Christmas Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/christmas/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:19:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Christmas Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/christmas/ 32 32 Czechia, Slovakia, and Christmas https://rroma.org/czechia-slovakia-and-christmas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-slovakia-and-christmas Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:19:50 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30891 The well-known Roma musician Gejza Horváth can tell you at length how they celebrated Christmas. He was born in 1948 […]

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]]> The well-known Roma musician Gejza Horváth can tell you at length how they celebrated Christmas. He was born in 1948 in Písečná in the Šumpersk region, but spent his childhood in the settlement of Kolinovce near the Slovak town of Krompachy. He comes from a musical family and was already playing with the biggest bands in Slovakia at the age of twelve. So he was definitely not bored at Christmas. In Gejza Horváth’s childhood, Roma would go around the village to play carols for the gádže

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]]> Lovaro Krečuno https://rroma.org/lovaro-krecuno/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lovaro-krecuno Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:35:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26615 Jaroslav Bihary (61) from Nitra, co-founder of the Roma Civic Association Lovári, tells how these special days take place in […]

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]]> Jaroslav Bihary (61) from Nitra, co-founder of the Roma Civic Association Lovári, tells how these special days take place in Lovara Roma households.

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]]> Roma, Christmas, Slovakia https://rroma.org/roma-christmas-slovakia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-christmas-slovakia Wed, 27 Dec 2023 14:06:48 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22596 Another reportage about Christmas among Roma in Slovakia. The editors of eReport went to see what Christmas looks like in […]

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]]> Another reportage about Christmas among Roma in Slovakia. The editors of eReport went to see what Christmas looks like in the Roma family of Jaroslav Bihary from Nitra.

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]]> A Touch of Envy https://rroma.org/a-touch-of-envy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-touch-of-envy Tue, 26 Dec 2023 07:47:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22590 An article in the Slovak press about successful and rich Roma (they say there are more and more of them) […]

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]]> An article in the Slovak press about successful and rich Roma (they say there are more and more of them) and their lavish Christmas celebrations.

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