The orchestra is consitered to be the one of the best orchestras in the world in the cathegory of Etno and World Music and it is very favourably received by the audience home and abroad. The musician started in the Diabolské husle Orchestra (The Devil´s violin), founded by Ján Berky Mrenica Sr., and after it´s…
The photography catches two street musicians in the streets of centre of the city. The interprets are folk Roma singers from the village of Chminianske Jakubovany near Prešov, who perform their music on the streets, sometimes as a musical guests on various events. They sing duets, accompanied by the guitar music. copyright: State Scientific Library…
Tibor Oláh is an amateur artist, living and working in Plešivec village. He was born in Detva, as one of 8 siblings. He was brought to fine arts by his brother Dušan Oláh. His favourite theme is nature – landscapes and village settlements. His work is characterized by bold colours. He paints on canvas and…
Tibor Oláh is an amateur artist, living and working in Plešivec village. He was born in Detva, as one of 8 siblings. He was brought to fine arts by his brother Dušan Oláh. His favourite theme is nature – landscapes and village settlements. His work is characterized by bold colours. He paints on canvas and…
Ondrej Ruszó je amatérsky výtvarník, ktorý žije a tvorí v obci Plešivec. Narodil sa v Revúcej. Spolu s výtvarníkom Tiborom Oláhom prevádzkujú vlastný ateliér. S výtvarným umením začal už v útlom veku, počas základnej školy. Mal obdobia, kedy sa výtvarnému umeniu nevenoval. Hovorí, že keď človek má talent, tak ho bude mať vždy, aj keď…
LL.D. Gustáv Karika was born in a large Romani family in Myjava. He was trained to be a machine fitter. In 1950 he became a student on a Collage of political and economic sciences in Prague, supervised by then General Secretaty of the CPC Central Committee Rudolf Slánsky (born 31st June 1901 – executed 3rd…
He was born in Kunová Teplica, in a hungary speaking family. The family has a long tradition of musicianship and smithery. He was led to the fine arts since his childhood. He gratuated from the Faculty of Education on Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, studying programme fine arts and Russian language. He passed his…
Zdenka Mahajová belongs among the Romani writers, she lives in Myjava, she´ve been working in a school kitchen as a cook for years. She debuted with an autobiographic novel Zatmenie (Eclipse), where the author offers a story of a maturing of Romani woman, based on her personal experiences and real life events. In 2011 she…
Erika Hornáková was born in Myjava, where she still lives. She apprenticed to a saleswoman, she worked as a sales manager, also as a estate agent. Then she made her dream come true and now she´s working on a little family farm for several years. The writing is a relax for her and a balm…
The European Roma Blacksmith Symposium started to write its history in 2004. The very first symposium was organized by the Civic Association Chartikano, on 16th of October 2004 in a historical part of a village, on a forecourt of a former kindergarten, opposite the St. Martin´s Chappel, who is the patron of a blacksmiths and…