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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.
Ederlezi (song) " Ederlezi " is a popular traditional folk song of the Romani people in the Balkans . 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.
"Treceți, batalioane române, Carpații" (transl. "Cross, Romanian battalions, the Carpathians") is a Romanian patriotic song.It is thought to have been composed in 1916, shortly before Romania's entry into World War I, although its first historical apparition occurred in February 1919, when members of the Romanian Legion of Transylvanian–Bukovinian Volunteers were recorded singing a ...
Doamne, ocrotește-i pe români. " Doamne, ocrotește-i pe români " ( transl. "God, protect the Romanians") is a Romanian patriotic song. One of the most famous parts of the song refers to Romania as săracă țară bogată ("you poor, rich country"). [ 1] Famous singers of the song include Veta Biriș, Nicolae Furdui Iancu [ ro] and Sava ...
Residents of one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants submitted signatures Tuesday, hoping to force a referendum on whether to reverse zoning changes that they ...
Romani people, or Roma ( Serbian: Роми, romanized : Romi ), are the fourth largest ethnic group in Serbia, numbering 131,936 (1.98%) according to the 2022 census. However, due to a legacy of poor birth registration and some other factors, this official number is likely underestimated. [3] [4] Estimates that correct for undercounting suggest ...
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 ...
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 ...