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Khamoro: Synagogue Concert

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The atmosphere of the ancient Jerusalem Synagogue in Prague turned into a treasure house of Romani and classical music for one evening on 5/29/2024. This unique fusion was performed by the group Lavutari di Praga, led by violin virtuoso Ivan Herák.

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Khamoro Video

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Thursday evening at the 26th edition of the Khamoro festival in the Prague club La Fabrika belonged to traditional Roma rhythms. In addition to Ame Roma from Latvia and Ciganos d’Ouro from Portugal, the visitors were also introduced to the classical dulcimer Erika Holuba from the Czech Republic. This recently formed group brings together leading Roma musicians who have been working together for many years on various events.

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Czechia: Culture Project

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On April 30, 2024, the final press conference for the “Culture Breaks Borders” project implemented by I Am The Sound s.r.o. was held in Přerov. The main goal of the two-year project, supported by the EEA and Norway Funds, was to strengthen the business of Roma music artists in the Czech music and culture industry.

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Khamoro: Theatre

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The Slovak National Theatre presented a play about a tragic 1928 pogrom against Roma in Pobedimi which killed 6 Roma and left many without a house at the Khamoro Festival.

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Racism in Czechia

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Inadmissible in the West, normal in the Czech Republic. Roma are the least popular minority and many openly express their hatred. “If I got five crowns every time someone tells me they don’t like Roma, but I’m fine, I’d already have a villa,” says journalist Patrik Banga, a Rom. Together with Romanologue Saša Uhlová, they talked about why antigypsyism is so common and what can be done about it in the Aktuálně.cz Rasování program.

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Khamoro: Round Table

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On Monday, May 27, as part of the 26th edition of the Khamoro Roma festival, a discussion on the topic of Roma education, entitled Together for the Future of Young Roma, took place in Prague’s Přítomnost cinema. The event was organized by the ROMEA organization.

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Khamoro

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An article on the 26th Khamoro festival in Prague and on its program. This year it is not only about Roma, with, for example a concert in the Jerusalem Synagogue which will bring classical music with modern elements and Romani rhythms.

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European Elections

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David Beňák, a prominent figure of the Czech Roma community, is a candidate for the European Parliament for the ANO movement, the party of the former prime minister and businessman Babiš.

He wants to effectively fight against discrimination in Brussels. According to him, this applies not only to Roma in the Czech Republic. According to him, the solution could be high fines.

He mentioned that the Roma have a problem with the current coalition of five, and that they sympathize with the ANO movement, under whose government, according to them, “it was better”.

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European Elections

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The organization RomanoNet, an umbrella platform of Roma and pro-Roma non-profit organizations and initiatives, in cooperation with one of its member organizations, ROMEA, launched the awareness and motivational campaign Me žav! on May 20. Its goal is, in the form of short videos, to contribute to increasing the participation of Roma voters in the elections to the European Parliament, which will take place on June 7 and 8, 2024.

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Roma Vakeren

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The third episode of the series ‘Roma Vakeren” speaks about the creation of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust Memorial in Lety u Písek. Other topics include the worship of Black Sarah and the three Marys during the “Gypsy pilgrimage” in the south of France as well as the 20th editions of the World Roma Festival Khamoro.

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The police charged a 78-year-old man with the crime of disorderly conduct and violence against a group of residents, who, according to findings so far, threatened a Roma family in Svitavy with an ax and a gun in his hand at the beginning of May. The Romea.cz server reported on the incident that took place on the street. The witness said the man called people “black monkeys” and threatened to kill them. The police are also investigating a possible racial motive for the crime.

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Khamoro

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From Sunday, May 26, Prague hosts the Khamoro World Roma Festival. In addition to traditional music, it will offer world-renowned gypsy jazz concerts, film screenings, an exhibition about Holocaust survivors, a theatre performance by the Slovak National Theatre and a gastronomic show by culinary star Pavel Berky. The week-long marathon with the motto “Khamoro shines for everyone” will culminate with the final gala concert at the Sasazu club on Saturday, June 1. The largest Roma festival in the world has been organized since 1999 by Slovo 21 and Studio Production Saga.

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Online Racism

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A discussion with a young 19 year old Romni and TikTok creator about facing online racism, on how young Roma people live in the Czech Republic and what the biggest prejudice about Roma are.

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Kali Sara Festival

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On Saturday, May 18, Letňany in Prague became the scene of the first ever Kali Sara Roma festival. The festival attracted hundreds of visitors and offered a rich program full of traditional Roma music, dances and culinary specialties.

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Vera Bila

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The world-famous Romani singer Věra Bílá recently appeared on the iconic John Lennon wall in Kampa, Prague. This was done by the Roma artist Ladislav Mucha, who performs under the pseudonym Maxim Muchow. In a report for ROMEA TV, he drew a portrait of Věra Bílá on this iconic wall as a tribute to this Roma music legend.

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Lety

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On Sunday, May 12, 2024, the memorial to the Roma Holocaust at the site of the concentration camp in Lety u Písek was opened to the public. Three decades of debates about the nature of the place, which used to be a pig farm, were thus concluded.

But the reality of the perpetrators was not acknowledged for a very long time. The participation of Czech gendarmes and camp commanders in the genocide of the Roma during the Second World War was denied throughout the forty years of communism.

The taboo was broken after the revolution by historian Ctibor Nečas and journalist Markus Pape, and courageous activists from the ranks of the Roma and Sinti also played their part. For example, Jan Hauer, Antonín Lagryn and Čeněk Růžička, mostly sons of Lety prisoners, who also told about the fates of their parents and their own for the Memory of the Nation.

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Czechia: Mediation

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A round table, attended by representatives of the police, as well as the local Roma and Ukrainian communities, together with the mayor Lukáš Seifert and the representative for the Roma minority Lucie Fuková, took place in the Knight’s Hall of the Vlašské dvor in Kutná Hora. The aim of the meeting was to calm the tense situation after the recent attack by a Ukrainian of a Rom between, which culminated in a Roma demonstration on Palackého náměstí with a parade on Masarykova Street.

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Czechia and Roma

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According to social worker Jiřina Somsiová, the vast majority of the Roma are socially excluded in the Olomouc Region. Only the lucky few, who came to the Czech Republic immediately after the war, live in their own appartments. Those who immigrated later, typically from Slovakia, have no chance to find or rent normal housing and are therefore dependent on overcrowded hostels. Jiřina Somsiová, a field social worker with thirty years of experience is also the co-founder of the Community of Roma in Moravia.

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