Cool Romani

As I previously wrote in my blog note, many people live on the basis of their stereotypes, espercially about Roma. I could mention you a variety of situations, like travelling on the bus or just wandering around the streets of Budapest, when I faced that the people glance at me very ugly upon seeing…

Where ever we trek around the globe, we meet with traditional Roma people, who speak their Romani language as their mother tongue. Three weeks ago I have been to Prague, where as a Roma activist I took part in a media conference, and for my pleasure, I could meet and talk many Romani people speaking…

My name is Anna Conkova, and I am of Romani origin, currently studying at CEU, in Budapest. Just before that I studies sociology, though I felt that this is not the way that fits me. I would like to work as a fashion designer, this is the reason why I decided to be a volunteer at Romani Desing,…

The last time I wore Romani Design I was invited to a restaurant with Romaversitas Foundation and with a group of foreign teachers and experts who work on the field of Roma educational issues in their native countries. As a beginner in my profession, I felt very excited to hear foreigners'…

The Buda Campus of Corvinus University in Budapest has been annually organising its freshment ball, also this year as well, on 9th on November 2012. This event is one that belongs to the offficial ones, so this means that boys should wear suits, and girls should wear evening dresses or glad rags. I…

The word of 'luludyi' is probably one of the most well-known expressions among non-roma, meaning flower.Nikolett Rostas, Luludyi got her Roma nickname from her grandfather. One of my dearest memories was on the baptising celebration of my sister, that when my grandfather stepped onto the table with…

A video introduction to the Romani Design Scholarship Programme will be available on origo.hu from today. CLICK ON THE LINK HEREUNDER: http://www.origo.hu/foto/multimedia/20121102-misszio-a-diszkoban-hetkoznapi-roma-nepviselet.html Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures to Zsofia…

In my childhood we lived near my Grandmother, so I spent a lot of time with her. She meant a lot to me, she is my second mother. Unfortunately, my father's mother passed away 14 years before I was born, this is why I couldn't know her. From my father's side, I am Hungarian, and from my mother's…

  Ibolya Kozák is a real story-teller, who shares family stories back to her childhood history: how did the Roma live, how was the relationship between people, how did the family cooperate, and how much love tagged along with seeing the sun come up and down from the wagon with a tent on…

In all of the traditional Romani families, it is a habit to give a Romani nickname besides: Ramona Rostas inherited her nickname 'Priminka' from her grandmother, and this is how everybody in the family calls her today. Priminka is 20 years yold now, she finished her high school studies, and she is…

    Helena Varga inherited a real treasure from her grandmother, Kender mámi: the talent to sing, and a unique voice, with which she brings pleasure to many people in her everydays.   Even if she is about to create a 'pantlikanyakek', or making of a textile ring, driving the…

Beatrix Sarkozy, a 9-year old Romani girl form Pilisvorosvar town, pupull in the primary school Beatrix Sarkozy is only a 9-year-old Romani girl, and it is sad, but she experienced it already that two worlds exist: in one, where there is love, where she can strengthen her identity, and another;…

  'The best thing in my life is that I was born as a Roma!' Pántlik is singing a modern Romani love song, in her mother tongue. Veronika Sarkozy, with the nickname of Pántlik is a singer. In her family the science of dancing and singing has been inherited by many generations. She…

While studying Engineering Basics, I am playing with my 'Fulchidea! :) I am Mónka Kasza a student in bioengineering at the Corvinus University. I was born in Tolna County and I grew up in a small village in Németkér. The population of the village is Swabian and Hungarian and the other part is…

Csanát mommy’s father was a blond, blue-eyed man. Her non-Roma parents threw her away as a baby, thankfully she was found on the street by a traditional Roma family who consider a child as a blessing. This family saved and brought her up as their own. So was that many of her family members are…

I am Alexandra Kolompár. I study at the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Social Sciences, my subject is minority policy. I met with the clothes and jewelleries of the Romani Design three months ago. I grew up in a traditional Roma family. When I showed Romani Design pieces at home to my…

I am Aliz Balogh, English-Roma Studies high school teacher. I completed my studies in the faculty of arts in Pecs town, and currently I am one of those lucky ones, who are given the chance to teach. I have so far been captived by the children of 'Kalyi Jag Roma Nationality High School'. :) It…

Monika Rozsa is one of the main organisers of 'No Racism', member of a civil gathering, that is aiming to raise attention to act against tensions in the society, with a dance-step based flash mob in a public square.   Tomorrow at 16.30, in front of the Basilica in Szent István Square, they…

Mimmi Dimitri is currently living in Austria, with Swedish Roma origins, and besides being a young anthropologist, she is actively participating in the work for fighting for human rights. This is the reason why she took part in a training course in Budapest this Summer, organised by the European…

Dancing and singing plays a special role in traditional Roma communities. It is a pivotal part of our identity and we are able to express our belonging through music and dance. We present a young Roma girl from the Roma community in Pilisvörösvár called Kristina Sárközy on our home-made video.…

Violeta is a young Bulgarian Roma, actively participating in Roma public life for several years already. As the co-worker of OSI in Budapest, she was connecting the Roma non-governmental organisations with the the Foundation, and she was one of the organisers of ’Barvalipe Camps’ with great…

As a citadel of the contemporary fine arts, Budapest is one of the most varied capital city in Europe, where the most devoted ones to the arts could easily find programmes for enjoyable experiences. Once a year the Hungarian capital city’s hidden and exclusive exhibitions invite the public at…