typically Romani but also Slovak and other nations‘ and nationalities‘, the band also plays classical music and does well in playing music of the genres such as jazz, pop or film tunes. The Romani song Čhajori romaňi in an instrumental version was recorded during the Living Book on the Holocaust event, in Prešov, on September 27, 2018.
Musical instruments and musicians who play them
Violin (primas) - Samuel Bandy
Double bass - Július Bandy Jr.
Viola - Kristián Bandy
Cimbalom - Julius Bandy Sr.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Ján Jóny
created: 24. 11. 2023 10:15 modified: 24. 11. 2023 10:27
Ján Jóny lives and works in Michalovce. From an early age he was taught to play the violin, but he acquired his musical education in playing wind instruments, first at the Military Conservatory in Roudnice nad Labem in the Czech Republic, where he studied playing the tuba, later at the Conservatory in Košice. For several years he worked as a member of the Military Music of the Slovak Armed Forces. Later he returned to playing the violin and started playing with several folk ensembles. Since 2014, he has been working at the Jurošík Private Elementary Art School in Michalovce as a music teacher and is currently also a member of Štefan Cína's folk music.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Ján Jóny general audience internal
Daje, daje - Štefan Cína and the Folk Band
created: 28. 08. 2023 16:53 modified: 28. 08. 2023 16:54
The Romani folk song, recorded on July 8, 2022 as part of the series Documentation of Romani Cimbalom Folk Bands in Slovakia. It’s a dance song in fast tempo, the traditional Romungro czardasz. The Cínas (the siblings Štefan – accordion, Martina – violin, vocals) learned the song at home from their father, who learned it from his father. The lyrics of the song is in the Romani language.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Štefan Cína's Folk Music Band general audience internal
