Baro mariben (Great War)
created: 15. 05. 2020 12:54 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Baro mariben means Great War in Roma language. A short documentary film about the persecutions and difficult lives of the Roma in Slovakia during World War II. It describes the personal stories of the Roma who survived the dramatic moments of war. Through individual environments, which were the scenes of persecution or murder, the authors searched for today's memory of people. The film presents the theme of the Roma Holocaust in Slovakia, which is still almost unknown in today's society.
category: drama
tags: film documentary featurette Slovak Romani OZ Jekhetane-Spolu general audience external
Romathan - The Spririt of Music and Singing
created: 27. 04. 2020 10:12 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Video recording of the dance performance of the Romathan Theater was recorded on 18 September 2014 at the A. Duchnovič Theater in Prešov,v during the implementation of the National Project Documentation and Information Center of Romani Culture. The Orchestra of Romathan Theater and its soloists offer the watchers a mixture of instrumental and vocal-instrumental compositions.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra original Romani Romathan 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
Romathan - Lost Love
created: 10. 02. 2020 19:50 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The theater performance for adult audience. Presented as 74th premiere of the Romathan Theatre. The show is set into the historical period of the early 19th century. The main motive is the forbidden love of a rural nobleman and a Roma woman. The story emphasis is on fatality and conflicting situations while following the further fate of the unlikely couple's daughter.
category: drama
tags: theater drama singspiel original Romani Romathan 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
Sabrosa - the Concert, Scala, Presov
created: 18. 11. 2019 11:29 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The vocal and instrumental group Sabrosa started in the village Raslavice, district of Bardejov. Originally three singers and players, currently Sabrosa is the duo of sisters: Aneta Duzdova - the lead singer, Jana Duzdova - the guitar player, vocals.
The profile concert of Sabrosa was recorded on June 14, 2013 in Presov, in the former cinema named Scala.
The musicians supporting the Sabrosa was the folk group Cinovci from Vranov nad Toplou.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra borrowed Romani Sabrosa Cinovci z Vranova nad Topľou 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
Balvalfest (The Wind Festival)
created: 25. 03. 2019 08:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording of the 13th Romani festival, recorded in 2013 in Kokava upon Rimavica. The festival presents traditional Romani music as well as modern musical genres. Every year the organisers of the festival invite the performers both from Slovakia and other countries. The video is the cut of the live performances presenting traditional and popular Romani music, the interview with the festival organisor Vladimir Sendrei is added to the final edition.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix original borrowed Slovak Romani Hungarian Vladimír Sendrei general audience internal
The Gypsy Devils - The Concert
created: 25. 03. 2019 08:05 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Gypsy Devils as a group of Romani musicians report 1991 as the year of birth of this formation. They are characterized by a excellent, even virtuoso interpretation of Romani music from the urban environment, classical world music, but they do not avoid cooperation with contemporary artists known from popular music. The orchestra performs often both in Slovakia and abroad, it has already played on five continents. At the concert in Prešov on 24.10.2013 in the Cinema Scala the orchestra members playing there were: singing and violoncello - Silvia Šarköziová, viola - Jozef Farkaš, double bass - Tibor Lévai, solo doublebass - Alexander Mihok, violin - Emil Hasala, clarinet and tarogato - Zoltán Grunza , cimbalom - Ernest Šarközi, primash (violin) - Štefan "Picur" Banyák.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental classic contemporary orchestra folklore Romani Cigánski Diabli general audience internal
