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Description
The project aims promoting the Roma culture and art among the general public at the national level, creating artistic and creative products from the minority and their distribution among representatives of the target groups, the majority and all stakeholders. Cultural events, artistic and stage performances of children from minority groups in peripheral areas are planned to be held. The creative products made in the minority community will be popularized and visualized, but at the same time, so that to overcome the isolation, the public in remote small settlements will be reached. The colourfulness, high artistic value and positive charge of the planned events will awaken the periphery and will provoke new audiences to the art and cultural life in the country. A complex of creative performances of Roma children is planned. In the form of a tour will be presented a combined children''s show with the participation of dance, theatre and music troupe. The events will be accompanied by a traveling exhibition of works by Roma children from Shukaritet Atelier. A National Literary Competition for Roma children and youth will be organized, and as a result a Book-collection of works will be published. The project also envisages a practical seminar for exchange of experience and good practices regarding the ways to attract new audiences. Expected results: • creation of creative products of representatives of the Roma ethnic group - drawings, traveling spectacle, traveling exhibition, Book-collection of original Roma works • revitalization of the periphery and remote small settlements by holding creative performances and exhibitions • attracting new audiences to the culture and art of the Roma ethnic group.
Summary of project results
Promoting Roma culture, expanding and attracting new audiences to their initiatives and engaging majority and minority communities by building new creative spaces for intercultural dialogue, self-expression and sharing.
The project activities managed to reach new audiences and helped bring artistic life to remote areas and small settlements through the dissemination of Roma creativity and art. The project included activities such as ''Shokarity'' workshop, a national creative writing competition, an educational event focusing on minority culture.
The project helped the participants to build skills for working in a team, to develop various functional skills, motor skills, language and speeking skills. Taking on different roles, performing on stage, rehearsing different dance steps, learning songs and poems has generated lasting knowledge of the culture, art and traditions of the Roma ethnic group in children. This is a prerequisite for the sustainability of the project activities. The kids'' exposure to theatre, applied art, dance and artistic creativity creates rich impressions and strong emotions. Sharing their experiences with families, friends and the community leads to the building of a new and wider audience, triggering the search and subsequent sharing of Roma culture and traditions. All this leads to cohesion, sharing, inclusion and improvement of social life, stimulates understanding and tolerance, which in the long term also has an impact on economic development and improves the situation of Roma in society.Through this project children learn to protect and preserve their cultural and historical past. On the other hand, through dancing they show their freedom and their talents, which forms a desire for further development and self-improvement.