Ata Becheva collection on the creation and history of the Roma quarter in the town of Montana, Bulgaria [1970s-1980s]
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Documents reflecting the life of Roma. The materials are handwritten in a school noticebook and typed descriptions of the creation and history of the Roma quarter in the town of Montana, Bulgaria. Material includes: images reflecting everyday life, customs and holidays of the Roma living there; ...
Notes on the creation and history of the Roma quarter in Montana. Topics include: everyday life, Roma customs and holidays. Also includes some short folklore genres such as proverbs and humoristic narratives. Original material: 88 pages; handwritten text in a school noticebook; good quality
Notes on the creation and history of the Roma quarter in Montana. Topics include: everyday life, Roma customs and holidays. Also includes some short folklore genres such as proverbs and humoristic narratives. Original material: 42 type written pages; ordinary and India paper, with numerous corr...
Nikola Ivanov collection of old Roma songs and fairy tales [1980s]
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Roma songs and fairy tales collected by a Rom, Nikola Ivanov, who belongs to a group of nomadic Roma from members of various others Roma groups he met during his travels Original material: 77 pages; handwritten text in a school noticebook; separate items stucked together with paper clamp
Handwritten in pages from school noticebook. The song, by a Baba ('Grandmother') Pembe, was recorded in the village of Stefan Karadzhovo, Bulgaria. It is in the Romani dialect of Turkish Vlax gypsies which is different to the native Romani dialect of the collector. On two half-pages are notes ma...