Romania – rroma.org https://rroma.org Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:58:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Romania – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Lolita Cercel – Again https://rroma.org/lolita-cercel-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lolita-cercel-again Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:58:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32375 An article in the Slovak press about Lolita Cercel, the AI generated Romani singer.

]]> French Chronicle … https://rroma.org/french-chronicle-358/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-chronicle-358 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:59:03 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32357 Lolita Cercel, the AI Romani Singer, managed to make it to the French press. So dit the Council of Europe. The rest is unfrotunately the usual, with Roma having been evicted near Nates in Western France, have nowhere to go. And in another place, Roma are being threatened with eviction.

]]> Lolita Cercel https://rroma.org/lolita-cercel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lolita-cercel Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:13:55 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32273 Lolita Cercel, created virtually with the help of artificial intelligence, is a star in Romania and beyond. Her genre, “Balkan trip-hop”, combines traditional Roma melodies with modern pop, dance and electronic rhythms and has long since become part of the mainstream music scene. But, in addition to fame, she is also the target of critics. “The instrumentalization of Roma culture”, someone called her. According to critics, while real Roma artists are often underestimated, a “virtual, racially charged and dehumanized Roma identity” is suddenly gaining ground.

]]> Alina Şerban https://rroma.org/alina-serban-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alina-serban-3 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:45:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32231 The Romanian Romani actress and directo Alina Şerban was awarded a prize as young talent in the ‘Gypsy’ Culture Award from the Instituto de Cultura Gitana in Madrid.

]]> Five centuries https://rroma.org/five-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-centuries Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:05:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31551 An exhibition in France about the five centuries of slavery of Roma in Romanan lands. A slavery that the Romanian church still denies having been involved in…

]]> Festival https://rroma.org/festival-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=festival-4 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:00:40 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31540 A reportage on a festival “Rroma” in Romania entirely devoted  to Roma culture.

]]> Roma Palaces https://rroma.org/roma-palaces-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-palaces-3 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:51:51 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31488 Another one of these articles on Roma palaces, this time in the Ukrainian press about these houses in Romania.

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  • Секрети палаців румунських ромів: чому ці будинки вражають та де на Закарпатті є село “палаців”. In: Golos Karpat. 11.02.2026. https://goloskarpat.info/society/698cbbe02aa8e/
]]> Romania, Music, and AI https://rroma.org/romania-music-and-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romania-music-and-ai Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:02:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31298 A singer with artificial intelligence was created in Romania. She is called Lolita and already has thousands of fans and millions of views on social networks, local media reported in their reports on the subject.

The creator of Lolita is a young man from Bacău, who calls himself Tom. He is a visual designer by profession with over ten years of experience in editing photos and videos.

“Lolita sings in Romanian. She is a project that connects the old with the new. A specific violin sound, traditional music performed by Roma orchestras, is mixed with modern instrumental accents. Several styles are intertwined,” explains Tom, who writes the lyrics of the songs.

]]> Witches? https://rroma.org/witches-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=witches-2 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:36:59 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30907 An article full of stereotypes and folklore… A few excerpts:

In the village of Săpânța, near the Ukrainian border, two women recall: “If a boy was jealous of another, his mother would cast a spell on the girl to make her feel bad and prevent the marriage from taking place.” Next to her, her friend adds: “When my niece left home, we had a falling out. A woman at the market offered to cast a spell on her to bring her back, by the heavens. I refused, of course.”

]]> A Village in Romania https://rroma.org/a-village-in-romania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-village-in-romania Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:21:25 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30800 A documentary from Arte about a village in Romania with a large Nato base.

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