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Biography. Mrvica was born in Šibenik, Croatia. He took piano lessons at the age of nine. [ 2] Three years later he gave his first concert performance of Haydn 's Piano Concerto in C major. When the Croatian war of independence started in 1991, both Mrvica and his professor were determined that this would not disrupt his music studies.
The song got its name from Ederlezi, which is a festival [ 1] celebrating the return of springtime, especially by the Romani people of the Balkans, and elsewhere around the world. Ederlezi is the Romani name for the Feast of Saint George. It is celebrated on 6 May [ O.S. 23 April] (occurring approximately 40 days after the spring equinox ). [ 2]
The film begins with a sexologist in his office, talking about the history of sex. Izabela ( Eva Ras ), an ethnic Hungarian switchboard operator, meets and falls in love with a Sandžak Muslim sanitation inspector named Ahmed ( Slobodan Aligrudić ), who soon moves into her apartment and has a shower installed. The film then cuts away to a ...
Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kâli ("Sara the Black"; Romani: Sara e Kali ), is the patron saint of the Romani people. The center of her veneration is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue, in Southern France. Legend identifies her as the servant of one of the Three Marys, with whom she is supposed to ...
As a result of neglect by the state, among other factors, the Romani communities in Greece face several problems including high rates of child labour and abuse, low school attendance, police discrimination and drug trafficking.
v. t. e. Polska Roma are the largest and one of the oldest ethnolinguistic groups of Romani people living in Poland. Many Polska Roma also reside in Germany, North America, Switzerland, Great Britain and Sweden. some can also be found in Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia. The term "Polska Roma" is both an ethnonym of the group and a term used in ...
Valentina Romani was born in Rome to a family of athletes; her mother and brother both graduated from the Foro Italico University of Rome and her parents met on a soccer field. [2] She began acting at the age of six [2] and also practiced ballet for 13 years. [3] Unlike her character Naditza in The Sea Beyond, she does not play the piano. [4]
Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary. Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have ...