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  2. Maksim Mrvica - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator

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    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 ...

  4. Romani music - Wikipedia

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    The boom of Romani music in the last decades of the 18th century was triggered by the Hungarian nationalist movement. New genres started to evolve in music, and dance. Romani bands performed in more places, such as parks, promenades. Patronized by aristocrats, Romani musicians started to learn more about Viennese classicism and European musical ...

  5. Romani society and culture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Saint Sarah - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Romani people in France - Wikipedia

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    Romani diaspora by country. WikiProject. v. t. e. Romani people in France ( French: Roms en France ), generally known in spoken French as gitans, tsiganes or manouches, are an ethnic group that originated in Northern India. The exact number of Romani people in France is unknown; estimates vary from 500,000 to 1,200,000.

  8. Sharon Stone Shares Photo of Black Eye During Trip to ... - AOL

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    Sharon Stone is sparking concern among fans after sporting a black eye in a new photo shared via Instagram. The Basic Instinct actress, who has been documenting her recent travels to Turkey and ...

  9. Romani people in Serbia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...