Dezider Horváth, Krásnohorské Podhradie
created: 20. 03. 2024 13:36 modified: 20. 03. 2024 13:37
Dezider Horváth, the leader of the local Roma community in the village of Krásnohorské Podhradie, talks about the village, the settlement and its origins, the local Roma community as well as his personal and family history. Dezider Horváth is a memorial of many historical events, he also talks about the years when he was active in the field of Roma national politics and local civic activism.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Romani Dezider Horváth general audience internal
Elena Lacková - Let's Get Introduced (The Debate in Handlová)
created: 08. 03. 2024 11:27 modified: 08. 03. 2024 11:28
The video is the archived material of the NGO Jekhetane-Spolu. Its content is the recorded debate of the writer Elena Lacková which took place in the Library in Handlová; this event being a part of the series of events named Let's Get Introduced. The original video is recorded on VHS tape, the digital version was made in 2002 through digitalization of the tape. Some parts of the debate in the original record are edited, hence the utterance of sentences isn't finished properly. The object is provided only for studying purposes and research of Elena Lacková. The author of the video isn't identified.
Elena Lacková was born on March 22, 1921 in Veľký Šariš. She is one of the most important Romani writer. She wrote fot both children and adult readers. She graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague (1970). She wrote prose as well as dramatic pieces. She was a lifelong activist and Romani advocate.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue general Slovak Elena Lacková general audience internal
Roma and the Slovak National Uprising
created: 05. 03. 2024 07:56 modified: 05. 03. 2024 08:06
The editorial office of the Slovak Radio broadcasting for national minorities, the studio Košice, provided space for a meeting of the students from Košice secondary schools and the historian and ethnologist Zuzana Kumanová, during which the topic of the Slovak National Uprising was discussed. According to Zuzana Kumanová, the Slovak National Uprising anniversaries are also an opportunity for remembrance of the heroic deeds of the Roma who risked and sacrificed their lives in the fight for freedom and democracy. Zuzana Kumanová presents Roma not only as victims of war murders, but also as heroes, partisans and fighters for freedom. She also introduced the topic of identity to the listeners. The event’s host was Erika Godlová, it took place on September 13, 2018 in the studio of RTVS on Moyzesova street no. 7 in Košice.
category: speaking
tags: academic scientific discussion dialogue humanities Slovak Zuzana Kumanová Erika Godlová general audience internal
Alexander Daško a Vladimír Sendrei
created: 15. 02. 2023 14:59 modified: 16. 02. 2023 15:04
Vladimír Sendrei, a singer and frontman of the music group Sendreiovci and Kokavakere lavutara. He is the chairman of the Civic Association Latcho Drom and the main organizer of the music festival Balval Fest.
Alexander Daško comes from Čierny Balog. He is a musician, together with his band became well-known not only in Slovakia. He attended the Conservatory in Žilina, later graduated from the Pedagogical Fakulty of Matej Bel University. In Banská Bystrica, for many years already, he has been organising the festival Cigánsky oheň (Gypsy Fire); he established and manages his own music school.
The main topic of the interview is their experience gathered in cooperation with foreign musicians. Vladimír Sendrei cooperated with Hans Zimmer who picked him and the band to play his music in the film Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows.
Alexander Daško speaks about Goran Bregovič and their common performance at the concert in Banská Bystrica. The other topics are contemporary Romani music in Slovakia, music inspirations and plans for future.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Alexander Daško Vladimír Sendrei Hans Zimmer Goran Bregovič general audience
The Live Book - Lomnické čháve
created: 22. 09. 2022 09:38 modified: 24. 10. 2022 09:27
Lomnické čháve is the rom-pop band with Milan Polhoš as the lead musician and singer and managed by Tomáš Slebodník. Their repertoir includes mainly the Romani folk songs and songs from other nations. The band's performance is in pop style, using electronic music instruments. The video documents the interview with the members of the band and their manager which was recorden on July 8, 2020 in Prešov, in the Center for Independent Culture Wave.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Romani Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Live Book: Red Tomato
created: 18. 05. 2022 09:03 modified: 18. 05. 2022 09:21
The film Loli Paradička is a romantic comedy about the love of Veronca and the goods seller at fair, Milan. They both are disabled in their way - Milan has no leg, Veronka is a Romani girl. It does not prevent them from living through their sincere, ridiculously sad story, full of hope, love and humor. Screenplay and direction: Richard Staviarsky, Viťo Staviarsky. Music: Štefan Cína and Viťo Staviarsky. The main roles were played by Michal Iľkanin and Kamila Mitrášová. It won the Audience Award at the Art Film Fest festival, and in 2019 it was the most successful Slovak film. The guests of the event within the series of events called the Living Books, implemented by the State Scientific Library in Prešov, were the creators Richard Staviarsky and Marka Staviarska (the producer) and the actress who played the main character, Kamila Mitrášová. The musical guest was the Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína. Štefan Cína is the co-author of the music soundtrack to the film, the band recorded most of the original songs.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual dialogue guided Slovak Richard Staviarsky Marka Staviarska Kamila Mirtrášová general audience internal
Tomas Hrustic - Black and White Worlds
created: 23. 03. 2020 14:01 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Tomáš Hrustič from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava presents the publication Black and White Worlds / Roma in the Majority Society in Slovakia. Two different nations, two different views, two worlds. Two different worlds that live side by side. The Roma and the others. These facts also contributed to the formation of the title of the publication Black and White Worlds. Domestic and foreign experts from the field of Roma studies looked into these worlds and brought the results of their own research. Professional reviewers of the publication: Martin Fotta, PhD., PhDr. Michal Vašečka, PhD., Kimmo Granqvist, PhD., Prof. Mgr. Milan Kováč, PhD. Published by: VEDA, Publishing House of SAV, published in: 2015, number of pages: 595
The video is divided into several inputs. Each entry represents a part of the publication. Inputs are labeled.
category: speaking
tags: academic factual dialogue humanities Slovak Romani Tomáš Hrustič academic audience internal
The Project Live Book - Ivan Akimov
created: 14. 12. 2019 22:40 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Ivan Akimov, the musician with a Russian roots, growing up in France, living in Kežmarok, Slovak republic, professional leader of artistic ensemble for children Kesaj čhave. For his long lasting work in an artistic field, he was awarded by the Ambassador of France to Slovakia and he obtained the National order of merit, statute of Knight.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Ivan Akimov general audience internal
The Racs and Smithery
created: 19. 11. 2019 15:13 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Smithery as a tradition of the family was started by Stefan Rac. The craft is further carried by his son and both his grandchildren. The video presents the dialogue between Stefan Rac and his granddaughter Barbora Racova. They describe blacksmith's work, the products made, production process as well as their way towards the craft itself. The video also shows works of Stefan Rac, his granddaughter (Barbora Racova) and his grandson (Pavol Rac).
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Štefan Rác Barbora Rácová general audience internal
The Live Book - Women for Women
created: 02. 09. 2019 08:33 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Live Book - Women for Women was the event which took place in the Wave Club in Presov on 12th of April, 2017 in order to celebrate The World Roma Day. The guests were Mgr. Ildiko Gorova and Mgr. Gabriela Gaborova from the Vtackovce village. I. Gorova is a teacher at the local elementary school, G. Gaborova is the coordinator of the field social work, employed by the Office of Plenipotentiary of the SR Government for Romani communities.
The music guest was The Arpi Farkas Jazz Trio (Arpad Farkas - the piano, Angela Farkas - the singer, Adrian Sajko - double-bass)
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual dialogue guided Slovak Romani general audience internal
