TABOR: Music as an important ‘language’ to pass a message 10/02/12

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Music as an important ‘language’ to pass a message 



Opening up 2012 the Sinti band Tabor released its new album ‘Teli Lichta’ (under the light, in Romani-language). Eleven beautiful tracks , for the first time nearly all sung in Sinti-Romanes, with its text written down and translated into English in the accompanying stylish booklet. Recently, a first proper occasion for a…

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I was asked today, "what are you?" when I was talking about Rroma. They said, no no, there are no Romanians here. I said no, I am Rroma. So, I had to explain gypsy.

They told me "you don't look like one, you can't be one". I argue for an hour that my ethnicity is what I say it is.

I am not used to that. In Europe people hate me openly for being prostitute dirty thieving gypsy. Here in US people think I "died out" or don't exist. Or worst still, I am a ... Disney…

Dear friends in Poland,

I have an option to visit Warsaw on 5-14 March (reason: very cheap air-tickets and the desire to travel). Can you suggest me any quality hostel with non-expensive rate and reliable Wi-Fi connection (I am working on-line everywhere).

I am just surfing related websites, but getting confused...

Please advice.

Mr. Valery Novoselsky,

Executive Editor, Roma Virtual Network.…

http://www.foerdervereinroma.de/philharm/25.September2011.pdf

http://www.foerdervereinroma.de/philharm/Beethovenfest.pdf

“The Holocaust by Bullets” by Father Patrick Desbois (2008)

I recommend this book.

Father Desbois traveled through isolated regions of the Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and other republics of the USSR to listen to and pray with elderly farmers, villagers and peasants. These witnesses…

či džanav sar. aj, ćerav bući crra pe vrjama. so džanes te ćeres…



puh… či halam vadži…. me sem bokhalo! so si te halpe???!!!! naj manřo… mislil-pe adžes či hav mahklo! 



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adžes si šukar vrjama numa šl si mande …



si tumende ašundon e mulikane čiriklja? thaj čiřiklořa? Mende si čiřiklořa… thaj.. gravoro. 



lačhe… šaj jek kafava?



aš…

I am trying to incorporate Rroma into my masters thesis. I want to make it personal but... I don't know how. I feel like no one Rroma is in Masters programs. I don't know who to ask or anything. I feel like I'm going to fail because I can't frame my own story. Does that even make sense? I feel it could be a chance to educate those in my program, my university, my area about Rroma and about our lives. No, we are not indigenous but we are still worthy of respect. We…