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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 09:16

World Day of the Roma language: The importance of preserving the traditions, culture and history

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On November 5, International Day of Roma language; Roma women association "Bolja buducnost" from Tuzla, organized a ceremony in which this Association has been marking this important day for five years in a row.

The event was a cultural and educational, with the intention of emphasizing the importance of preserving the traditions of language, culture and history of Roma people. The event was supported by the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Marking was attended by many institutions both on the local and state level. The participants had the opportunity to hear about rich Roma literature from regional Roma writers: Alija Krasnići, Dr. Mary Aleksandrović and Bajram Haliti, but also had the opportunity to see the performance of Roma hymn from association „Mladi Tuzle“, performance of primary schools Mejdan and Mihatovici and Exhibition of Paintings, Roma Artist Mersud Selman.

The General Assembly of UNESCO on 7 November 2015, adopted 5 November as World Day of the Roma language. Otherwise Roma language belongs to the Indian linguistic tree. It originated from the practa (Novoindian language), which originates from Sanskrita. Upon arrival Roma to the Balkans (it is assumed in the XIV-XV century) on the language start to affect surrounding people- Slavic, Turkish, Greek, Romanian and Hungarian. The language contains a lot of words borrowed from local languages.    

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