Autor: wojtek
Painting oil, Noemi Łakatosz
E-drom.pl – development of Roma knowledge platform 2024
By the end of 2024, we plan to develop, update, and enrich the content of the four thematic galleries of the E-Drom.pl portal. In the Contemporaneity Gallery, we will update the ‘Romano Kalendarzo’ (Romani calendar) with new dates and entries, as well as the ‘Map of Romani Culture in Poland’, and we will also publish an article on Roma media in Poland. In the Art Gallery, you will find articles about the artists of the Łakatosz family: Róża, Noemi and Delfin, as well as an interview with the flamenco star and painter La Bogusha – Bogusława Delimata. In the Music Gallery, you will read an interview with Teresa Mirga, the wonderful Roma poet and singer from the band Kałe Bała. A real rarity will be a gallery devoted to the history and contemporary Roma clothing. We have invited respected Roma academics and activists, as well as Roma scholars, to contribute to this year’s E-Drom.pl.
E-DROM.pl has received funding under KPO. GRANTS 2024. A2.5.1: Programme to support the activities of cultural and creative industries actors to stimulate their development.
On 21 August, 2023, an extraordinary gala concert organised by the Counseling and Information Centre for Roma in Poland took place at the Marek Edelman Dialogue Centre in Łódź, during which scholarships for talented Roma youth were awarded. The event was hosted by Krystyna Perła Markowska and Antoni Ciureja. Young people were honoured with scholarships in the following fields: sport, visual arts, singing, dance and instrumental music. The main scholarship was awarded to Julia Rańda (singing). There was, of course, music and singing, the winners performed and bravely danced, played, and at the end there was a joint performance by the people gathered on stage, sung by Antoni Ciureja, Krystyna Perła Markowska and the awarded Roma youth.
Photo: Małgorzata Brus
Winners of the 2023 Scholarship Competition, photo by M. Brus
The Counselling and Information Centre for Roma in Poland, has once again announced the “National Scholarship Competition for talented Roma students”.
“The aim of the project is to give support to children and young people of Roma origin who have not yet had the opportunity to benefit from professional assessment and to support children who repeatedly take part in the competition and whose development is visible.
By organising the competition, we want to motivate students to further develop their talent.
- By supporting schoolchildren with scholarships, we ensure that they have the necessary means to study and develop further. From June onwards, monthly scholarships will be awarded to children who show promise for the future, for instance because they are students of a music school, ballet, art or sports school, or because they belong to a sports, dance or art club.
- For students who develop their skills amateurishly, but who are important for the preservation of their ethnic identity, we have planned one-off support that will summarise their year-long work.
- All students qualified for the finals, including scholarship holders, will be able to apply for one-off prizes from the Ministry of the Interior and Administration for their year-long achievements.
For scholarships and awards from the Minister of Interior and Administration may apply children and young people of Roma origin who:
- Are Polish citizens, registered in Poland
- Are students of primary schools and secondary schools
- Have reached the age of 10 or under 18 by 1 April 2023
- Are pursuing their interests in at least one of the fields listed:
- science
- humanities
- visual arts
- instrumental music
- singing (various forms of music)
- dance (various forms of dance)”.
Task completed thanks to a grant from the Ministry of Interior and Administration
In the visual arts category, 1st place was awarded to Oliwier Głowacki, age 14
Oliwier Głowacki, photo: Małgorzata Brus
Second place went to Eryk Doliński, age 14
Eryk Doliński, photo: Małgorzata Brus
Third place went to Julia Rańda, age 18
Julia Rańda, photo: Małgorzata Brus