[WSMDiscuss] The Vibrant Romani Culture and Music across Europe

[Umakant]

DearFriends

Greetings!On the links given below you could read and also watch some videos about thevibrant Romani culture and music across Europe. It has a long history and it isalso quite diverse and across genre from traditional folk songs to modernhip-hop and reggae style. Romani singers and musicians made a rich contributionin not only keeping their art alive but also passed them over to the futuregenerations. 

 

It maynot be possible to compile everything in such a small post like this but anattempt has been made to give a preview of what lies beneath the rich historyof Roma people in Europe through archival and contemporary resource materials. 

 

Do passit on to others in your circle/network. 

 

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“Gelem,Gelem”,The Roma Anthem was composed by Zarko Jovanovic and adopted at the First RomaniCongress held in 1971. It has been adapted in several orthography and localdialects of Romani language across Europe. It was titles as “Opre Roma (Arise, Roma)” 

 

I went, I went on long roads
I met happy Roma
O Roma, where do you come from,
With tents happy on the road?

 

O Roma, O Romani youths!

 

I once had a great family,
The Black Legion murdered them
Come with me, Roma from all the world
For the Roma, roads have opened
Now is the time, rise up Roma now,
We will rise high if we act 

 

O Roma, O Romani youths!

 

Open, God, White doors
So I can see where are my people.
Come back to tour the roads
And walk with happy Roma

 

O Roma, O Romani youths!

 

Up, Romani people! Now is the time
Come with me, Roma from all the world
Dark face and dark eyes,
I want them like dark grapes

 

O Roma, O Romani youths! 

 

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_anthem)

 

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GipsyGroove - Xhellem Xhellem - Çaje Shukarie, Kartolinë nga Kosova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxma46rDK6E

 

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Kosovo’s Bob Marley

EgzonAvdullahi, Balkan Insight, July 25, 2012 

https://balkaninsight.com/2012/07/25/kosovo-s-bob-marley/

 

Kafu earned his reputation from singing Qur’anic verses. But then hefound Bob Marley and was inspired to created a new music band , Gypsy Groove,fusing Balkans Roma music, mixed with jazz and reggae.

 

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GipsyKings - Live at The Royal Albert Hall in London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x076bAjLo14

 

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Djelem Djelem - Barcelona Gipsy KlezmerOrchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23dW3H9yFSU

 

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RomArchive

https://www.romarchive.eu/en/ 

 

Availablein English, German and Romani Language

 

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A new digital archive of the Roma reflectsdiverse cultures

DW, January 24, 2019 

https://www.dw.com/en/a-new-digital-archive-of-the-roma-reflects-diverse-cultures/a-47208910

 

The Roma have contributed to European cultural history inunexpected ways. The new RomArchive is designed to raise awareness of Romanicultures and arts — and aims to counter stereotypical presentations.

 

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Kálmán Balogh: Hungarian Folk And Gypsy Music

AndrewKingsford-Smith, Culture trip, December 07, 2016 

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/hungary/articles/hungarian-folk-and-gypsy-music-an-interview-with-k-lm-n-balogh/

 

Renowned as one of the greatest cimbalom players in theworld, Kálmán Balogh is an iconic figure in the Hungarian folk andGypsy music scenes. We interviewed this virtuoso musician, asking him about hisinfluences and what it is like fusing this age-old genre with other styles fromdifferent cultures.

 

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Gypsy Songs from Hungary

TraditionalMusic Channel, November 22, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-IAD9kNKk

 

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Gypsy melody

Al Jazeera, July 30, 2014

Gypsy melody


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Gypsy melody

Two Serbian Gypsies celebrate Roma culture through music.
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Two Serbian Gypsies celebrate Romaculture through music.

 

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WithRegards 

Umakant,Ph. D 

NewDelhi 



 






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