The newly created memorial for Sinti and Roma at the Protestant city cemetery in Bayreuth was inaugurated. For Bayreuth regional bishop Dorothea Greiner, it is important to come to terms with history.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, a Polish-Romani artist, has won the prestigious Tajsa Prize Cultural Heritage Prize 2023 for her significant contribution to Roma cultural heritage. The award ceremony took place on 30 November at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater and was organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).
Another article on the Roma “Problem” in Slovenia in the regions of Dolenjci, Belokranjci, and Posavci. The situation is difficult, but to write what is in the article is not exactly helpful. The article says:
“The majority of Roma are uneducated and consequently unemployed. Roma settlements, most of which grew up on foreign land, with “black” houses, became ghettos, and it is difficult to talk about any kind of socialization. The main source of livelihood for the majority is social transfers, which depend on the size of the family – more children, more money. But what if many spend it on alcohol, drugs and weapons, and crime and threats to people’s safety are also connected to this.”
So in brief, we are all uneducated unemployed social security abusers with many children who are alcoholics and drug addicts… How about a sanity check about those statements?
The commission for monitoring the situation of the Roma community in the municipality of Ribnica held its 4th regular meeting on Monday, November 27, 2023. The proposal of a program of long-term and short-term measures to solve the Roma problem was presented in more detail by the mayor, which will be discussed in detail by the Commission for Monitoring the Roma Community.
Let’s see the outcome…
For the twelfth time, the “Chemik” Cultural Centre will host the Days of Roma Culture and Tradition organized by Public Primary School No. 1. Dance groups will perform on the stage, and Romanes poems will be recited. The star of the event will be Angelo Ciureja, a Roma singer from Wałbrzych, scholarship holder and winner of the National Competition for talented Roma youth in Poland.
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has announced the five finalists for the prestigious Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2023, which honours outstanding individuals who are leaders in the contemporary Roma cultural movement. The award ceremony will take place on 30 November 2023 at 19:00 and will be broadcast online from the Gorki Theatre in Berlin.
Organized by the Office for Roma Inclusion, another seminar was held in Niš from November 24 to 26 for coordinators for Roma issues and for representatives of Roma NGOs. At the seminar, information was exchanged about the situation and position of Roma in local self-governments. The activities and plans for the year 2024, the two most important institutions for improving the position of Roma in Serbia – the Office for Roma Inclusion and the National Council of the Roma National Minority – were presented.
Let’s see what this produces …
A positive article in the Slovak press on the Roam Spirit awards. For the fifteenth time, the Roma Spirit awards were given to those who participate in improving the lives of Roma men and women and coexistence in Slovakia.
An article about the Romani folk singer Teddy Alexadrova. She is 32 years old, and not married. According to this “article”, her family is looking for a suitable husband for her.
Many stereotypes in such a short article.
On November 27, a mass fight took place in the village of Pidvynogradiv in Transcarpathia, involving several dozen men, during which one was killed with a shovel. The fight took place in a part of the village where Roma live. According to the know information, the fight occurred during the elections of a “baron” in the settlement.
According to the news, a 41 years old person was arrested for having organised the fight and weapons in advance.
The new memorial for the Sinti victim of the Nazi genocide was inaugurated in Hamburg.
The 2023 Roma Spirit award nominated its laureates on Saturday (November 25) evening. They were announced at the National Theater in Košice. The prize was awarded by an expert jury in eight categories.
Šukar Dživipen from Banská Štiavnica won in the NGO category.
Zdravé regióny – a state organization won in the category Company and employer.
The city district of Košice – Luník IX won in the the Town and City category.
Paulína Slepčíková from Košice won in the in the Personality category.
The project Stories without Borders won in the Media category.
Barbora Botošová from Bratislava won the award in the Culture category.
Natália Gažiová from Košice won the Act of the Year category.
The special prize of the jury was awarded in memoriam to Daniela Hivešová Šilanova, a Slovak writer, dramaturg and screenwriter, co-founder of Romathan Roma Theatre.
According to the article, roughly 25’000 Roma from Ukraine fled to Poland, and these were overwhelmingly illiterate. This probably means they missed quite of few Roma who did not conform to the stereotypes.
A book on this exodus, called “The War of our Times” was published.
First an article with maybe good intentions but which labels Roma as nomads, and in the usual French way mixes Gitans, Manouches, Roma, etc. In brief, the usual French confusion. Time they should learn. Then, the more usual: In Bordeaux, Roma from a camp are being re-lodged (an exception) into decent buildings. Finally, In Montpellier, a festival “Migrant’scène” will showcase the documentary about he rumours in France that Roam were stealing children. A must see.
On Friday December 8th, the Esma association organises an information event on Roma culture and a concert. The association was founded by the renowned Romni Esma Rdžepova.
On this Sunday, starting at 9 pm – a great party has been prepared in the club of the Association for the Development of the Culture of Močvara with a concert by KAL, a musical ensemble formed in 1996 in Valjevo.
The Hamburg Sinti Association has erected a memorial in the cemetery at Diebsteich in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. It will be ceremoniously inaugurated on Sunday.
Jan Bendigo, a Czech Rom, who is a fashion icon in the Czech Republic and an actor, was the victim of an attack. A person threw flour at him while shouting “Gypsy” at him.
The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities published in the official gazette a public call for co-financing of social welfare programs for the year 2024, which would help prevent social hardships of vulnerable groups (read among others here Roma) in the areas of addiction, mental health and prevention of violence. 3.3 million euros are available.
A Rom was crowned as “King” of the Roma in Warsaw in 1937. Well, it was certainly for the gallery, as there is no such thing…
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