UPCOMING RROMA MUSIC, DANCE AND LANGUAGE TOURS ORGANIZED BY SIMONA JOVIC
In the heart of the rroma villages of Rajasthan and Macedonia



RAJASTHAN - INDIA (January 14th to 21st, 2008)
Dancing the kalbelya dance with the rajasthani nomad dancers and musicians


It has been now a long time since I've been taking you each year to the heart of Rajasthan to meet this extraordinary cast of nomad musicians, dancers and snake charmers living in the Thar desert. They are nomad, each year I have to find their new camp location and it is always a big joy to find it. As always, it is going to be a several days workshop with these dancers and musicians, as always it is going to be a wonderfull human aventure, a warm welcom in their village (a very bi privilege) and of course a small performance improvised only for us. If you want to go back to the origins of Rroma people and their dances, this is a trip to do.

MORE DETAILS : www.simonajovic.com/v2/voyag...anUS.html
PHOTOS FROM THE SAME TRIP ORGANIZED IN 2007: www.simonajovic.com/v2/voyag...deUS.html



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SKOPJE, VELES - MACEDONIA ( May 1st to 8th, 2008)
History, language, music and dance of the Macedonian Rroma and the Hederlezi celebration


The journey will start in Skopje with the semiran on the rroma history and language classes, both presented by my friend Mr Ljatif Demir, the writter of "Brief History of the Rroma" ("Tikni historija e Romengiri" published in rromanès and macedonian with Mr Rajko Djuric) and the rroma language specialist. We will also visit the Suto Orizari (Sutka), the biggest rroma community of the Balkans.
Then, we will spend a few days in a small town of Veles, in a rroma comunity, called "Small Istanbul", for the turkish influences on their music and dance that are very big! We will be there with the rroma musicians and dancers, during the day learning with them, and in the evening just having fun!
We will finish this journey with the Ederlezi celebration- this is the biggest celebration of the balkanian Rroma (celebration arrival of the spring). Very impressive!!!
Details coming soon...


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For any information about, Simona Jovic, Demiran Cerimovic orchestra or Humanitary and Cultural Organization of the Rroma of the World, we invite you to visit our website : www.simonajovic.com


Simona Jovic
Dances and music of the Rroma
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