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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