Gemer-Malohont Museum in Rimavská Sobota
created: 28. 02. 2022 11:15 modified: 17. 06. 2022 10:57
The Museum in Rimavská Sobota, the fifth oldest museum in Slovakia, was established in 1882. It maps the territory of the multicultural Gemer - Malohont, of which the Roma were a natural part. There has been an exposition of Romani culture since 1976. Here can be found a valuable publication titled Gypsies in Slovakia by Emília Horváthová, but also the album of Romani musicians published in Budapest in 1898, the second edition of 1927 contains a graphic of Cinka Panna and a biography of one of the most important Romani lead violinists - Márton Dombi, who came from Gemer.
category: speaking
tags: academic scientific commentary monologue humanities Slovak Oľga Bodorová general audience internal
Mgr. Vladimír Horváth - Amari luma - The Romani Encyclopedia on Internet
created: 15. 02. 2022 10:41 modified: 15. 02. 2022 10:52
Expert paper presentation on the Romani Encyclopedia Amari luma on Internet, presented at the conference titled Romani Culture in the Digital Environment, the speech delivered by Mgr. Vladimír Horváth from the civic association Romano kher – Romani House. The scientific event with international participation was organised by the State Scientific Library in Prešov, its documentation and information center of Romani culture, in cooperation with the Methodological and Pedagogical Center in Prešov on November 20, 2019.
category: speaking
tags: academic presentation monologue conference Slovak Vladimír Horváth academic audience internal
Ivana Šusterová - Documentation and Presentation of the Vlax Romani Culture
created: 15. 02. 2022 10:30 modified: 15. 02. 2022 10:34
Expert paper presentation on the culture of Vlax Roma in Slovakia, presented at the conference titled Romani Culture in the Digital Environment, the speech delivered by Mgr. Ivana Šusterová, PhD. The scientific event with international participation was organised by the State Scientific Library in Prešov, its documentation and information center of Romani culture, in cooperation with the Methodological and Pedagogical Center in Prešov on November 20, 2019.
category: speaking
tags: academic presentation monologue conference Slovak Ivana Šusterová general audience internal
Live Book - Teri Čikoš
created: 09. 02. 2022 13:04 modified: 09. 02. 2022 13:23
Teri Čikoš comes from Bratislava based family of musician dedicated to music for generations already. She carries on and continues the tradition successfully. She plays the piano, guitar, she is a student of Music and Dramatic Arts at the Conservatory. In the same time she is a teacher of singing at the Elementary School of Arts. Her single titled Pozri (Look) achieved a place among top ten most played songs on Slovak radio stations. She gives concerts with her own music group, moderates and keeps making a well designed place for herself in the field of pop culture in Slovakia.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Teri Čikoš general audience internal
Lomnické čháve – Lomnické čháve sa voláme (Lomnické čháve, They Call Us)
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:50 modified: 11. 01. 2022 11:50
The song called Lomnické čháve, They Call Us by the band Lomnické čháve is a czardasz song. The melody of the song is built on a folklore basis, well known and popular in the Roma community. The text is sung partly in Romani and partly in Slovak. The authors of the text are the members of the band. They consider this song to be something like their anthem or jingle, which announces their performances and talks about their goal, which is to please and entertain people.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quartet borrowed Slovak Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Lomnické čháve – Ona ľúbi pomaranče (She Loves Oranges)
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:36 modified: 11. 01. 2022 11:47
The song She Loves Oranges by Lomnické čháve is originally a song with the same title by the Polish group After Party, published in 2016. Like the original song in the Polish language (Ona lubi pomarańcze), its cover version in Slovak is a dance song with techno-pop and ska elements. Members of the Lomnické čháve group interpret this song with the original title, with Slovak lyrics, but in specifically Romani way of interpretation.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quartet borrowed Slovak Lomnické čháve general audience internal
Sister Maristella
created: 11. 01. 2022 11:19 modified: 07. 07. 2022 11:09
Sister Maristella, by civic name Mária Kačová, is a nun of the Congregatio Jesu, the catholic female congregation known by popular name as „The English Virgins“. Sister Maristella lives in Prešov, helping the abused women, mothers with children and homeless people. She organizes charity where people donate food and clothing. For decades she has been an organist in the concathedral of St. Nicholas in Prešov. In 2009 she received the City of Prešov Award. She is the niece of the first Romani writer in Slovakia, Elena Lacková.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Maristella general audience internal
Milan Polhoš
created: 04. 10. 2021 09:18 modified: 04. 10. 2021 09:23
In the interview, Milan Polhoš describes what is the love of his life, i.e. music. Milan Polhoš is a member of the Lomnické čháve group, based in the village Veľká Lomnica. Milan Polhoš is the bandleader, saxophonist and singer of the band. He is a graduate of university where he obtained a master's degree in social work.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Milan Polhoš general audience internal
Roman Eštočák
created: 10. 09. 2021 10:24 modified: 10. 09. 2021 10:27
Roman Estocak is one of the Romanies in Slovakia with university degree. He graduated from the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, social work. He worked as project manager. Currently, he works at the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic government for Romani communities. He is married and has a son.
category: speaking
tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Roman Eštočák general audience internal
Arpád Farkaš - rozprávanie
created: 10. 09. 2021 08:49 modified: 08. 05. 2023 20:08
Arpád Farkaš, hudobník, klavirista, absolvent Strednej umeleckej školy v Košiciach, v súčasnosti učiteľ hudby na Základnej umeleckej škole v Rožňave a Súkromnom konzervatóriu Dezidera Kardoša v Prešove. Arpád Farkaš je aktívnym hudobníkom, hrá na klavíri a pôsobí v niekoľkých hudobných zoskupeniach, medzi nimi aj Arpád Farkaš Kvartet. Špecializuje sa na džez a vystupuje na džezových festivaloch, v kluboch či na recepciách. Jeho repertoár tvoria jeho vlastné skladby ako aj nasledujúce džezové štandardy: Wayne Shorter: Footprints (1967); Miles Davis: So What (1959); George Gershwin: Summertime (1934); Jerome Kern: All The Things You Are (1944); Miles Davis: Solar (1954); Duke Ellington: Solitude (1934), a ďalšie.
Videozáznam ponúka rozprávanie Arpáda Farkaša o džezovej scéne na Slovensku, o hudobníckej rodine, z ktorej pochádza a rómskej hudbe na Slovensku. Záznam vznikol 11.7.2013.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Arpád Farkaš general audience internal
