ROMAFEST
ROMAFEST SUMMER CAMP
2019 July 26th(Fri) - July 31st(Wed) Romania & July 31st (Wed) - Aug 2 Hungary
2019 Aug 3rd(Sat) - Aug 12(Sun) Serbia
2019 Aug ** - Aug ** Macedonia
Everyone who is interested in Gypsy dances, music, language and culture can join. Guests from all around the world are welcome, from beginners to professionals.
"The real gypsy teachers from authentic local areas” impossible to experience anywhere but at Romafest Gypsy Camp.
ROMAFEST GYPSY FESTIVAL
28th ROMAFEST GYPSY FESTIVAL
28 July 2019 (Sat.) 15:00 Tirgu Mures, Romania Transylvania
29th ROMAFEST GYPSY FESTIVAL
4 Aug 2019 (Sun.) 15:00 Petrovcic, Serbia Vojvodina Srem
The people gathered were Gypsies living here and there in Transylvania. Men and women old and young, children and infants, they were all Gypsies. This was the day of the Gypsies Festival.Dancers wearing their best for this day went on stage to show their skills keeping in tune with the performance of skilled musicians representing the village. With an unique air of pathetic ness yet in a fast tempo performed in many ways arouse your interest . During the long hours of performance, the men performers dancing in complicated steps slap their bodies here and there rhythmically. The woman with shorter steps taking in the impact with their whole body flutter their colorful skirts flatteringly . The rhythm and speed timed exactly to the music is indeed a divine skill.The audience cheering wildly to this performance, they are entirely Gypsies.The body moves naturally as long as there is music.The spirit of the whole room is united into one.The ROMAFEST began in November 1999.Fortunately I was able to attend to the first performance, a memorable one. Being in the presence of so many Gypsies and viewing their performance with my own eyes, their performance filled with enthusiasm and howling spirit overwhelmed me, however their song JELEM JELEM closing the festival left a huge wave of admiration within me.While being moved to admiration of their high technique it makes me wonder why their performance strikes the heart of the audience in this way. I come to he conclusion that the dance and music of the Gypsies are handed down from their ancestors, the principle being the same as a newborn infant who learns to speak naturally, it is another language that lodges within their soul. From this ROMAFEST contest showing the spirit of Gypsies,
2019年2月17日(日) 15時 国立オリンピック記念青少年センター大ホール
共演：IACAB ATTILA･ IACAB ROLAND & ROMAFEST GYPSY DANCERS
DHOAD GYPSY from RAJASTHAN Hungary Macedonia
文字で記録を残すガージョ(非ジプシー)の文字伝承文化に対し、文字を持たないジプシー(以降ロマと表記）たちは五感による表現により伝承してきました（感覚伝承文化）。オリジナルなロマの表現にその土地のガージョのフォークロールを融合し、その土地に、その国に、独特のロマダンスがクリエイトされていきました。だからロマダンスはひとつではありません。西アジアには西アジアの、アラブにはアラブの、バルカンにはバルカンの、ヨーロッパにはヨーロッパのロマダンスがあります。ロマダンスの種類を正確に数えることはできませんが、大まかに民俗(フォークロール)地方の数だけは在ります。 このフェスティバルはそのロマダンスやスタイルを目指す、愛する、研究するダンサーが一同に会し、その成果を発表します。
ROMAFEST GYPSY DANCE ENSEMBLE
There they displayed their utmost talents, those fascinating the audience most were presented the gold, silver and bronze awards. From within these recipients together with five dancers were crowned to go to world. From here the ROMAFEST DANCE ENSEMBLE delightful advance begins.
about ROMAFEST & HISTORY
Our Ensemble is the accomplishment of The Transylvanian Gypsy Song and Dance Festival organized in Gornesti (Romania, Mures region) since 1997, and then continued in Targu-Mures starting in 2003. With the wholehearted support of the NPO ROMAFEST JAPAN we realized to gather the most talented gypsy musicians and dancers from Transylvania. Our objective is to collect and conserve the Transylvanian gypsy folk culture.
The parent and patronizer of this initiative is Mr. TETSUO MASUNAGA from Japan, a producer and a confirmed lover of East-European folk culture. He is laureate of the most highly state distinctions of Slovakia and Hungary for promoting their national culture all over the World. From 40 years, he is doing this activity in Romania, especially in Transylvania too.
