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Musicians in Kosovo Fight Anti-Roma Prejudice Stirred Up by War

Edit Voa News 10 Mar 2016
Reuters. PRISTINA—. As a child, Kafu had no idea he was Roma. Growing up in Gjakova, western Kosovo, he was called "gypsy" everywhere he went. Kafu only discovered what the word Roma meant when he was in his 20s ... Kafu lost family members to both ... Drummers ... In January, another group of Roma musicians, the Jimmy Mustafa Band, released their first album on iTunes, with all 10 songs written in the Romany language ... ....

Call to recognize Romas as Indian diaspora

Edit The Times of India 15 Feb 2016
A resolution adopted at the conclusion of the conference on Sunday called for people-to-people contacts between Indians and Romani people to be encouraged ... The 11-point resolution also called for the Romani language to be taught in Indian schools and universities as a recognised foreign language and the preparation of a Romani-Hindi dictionary ... "Economic relations between India and Romani people should be encouraged....

Sounds from Slovakia

Edit The Hindu 12 Nov 2015
Another fascinating and formidable legacy of music is that of Slovakia’s Romani Gypsies ... “Our Romani language still retains many Indian words such as naaka (nose), kaana (ears) and jhaang (thigh),” explains Adam, the chief musician at Romathan, Slovakia’s biggest gypsy theatre and centre for Romani performing arts located in the eastern city of Kosice....

How a Vacation Paradise Became an Empire of Darkness

Edit Huffington Post 14 Sep 2015
There was once a time when I was in love with Hungary. I spent a total of five summers at Lake Balaton in Budapest or in the Puszta between my 6th and 16th birthday. And looking back, I wish I had spent all 10 summers there. The warm waters of the lake. The smooth sand, as if created for my tiny feet. The most delicious cr�pes in the world ... And then. life in the capital ... Roma, and their 'Romany' language are at risk, as are gay people ... ....

A slow Cirque takes off at BB&T; Center

Edit Sun Sentinel 13 Aug 2015
Cirque du Soleil’s “Varekai” has a slow burn of a start. . The human circus now at BB&T Center in Sunrise through Aug. 23 goes a good 18 minutes before the first feat of derring-do ... Ok. Nice ... Photo ... Photo ... See more galleries ... Photo ... Photo ... “Varekai” (pronounced, “Ver-ay-kie”) means “wherever” in the Romany language of the Gypsies, whose nomadic culture is also a theme of the show ... ....

Tracing evolution of India's rich linguistic history

Edit Deccan Herald 11 Aug 2015
The major language families of South Asia are Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, and Munda ... It is the languages of wider functions that link regional, ethnic, and linguistic populations of the pluralistic subcontinent ... Other significant Indic languages include Sinhalese, the official language of Sri Lanka; and Romani, the language of the Roma (Gypsies), which originated in India and spread throughout the world....

Fernando Miro takes the lead in ‘Cirque du soleil: Varekai’

Edit The Miami Herald 07 Aug 2015
For Cirque du Soleil shows, inspiration comes from myriad sources — fables, myths, magic, Mozart, Shakespeare, even The Beatles and Michael Jackson. But rarely has the origin of a production been this personal. Cirque du Soleil. Varekai — which soars into Sunrise’s BB&T Center from Wednesday through Aug ... The word itself means “wherever” in the Romani language, and the show is billed as “an acrobatic tribute to the nomadic soul.”....

Cirque du Soleil’s enchanted ‘Varekai’ opening in Tampa

Edit Tampa Bay Online 05 Aug 2015
“It’s out of this world,” says Cirque du Soleil spokeswoman Julie Desmarais ... “Varekai,” which means “wherever” in the Romany language of the gypsies, the universal wanderers, highlights adventures both “absurd and extraordinary.” The production honors the nomadic soul and the spirit and art of the circus tradition, organizers say ... Subscribe to The Tampa Tribune. ....

Cirque du Soleil's legend of the fall

Edit Sun Sentinel 04 Aug 2015
Cirque du Soleil's "Varekai," coming Aug. 12-23 to the BB&T Center in Sunrise, was born out of a nasty fall. "Dominic [Champagne] is the creator and director," explains Michael Smith, artistic director of the human-circus show ... 0 ... The word "Varekai" (pronounced, "Ver-ay-kie") means "wherever" in the Romany language of the Gypsies, whose nomadic culture is also a theme of the show ... ....

Bulgaria tensions lead to Roma home demolitions

Edit BBC News 21 Jul 2015
By Nick Thorpe BBC News Eastern Europe correspondent. 21 July 2015. From the section Europe. Twelve buildings in Garmen have already been destroyed ... Europe's largest ethnic minority Population of 10-12 million, including six million in EU Often referred to as Gypsies, Sinti, Zingari (Italian), Gitanos (Spain), Manouches (France) Speak Romani language, with local variations Roma have faced marginalisation wherever they have settled ... ....

The prince, the glamour model and the Vikings’ lost language

Edit The Guardian 24 May 2015
The impending marriage of Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip to a former glamour model has generated rare excitement among Scandinavian professors of archaic Germanic languages ... These are Finnish, spoken by up to a million Swedes; Meankieli, a derivative of Finnish used by 50,000 northerners; Romani, the language of the Roma people; Yiddish, introduced by Jewish immigrants three centuries ago; and Sami, the language of reindeer herders....

Press release - DC074(2015) / 15 May 2015 Minority languages in Montenegro: new evaluation report released (Council of Europe)

Edit noodls 15 May 2015
The evaluation report also commends the Montenegrin authorities on the measures taken to promote the use of the Romani language and their co-operation with Romani speakers on the codification of this language, already used in some texts published by the authorities ... scope of the application of the Charter to Bosnian, Croatian and Romani languages....

Today is International Roma Day (Department of Human Resources of Hungary)

Edit noodls 08 Apr 2015
The first World Romani Congress was held in ... At the congress, held in Orpington near London, delegates from India and twenty other countries designated 8 April International Roma Day and adopted the symbol, flag, motto and anthem of the Romani people; this was also the event at which the Romani language was officially recognised....
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