2015. július 24.

First event - Oravița, Románia

The foreign participants arrived to Oravița on the 19th July 2015. On the first day of the event welcome speeches were held, the project and the partner organizations were introduced in the town hall. The mayor of Oravița, Ursu Dumitru, the mayor of Nagyecsed, Lajos Kovács, the mayor of Fil’akovo, Mgr. Attila Agócs, PhD, the representative of the municipality of Zamość, Krzysztof Rusztyn, the representatives of the partner organizations: Szilvia Erősné Balogh (Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Romani Women’s Association), Zoltán Horváth (OZ INFO ROM), Krzysztof Bruzgul (Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu), and the representatives of the local organisations and citizens took part in the event.
During the opening of the event, the mayor of the town, Dumitru Ursu highlighted, that in the historical region of ’Bánság’ many races and cultures has always been living, mainly Romanians, Serbians and Hungarians. The culture and the arts have been playing a major role in the communities consisting of different minorities. In the theatre of the town, which is the oldest theatre building in Romania, plays were presented in four languages. The mayor welcomed, that this cultural and lingual diversity came back to the town through the international project, since the presentations and discussions were made in many – Romanian, Slovakian, Polish, Englishand Romani – languages.


In the afternoon an outdoor cultural festival was held, the performers made a parade wearing their traditional costumes.
The performers of the festival were the following:
  • Fanfare from Răcășdia (Romania)- fanfare of the municipality of Răcășdia
  • Romales (Romania) – the dancing group of the Roma minority from Greoni
  • Serbian and roma dancers from Răcășdia
  • Gârnic Assembly
  • Sokol Assembly from Socol
  • Nagyecsedi Rákóczi Kovács Gusztáv Hagyományőrző Együttes – Hungary
  • Nagyecsedi Gyöngyszemek Hagyományőrző Cigány Együttes – Hungary
  • Karavan Familia – Hungary
  • Galáris Énekegyüttes – Slovakia
  • Rakonca Néptáncegyüttes – Slovakia
  • Dobroda zenekar – Slovakia
  • Zespół Ale Cantare z Płoskiego – Poland


On the second day of the event a conference for the professionals was held in the town hall. The presenters introduced the situation of Roma in Romania and good practices of the partner countries. The following presentations were held:
  • Ramona Stangu (Romania), Municipality of Oravița, roma expert: Situation of Roma people in Romania
  • Furugh Swizer (Hungary), Unity in Diversity Foundation director, sociologist, psychologist: Your Story – Education of children through mothers’ development
  • Jan Balaz (Slovakia), County Association of Roma Initiatives (CARI), programme assistant: Inclusion programs implemented within the CARI
  • Krzysztof Bruzgul (Poland), Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu, co-worker: Introdaction of Voluntary Centre in Zamość
  • Daniel Grebeldinger (Romania) Asociata Nevo Parudimos, project manager: Festival of the ethnic communities from Banat

The participants of the event have visited the Mihai Eminescu Theatre, which is the oldest theatre building in Romania.



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