Roma folklore, celebrations and rituals – cultural elements and cultural reflections
The project “Roma folklore, celebrations and rituals – cultural elements and cultural reflections” is aimed at increasing the access of the Roma communities / from small settlements / to culture, as well as at the preservation and intensive socialization of the Roma folk arts, rites, traditions and customs. All project activities are oriented towards increasing the access of Roma communities /from small settlements/ to culture, as well as towards preservation and intensive socialization of Roma folk arts, rituals, traditions and customs. Currently, all over the world, millions of people are watching and creating, through their phones, videos, movies and other examples of visual arts. The studies show that the representatives of the Roma communities are relatively positive towards the use of modern mobile devices and applications – as the main media for their social inclusion and social inclusion. The project idea is: to improve access to the culture of minority groups and to support the processes of preservation and dissemination of their movable folklore heritage, based on various video formats optimized for visualization through mobile devices and mobile applications. By researching and implementing innovative European and Norwegian practices, electronic tools generating cultural events will be created. “Digital Workshop” is a space for publishing digitized samples of Roma arts, celebrations and customs. In this space, examples of Romani art will be visualized in video format. Through an intuitive interface, users will post and play video clips on their phones, and also manually organize them into cultural performances, actively participating in local celebrations and traditional rituals. It is precisely such performances that will be demonstrated in the final project activities. There will be a demonstration of organizing and holding innovative local, cultural performances. In a similar way, educational events aimed at familiarizing the Roma communities with the newly created electronic tools in the “Digital Workshop” will be organized and held. Digital art techniques popular in Norway will also be demonstrated. The project is financed by the FM of the EEA 2014-2021. Cultural Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Cooperation Program.
