Romani Pilgrimage in Zabno
created: 10. 02. 2020 19:29 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Factographic narrative about the memorial that was built in 2012 on the site of the execution of unknown Roma during World War II in 1943.
category: speaking
tags: academic factual monologue humanities Polish Adam Bartosz general audience internal
Romani Pilgrimage in Bielcza
created: 31. 01. 2020 15:27 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
In 1942 in Bielcza, Poland, the Germans murdered 41 Roma from the Kwiek family. They were nomadic Roma from Kalderash group. Their common grave is well cared by the local people.
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tags: academic factual monologue humanities Polish Adam Bartosz general audience internal
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.
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tags: academic factual monologue humanities Polish Adam Bartosz 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.
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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
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.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Dušan Barkóci 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.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Róbert Rigó general audience internal
Ivan Sarkozy - talking about smithing
created: 21. 10. 2019 10:09 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Ivan Šarközy general audience internal
Robert Rigó - Smith Symposium
created: 20. 10. 2019 19:04 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Robert Rigó (1953) is the art smith from Dunajska Luzna. Handmaid smithed objects come from his forge and the shop Hefaiston. From small candelabra through grand stair rail to dominant gates. They can be found all over Slovakia as well as in many countries of the world. Robert Rigó focuses on traditional craft trying to preserve ancient Romani smithing motives and techniqes.
Robert Rigó is a chairperson of the Chartikano Association, the organiser of already 15th European Romani Smithing Syposium. The Chartikano Association in Smith Gallery introduces rich production of the smithing craft masters from Dunajska Luzna.
In the past Dunajska Luzna used to be known as the Iron Village. The smithery in there is carried for 300 years already, the largest number of forges in Slovakia active at the place till nowadays.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual monologue guided Slovak Róbert Rigó general audience internal
