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Far-right group leader’s lawyer says he is accused of inciting hatred against Muslims via Facebook posts.
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The Gypsies (Roma and other Gypsy communities) are actually an example how a people can exist in two dimensions – as a separate community/communities and as a more or less separated part of the society. Numerous researches of Romani studies scholar till now paid attention mostly on them as detached, specific community, but when speaking about ethnomusicology a paradox is observed. Main subject of majority researches are the Gypsy musicians, who serve the surrounding society, i.e. Roma are studied not so much as community, but rather as part of the society. The present article analyses the different spheres of functioning of the Gypsy music in the society and within the society and their mutual overlapping. Special attention is paid on role of the music within the Gypsy communities – in the different family (mainly during weddings) and calendar holidays, during the different rituals, in the everyday life, in different midst (family, age and/or sex restricted). On this ba¬sis the different appearances of the community identity of the Gypsies are analyzed, as well as the role, which the “Gypsy Music” (determined as such by the community itself) has on its creation and expression.
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The article is an overview of the Olah Romas‘ song folklore and lyrics in the former Czechoslovakia – in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, where until today it has retained its active existence in an unchanged form – in particular among the group Lovari. While the music and folk songs of the Roma are relatively known, the Olah folklore in its authentic form remains rather unknown. It has been transmitted through generations in an uninfluenced form even after these societies were forced to stop being migratory by the power of the communist state in 1959. Their song folklore is differentiated in structure, forms, types and way of performance, and divided into two main groups of songs: Mulatousha, louke djila which are long, slow songs, and Khelimaske djila which are rhythmical songs to be danced to. This article examines the lyrics and content of these songs and also focuses on their specific function in the Olah society. The majority of these songs are traditionally without a musical accompaniment which increases the importance of their lyrics. The singer tells through them a story to the community to whom he dedicates the song by the way of a ritual formula – which adds to the atmosphere of the song as far as both content and rhythm are concerned. The author of the article chose ex¬amples of the lyrics from her large collection of original recordings made between the years 1956 and 1990. The texts are transcribed from the recordings in the Olah Roma language and then loosely translated.
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The article outlines Polish literature dedicated to the phenomenon of flamenco. An author not only presents the state of research on flamenco in Poland, but also refers readers both to the earliest and to the most popular works on flamenco functioning abroad. While analyzing Polish literature Piotrowska asks a question about general attitude of Polish authors towards the issue of ‘Gypsyness’ of flamenco and presents how Polish writers treat Gypsy roots of flamenco. The author concludes that in Polish literature – comprising a few articles and books – Gypsy connotations of fla¬menco are usually duly underlined. At the same time, Piotrowska states that Polish literature on flamenco is dominated by practical approach focusing on performantive practices (dance, instrumental play), rather than on historic or aesthetic perspective. The author stresses the absence of Polish translations of important books on flamen¬co, however she also acknowledges the role Polish Internet sites play in promoting the Gypsy aspect of flamenco phenomenon.
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The Czech capital hosts the 2016 European Rubik’s Cube Championship, as the cube, a Hungarian invention, comes home to Central Europe.
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This article aims to highlight the educational aspects of the implementation ofthe Rural Renewal basing on an example of a project implemented of Nowosolna community in łódzkie voivodeship (a creation of a community center in the villageByszewy) under the Sectorial Operational Programme Improving the Processing andMarketing of Agricultural Products 2004–2006 as well as showing the experience formopolskie voivodeship. According to the author there are two aspects of education inRural Renewal. Research conducted in Nowosolna, presented in the article allows todistinguish and identify those
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This article is about the spatial development of Kotlin community in theminds of its inhabitants. The main goal is an evaluation of the impact of the knowledgeand experience of the local community on the perception of spatial planning itsdevelopment status. In this study, using a survey and chi-square test to researchknowledge of planning studies among residents, feeling their space, their satisfactionwith the state of spatial policy in Kotlin community and the impact of society on thedevelopment.
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The purpose of this article is to present changes in ownership structure and functional assumptions of mansions and palaces located in the district of Sieradz. For the purpose of the work it was assumed that the study will be carried out in district of Sieradz with 35 villages in which are located mansions and palaces. Research in microscale allow more accurate analysis of the issues, permit in gathering detailed and complete data, both objective (inventory card) and subjective (evaluation of the technical condition). The task of this article is to draw attention to the value of mansions and palaces located within the district of Sieradz, because improper use of them resulted in huge losses for the cultural heritage of the region. Not only in the district of Sieradz but throughout Poland lacking awareness about value of the cultural landscape and the need to its maintenance. There is also no financial resources for their maintenance, the relevant legal provisions and respect for existing ones. In the face of occurring changes functional, let there be also a warning before the risks and appeal to take all possible protective measures until is what to protect.
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One man’s struggle to alleviate his symptoms helped change the country’s drug policy.
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In the latest move in a series of regulations on language and customs, Tajik authorities order journalists to use simpler language.
