More about "Djanes" project
This is a media project of the Roma youth organization "ARCA". It includes news of the Roma community in Ukraine, interviews and life stories, interesting facts designed to break stereotypes.
Djanes
The Opulence and Diversity of European Languages: We Learn Romani
Speak your native language. What could be more natural? But imagine that several generations do not know their language, do not speak it. And the language itself has no written language at all. No books are published in it, no news is broadcast in it... Depressing, isn't it? And Roma do not need to imagine this. So today, on the European Day of Languages, we will also dive into the world of Roma. Read the previous “lessons” here. But first, a few facts.
The Most Forgotten Genocide: What do we know about the extermination of Romanis by the Nazis
This year, the international community commemorates the 80th anniversary of the tragic date: the Nazi extermination of Romanis during the Second World War. Roza Tapanova, Director of the Babyn Yar National Memorial, Artur Zolotarenko, Chief of Department of the Babyn Yar National Memorial, and Valerii Sukhomlyniv, Co-Chair of the Ukrainian Romani Association speak in the memory of the past, the history of the Romani Cart in Kyiv, and the place of the Romani community in modern-day Ukraine.
Відомі роми, які включені в сучасне українське суспільство
We proceed with familiarising you with interesting people from the realm of culture, science or activism who are creating their own cases. Each one of these people is a member of the Romani community—and is, at the same time, a part of Ukrainian civic society.
A traveling circus actor who survived the Holocaust and continued to fight
Today, we are going to tell the story of a Romani theatre actor, a clown in a travelling circus, and an activist who saw the horrors of the death camp during Nazi occupation. He managed to save his family and then, during the war, he joined the French Resistance, and never stopped inspiring others with his own story.
History speaking through art
Within the framework of the annual ceremony of commemoration of Romani genocide victims in the former concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau—Dikh He Na Bister'2024 («Look And Do Not Forget ивись і не забувай» - ed.), two art exhibitions have been presented, entitled: «Romani Resistance Heroes» and the art exhibition dedicated to Raymond Gureme, a Romani Holocaust survivor.
Not just music and dancing. Stories of famous Romanis who are integrated into Ukrainian society
We proceed with familiarising you with interesting people from the realm of culture, science or activism who are creating their own cases. Each one of these people is a member of the Romani community—and is, at the same time, a part of Ukrainian civic society.
Look and do not forget: how genocide was planned and implemented for decades
The educational event Dikh He Na Bister (DHNB) has come to an end. It included commemorative events at Auschwitz-Birkenau. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Nazis' horrific crime of exterminating a Roma settlement in a concentration camp. How the genocide of entire ethnic groups was planned, who was involved, what we can do today to prevent the tragedy from happening again and to preserve the memory of the victims - these and other aspects of Kali Trash (black horror) were discussed by the participants of DHNB-2024.
Here lived Josyp Adam
How the Romani community of Uzhhorod city initiated a change of the name of the Romani baron, preserving the memory of one of their own.
Dikh He Na Bicster–2024: A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau (A PHOTO REPORT)
An immersion into the topic of Romani genocide, understanding of the processes is literally impossible without a visit to this death camp. Hence, a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau is a part of the Dikh He Na Bicster education programme.
Romanis: Lessons for Ukraine
A full-featured integration of Romanis in Ukrainian society is one of the prerequisites of the successful European integration of Ukraine. A similar test has been passed by a number of other Central European countries where Romani minority lives. Yevhen Magda, a historian and director of the Institute of World Policy, talks about the Roma genocide and the historical lessons the world should learn.
Also in this section:
- Євген Магда: «Багатонаціональна політична нація є нашою конкурентною перевагою»
- Romanis in Ukrainian Literature: How Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi described them
- Discussing Romani issues on the international level
- Oleksii Panchenko: «The ultimate joy was when our lads were coming back from a mission alive»
- The innocent words that denigrate: why the notion of «info-Gypsyry» should vanish
- Saint Sarah of God, Patron Saint of the Romani people venerated by Romanis all around the world
- The Children-Grabbers: another portion of cringe from TikTok
- The Angel was awarded the Cross of Valour
- Romanis, jazz, and Mafia: how the music of Romani virtuosos became a soundtrack for an iconic game
- Art or a way to survive? How a concentration camp has turned a talent into an instrument of extermin