Romani Yag

April 2010

ljuba — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:10:12 +0000

This year, BOZAR, 1001 valises and Romani Yag work together once again to bring to you the ROMA TOUCH during the Balkan Trafik festival. Through this, we want to highlight the importance and diversity of the Roma people’s culture within the mosaic of the Balkans. Thanks to the renewed partnership with the Open Society Institute and Roma Decade, Balkan Trafik can once again stress the importance of International Roma Day.

WHAT IS THE ROMA TOUCH 2010?

A CARAVAN MUSEUM by Tania Magy, NGO Art’ Rom de Voyage PAINTINGS by Romani artist Gabi Jimenez PICTURES /portraits of Roma by Eric Roset Three interiors of ROMA HOMES with your hosts:

A Wealthy Roma’s home with Dragan Ristic (founder/singer of KAL) and Ljuba Radman (president of the NGO Romani Yag)
A Poor Roma’s home with Eric Roset (photographer)
A Romani Stage Artists’ home with Gérard Gartner (Rom-Sinti author/artist) and Gabi Jimenez (Romani painter)

FILMS about Roma with the directors present:

Korkoro – by Tony Gatlif
Me, my gypsy family and Woody Allen – by Laura Halilovic
Searching for the Fourth Nail – by George Eli
The Last Hole on the Flute – by Vava Stojadinovic Links to the Roma Touch page:

Links to the Roma Touch pages:
- on the festival’s website: http://www.1001valises.com/content/view/193/127/lang,en/
- on the Centre for Fine Arts’ website: http://www.bozar.be/activity.php?id=10017&lng=en

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2009

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:05:16 +0000

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2008

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Participation in the international symposium “Culture and urban development in a North/South Perspective”, November 2008, Lille (Arcade/ACTED production and evening event in co-production with Romani Yag) :

Speaker in a round table. Presentation Subject: The cultural factor in the integration of Roma
Organisation of the band Emigrante’s concert (Romani Yag co-production)
Slideshow exhibit of photos by Eric Roset

Participation in the 10th Iagori Roma Festival as co-MC, September 2008, Oslo (Iagori production)

Preparatory work on the event “Paradise Lost” for International Roma Day, April 2008, Brussels (in collaboration with the Office of Viktoria Mohacsi, Roma Hungarian MEP)

2007

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2nd Romani Yag Festival (10 concerts, 2 music/dance shows, 5 conferences, 2 documentary films, 2 master classes, 2 round tables, 1 photo exhibit, 2 poems and legends readings), October 2007, Montreal (Romani Yag production)

Introductory Conference on Romani culture and discrimination, August 2007, Montreal (Quebec Social Forum)

Participation in the documentary film “The Story of a Golden Coin” by Cristiana Nicolae, July 2007, Montreal (Golden Coin production)

Introductory Conference on Romani culture and history, June 2007, Montreal (Concordia University)

Information table on Roma, June 2007, Montreal (World Refugee Day)

Spring of the Roma (4 brief conferences, 2 dance/music shows, 1 concert, 1 photo exhibit), May 2007, Montreal (Romani Yag production)

2006

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Romani Yag Benefit Show (2 concerts, 1 music/dance show, 1 tale reading, 1 photo exhibit, silent auction), October 2006, Montreal (Romani Yag production)

February 2010

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:58:12 +0000

WELCOME TO ROMANI YAG’S NEW WEBSITE!

Over the years, Romani Yag has acquired experience and a solid reputation as the organiser of events dedicated to Romani culture in North America and in Europe. We have already brought our unique approach, our “special touch” to enthusiastic audiences in Canada, Belgium, France, Norway and Croatia… and there’s more to come!

Who are the Roma?

“Is the term Roma synonymous with “Gypsy, Tsigane, Manouche?”, “Do Roma all live in caravans”, “Is being musical in their genes?”, “Are Roma the same throughout the world?”, “How are they different?”, “Do Roma come from Romania?”, “Where does the discrimination against Roma come from?”… These are all questions that have been asked to us many times over the years.

Many of you want to find out more about this people, but don’t know where to start looking.

We’ve got good news for you: We have proven that knowledge about Romani culture and history go together beautifully with Romani dance, music and arts in general. Through our events, you will receive answers to these questions and understand this culture better while having fun!

We are certain that by getting to know the Roma people’s history, rich culture and heritage and by meeting many remarkable Roma at our events, you will see the immense beauty and diversity that the Romani cultures worldwide hold.

What is Romani Yag?

It’s a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the cultural diversity of the Roma people (often called “Gypsies”) through public events, arts and media. Romani Yag began its actions in 2005 in North America and has continued its work in Europe as of 2008.

In order to find out about Romani Yag’s aims and actions, simply browse through our brand new website. You will find out all you need to know about who we are, what we do, what exclusive services we offer and whom we’ve been supported by since 2005. You might also want to check out some of the websites we recommend on our Some Links page.

In order to get in touch with us directly, nothing could be simpler: just visit our Contact us page.

Happy browsing and see you soon at one of our events!

Make sure you remain informed of our projects and upcoming events by subscribing to our newsletter: news@romaniyag.com

2005

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:23:31 +0000

Guest on television talk show « Sanja » on the subject of Roma, September 2005, Zagreb (Croatian national television RTL)

1st Romani Yag Festival (7 concerts, 4 dance/theatre shows, 2 conferences, 2 documentary films, 2 workshops, 2 informative lunches) , May 2005, Montreal (Romani Yag production)

Creation and production of Musical Play “Romano Drom” (6 actors, 5 musicians, 2 singers, 2 dancers), March-May 2005, Montreal and Quebec City (Romani Yag production)

Mission

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Romani Yag is a non-profit organisation, founded by Ljuba Radman in 2004 in Montreal. Its mission is to promote Romani («Gypsy») culture by presenting events which bring together arts and information about the Roma people to the public. Its aim is to confront preconceived notions and negative stereotypical images about Roma – that are based on a misunderstanding of this nation – which are too often reinforced and promoted by mainstream media. Romani Yag also aims to encourage friendly dialogue and creative co-operation between Roma and other nations in a spirit of inclusion and promotion of diversity within and outside the great variety of Romani communities.

History

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:32:22 +0000

Over the last five years Romani Yag has created, produced and been involved in about twenty events which combine Romani music, dance, conferences, round tables, workshops, exhibits and films, first in North America – most notably with the Romani Yag Festival (Montreal, 2005 & 2007) – and since 2008 in Europe. In author Colum McCann’s words about Romani Yag: “Bringing music, literature and scholarship together under one roof is a fusion, not a collision (…) The artists, the viewers, the musicians, the listeners are brought together in order that we can all, eventually, recognise our abiding similarities and appreciate our differences.”

Ljuba Radman, founder, president and “motor” of Romani Yag, was born into a Croatian-German family in Belgium. She first came into contact with Romani artists and activists as a child. Following her degree in Political Science at the University of Birmingham, she became active in the arts world through film in Paris and later through theatre in Montreal. There, she founded Romani Yag, directed and produced a musical play about the history of the Roma people (“Romano Drom”) and she created events dedicated to Romani culture for four years. Since 2008, she has been continuing Romani Yag’s actions in Europe (see “What we do” in the main menu).