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
“Turn on—turn off”: how the TV image hurts the Romani community
For many years, the Roma community in Ukraine has faced numerous problems, including discrimination and marginalization. Journalists of “Djanes” monitored the programs that have been aired on national channels in recent years and noticed a certain pattern in the representation of the community.
Lost or Golden ones? How COVID and the War will affect Ukrainian Generation Z
At any other times, Ukrainian children born in the early 2000s would have experienced the most carefree period of their lives. Usually, at this age, anxiety is about passing school exams and getting into college, however, life has taken a different turn.
“Photography is the best passport for journeys”
Claude and Marie-José Carré are French photographers who have been documenting the life of Eastern European Romanis for over 20 years now. In their journeys, they are photographing the everyday life of Romani communities, trying to set the life of this country ajar in their optical devices.
A Day in the Life of Boryslav Romanis
У 30-тисячному Бориславі, яке здавна вважалось містом трьох культур - української, єврейської та польської, роми також доповнюють триптих локальної історії міста. І хоча про ромські спільноти майже ніколи не згадується в контексті локальності Борислава, вони живуть тут віддавна. Навіть якщо самі майже нічого не знають про себе. І своє коріння.
Wild beauty: the phenomenon of Roma women in European paintings
The influence of Roma on other peoples can be noticed in all shapes of cultural life. Recall of Spanish flamenco, spectacular circus and fair performances, folk fiddle, accordion or Welsh harp.
"Kali Trash" or "Paraimos". Why the victims of the Roma genocide are commemorated on August 2
The Nazi regime initiated the systematic extermination of Romani and Jews in the countries that came under occupation.
The Romanis of Drohobych in a Photo Story
Before the 20th century, Drohobych used to be provisionally divided into three equal parts: Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish. Marian Hemar, a Polish satiricist, devised a ‘formula’ of ‘Drohobych as a City and a Half’: half of it Polish, half of it Jewish, and another half of it Ukrainian. There was, however, another important element herein: the Romani one.
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