Romani Pilgrimage in Borzęcin
created: 31. 01. 2020 15:23 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
In Poland, in the village Borzęcin at the local cemetery the memorial for 29 exhumed Roma was erected. They were murdered by Germans in 1942. Another memorial to these victims was created in the nearby forest, where the Roma were murdered by the Nazis.
category: speaking
tags: academic factual monologue humanities Polish Adam Bartosz general audience internal
Romani Pilgrimage in Szczurowa
created: 31. 01. 2020 14:24 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
During World War II, specifically in July 3, 1943 in Szczurowa in Poland, fascists assassinated 93 local Roma. This tragedy is commemorated by a memorial that is the first monument to the Roma Holocaust in the world.
category: speaking
tags: academic factual monologue humanities Polish Adam Bartosz general audience internal
Concert Luna
created: 22. 12. 2019 13:42 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
LUNA is the girls only band from Martin. Their repertoir covers both Romani and Slovak folk songs, many times they play also pop music in folk arrangment or classical music. These are the members of the band: Petra Cickova - accordeon, Božena Cickova - double bass, Michael Kazarova - violin, Stanislava Cickova - singer. The recording of the band performance was in June 7, 2013.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix quartet original Slovak Romani Luna general audience internal
Concert: Karel Adam
created: 20. 12. 2019 10:41 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The concert for celebration of the World Roma Day, organized in November 27, 2017 in the Wave Club, Hlavna st., Presov. Karel Adam was the principal conductor of the Romathan Theater. Together with his colleagues he prepared the program consisting of instrumental and vocal-instrumental compositions, both from Romani traditional folk and their own works. The listeners may listen to halgato, czardasz as well as to classical music pieces.
Karel Adam – violin, Eugen Bunda – cimbalom, Vladimir A+B12dam – second violin, Viktor Adam – double bass, Dasa Polakova – singer, Zaneta Stipakova – singer.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra borrowed Romani Karel Adam Dáša Polláková Žaneta Štipáková general audience internal
Patrik Samko
created: 16. 12. 2019 09:24 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
A short video about a craft of making and repairing the music instruments. Patrik Samko graduated from the school for violin makers placed in Luby (district of Cheb) in Czech Republic. In the short interview he introduces his work and his craft. The interview was recorded in 2013 during the Euroopean Romani Smithing Symposium.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Patrik Samko general audience internal
Igor Radic - The Valach Axe from Klenovec
created: 16. 12. 2019 09:18 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Igor Radič was born in 1960 in Klenovec where he lives and works untill now. Since his childhood he was fascinated by smithery. After completing his vocational training, he started to work as a smith for the Farmers Cooperative in Klenovec, he worked for the state woods company as well. He received more training by old smiths, masters of the craft. He is the statutory representative of the NGO Romani Artistic Smithery. The organization organizes workshops for smiths. He works both as industrial and artistic smith. His son Igor Radič jr. (1984) helps him in his workshop.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak general 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
Dusan Barkoci - A Basket Maker
created: 20. 11. 2019 14:06 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Dusan Barkoci from Brodske in the short video introduces the craft - the basket making. He shows how the concrete artefact is made - the vase, he describes the process of it production and shows how he does the concrete steps. He speaks about the craft kept in the family, about the spefici features of the craft, how the twings are collected and processed.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Dušan Barkóci 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
Robert Rigó - The Smithery Tradition of the Family
created: 19. 11. 2019 15:06 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Robert Rigó (1953) is the artistic smith from Dunajska Luzna. From his smithy and The Hefaiston Salesroom the manually forged objects. From a small candelabra through large balustrade to dominant gates; these all can be found throughout Slovakia as well as in many countries in the world.
Robert Rigó focuses on traditional craft trying to preserve the ancient smithery motives and technique.
Robert Rigó is the chairperson of the Chartikano Association which in 2015 realized the 15th European Romani Smiths Symposium. In their Gallery of Smithery the rich creation of the master smiths from Dunajska Luzna is presented.
Formerly, Dunajska Luzna was called the Iron Village. Smithery as a craft has more than 300 years long tradition there; until today being the place with the highest number of forges in Slovakia.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Róbert Rigó general audience internal
