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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 Romani people are known by a variety of names, mostly as Gypsies, Roma, Tsinganoi, Bohémiens, and various linguistic variations of these names. There are also numerous subgroups and clans with their own self-designations, such as the Sinti, Kalderash, Boyash, Manouche, Lovari, Lăutari, Machvaya, Romanichal, Romanisael, Kale, Kaale, Xoraxai and Modyar.
The Romani language has for most of its history been an entirely oral language, with no written form in common use. Although the first example of written Romani dates from 1542, [ 1] it is not until the twentieth century that vernacular writing by native Romani people arose. Printed anthologies of Romani folktales and poems began in the 20th ...
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Simplified. (album) Simplified is the ninth studio album by Simply Red, released in October 2005. It features new, rearranged recordings of the band's older songs, and four new songs: "Perfect Love" and an alternate version, "My Perfect Love", a cover of Leon Russell 's "A Song for You", and "Smile".
Zorica Brunclik ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зорица Брунцлик; born 29 June 1955) is a Serbian singer. Known for her signature hot pink colored hair, she is recognized as one of the most successful Serbian folk singers. [ 1]
e. 1552 woodcut of a Romani family. The Romani people are a distinct ethnic and cultural group of peoples living all across the globe, who share a family of languages and sometimes a traditional nomadic mode of life. [ 1] Though their exact origins were unclear, [ 2] recent studies show Kashmir in Northwest India is the most probable point of ...