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    Sourvakane (a ritual by which the people wish each other a good health, fertility and good luck in the New Year to come using special decorated sticks -  “sourvaknitsi”)   In Veliko Tarnovo “sourvakani” were the Mayor and the Head of the Regional Educational Inspectorate. Third-graders from “Hristo Smirnenski” Elementary School, village of Vodoley accompanied by the school headmaster - Mrs. Svetlana Vankova and their teacher – Mrs. Diyana Dimitrova - singing songs, playing a scene, and dancing “horo”...

  In all the schools of north-east Bulgaria, St. Vasil celebrations have been organized on 13.01.2012 by the ‘Ethnic Folklore - Roma folklore’ culture classes which included telling of stories, the Bango Vasil legend, performing Roma songs and dances, making sourvaknitsa and presentation of the traditional feast. Thousands of students took part in the school celebrations to experience hands-on the wealthy Roma tradition.   Region Northeast District Dobrich ‘Kliment Ohridski’ Basic School in the rural area Smolnitsa organised on 13.01.2012...

Schools have become major players in the initiative for national celebrations of St. Vasil, organized by Center ‘Amalipe’. Hundreds of students subscribed to the ‘Ethnic Folklore - Roma Folklore’ classes from dozens of schools participating in the program "Decreasing the Dropout Rate of Roma Students’, visited ministries, the Regional Inspectorate of Education – Sofia city, the Regional Health Inspection, the Regional Social Assistance Inspectorate and mayors throughout the country to wish a Happy New Year and to remind us that educational...

All the centers for community development, created by Center Amalipe under “Promoting the fieldwork in traditional and marginalized Roma communities” project joined their efforts to the national celebrations of January 14 - St. Basil – the Roma New Year.  Although this holiday is not so popular or not even known in some of the towns where the centers for community development operate, the community moderators supported the idea “Vasilitsa” (St. Basil) to be become a day of the Roma culture, a symbol of the originality and the richness of the...

Direct download: Monthly newsletter Center Amalipe - December 2011   TABLE OF CONTENTS:   FOCUS: •"BE INFORMED, TO NOT BE HIV INFECTED! "MARKED THE WORLD AIDS DAY IN VELIKO TARNOVO. CIEDT AMALIPE COMMEMORATES THE WORLD DAY FOR COMBATTING AIDS   KHERE: •START OF THE FIRST ACTIVITIES UNDER "TO TOUCH THE UNTOUCHABLE: COMBATING TRADITIONAL AND NEW ANTI-ROMA STEREOTYPES" PROJECT •"LET'S CLEAN AROUND US" •YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THREE VILLAGES HELD CHARITY CONCERTS FOR KIDS FROM THE LOCAL KINDER GARDENS FOR CHRISTMAS •TRAINING ON PREPARATION...