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Parents’ objections to photo of a mentally handicapped first-grader allegedly results in photo album recall.
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The aim of the article is to discuss the possibilities of applying social research methods in the analysis of seniors' tourism activity. It emphasises the fact that research related to the participation of seniors in tourism is of major significance in many countries with rapidly changing population. The author mentions the methodological determinants of conducting social research that derive from two basic paradigms: quantitative and qualitative. Based on examples from the literature, the article presents the benefits and limitations of their use in conducting research on seniors' tourism activity. In the final part of the article, the author lists the methodological postulates regarding the implementation of the research among seniors as a specific segment of tourism activity.
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After the annexation of Crimea in Russia, irrevocable changes occurred. The space for dialogue grew smaller, politics waded into our daily lives, leaving untouched neither culture nor scientific discourse, and sparing neither our small talk nor the idle stories we swap at bus stops, in cafes, and during breaks at work. It has become harder to avoid confrontation, and more difficult to keep our ears tuned to a reality that is becoming unbearably homogeneous and saturated with war propaganda. Can we therefore talk about a new symbolic conflict in Russia? About a split, about two societies, two kinds of people – as some would like? These questions have been asked repeatedly for months by those involved in Russian culture. Intellectuals trying to understand these dynamics talk about a crash or a turn, about the end of illusions, or about the beginning of a new world, a new Russia which “has risen from its knees”. The present text considers the attitudes of Russian intellectuals during the annexation of the Crimea and the war in Donbas in the autumn of 2014.
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Artistic responses to the Maidan can be seen as a new form of socially and politically engaged art, whose methods and language are adapted to today’s times. Artists used the internet, in particular, to launch several projects in support of the Maidan. The Facebook page “Strike-Poster” functioned as a database of anti-government political art (prints and posters) to be used by the protesters. A new form of social media was launched – “hromadske.tv”, an internet television channel that functioned as a source of uncensored news, including cultural news. Among other projects was the creation of an artistic enclave (Artistic Barbican) on the Maidan, where exhibitions of often non-professional political art were held. A number of individuals carried out a series of performances in the square with a clear political message, and various participatory projects were organized, such as Maidan Post, with postcards designed and printed by artists themselves. Well-known artists of the younger generation joined the demonstrations and either documented them (e.g. photos of barricades by Alevtina Kahidze) or produced portraits of the revolutionaries, including those who died (Lesia Khomenko, Serhij Radkievich). Recent developments in Kyiv have clearly shown once again that in a divided society, such as post-communist Ukraine, the gaps between social groups can be closed by turning to basic principles, such as personal freedom, dignity and civil liberties, as well as national myths. In order to succeed, these revolutionary impulses need to come from within society. In this process, art and artists play a crucial role in building a common platform for communication. The events in Ukraine led to a re-evaluation of the importance of art functioning outside of institutions and the art market, and which is capable of speaking about issues of crucial importance to today’s world and the fundamental values upon which civil society is based.
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Set amid stunning mountain scenery, ‘The Eagle Huntress’ follows a teenager’s dream of becoming a master of her craft.
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Two cases underscore the government’s hard line approach to dealing with those it believes subscribe to foreign versions of Islam.
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The city's first LGBTQIA march was held on Saturday, as police prevent an attack by nationalist youth.
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The paper briefly describes the idea of cohousing communities built and managed by their owners and residents. The Author introduces special features of cohousing, which distinguish it from other forms of housing, i.e. non-profit construction and management by owners-users, creation of the sense of a community and strong social ties. It has been emphasized that the concept of cohousing incorporates realization of sustainable and ecological houses as well as sustainable communities, and is part of contemporary economic and social trends of limiting consumption – degrowth. The paper includes an analysis of conditions facilitating more extensive realization of housing in this formula in Poland as well as barriers, especially legal and mental ones – lack of social capital required to create close and cooperating cohousing communities.
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The “new atheism” and the “new evangelization” have become the buzzwords of the age. Atheism is now the fastest growing “religious” group in the United States; the new evangelization decisively shaped the conclave that elected Jorge Bergoglio to the papacy. Twenty years ago, in Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul II reflected pastorally on some of the philosophical, spiritual, and cultural roots of both. His insights, embodied in Christians who live them, offer the Church a key to our times. If evangelization today is to announce the Gospel in the languages of today, what script might it use? What images might it evoke? What might its cadence be like?
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According to the data of census in 2002, national and ethnic minorities form 0,26% of the society of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. They are among others: Belarusians, the Romani, Greeks, Karaims, Lithuanians, Lemkos, Macedonians, Germans, Armenians, Russians, Turks, Ukrainians, Jews and (since lately) Vietnamese. Their position underwent a positive change after 1989. In the past decades they experienced all sorts of restrictions. The activity of the particular minorities centers around matters such as: using and teaching the languages of the minority, keeping names and surnames written in the minority language, practising their religion and organizational activity. The basis for the national and ethnic minorities living on the Gdańsk Coast form largely the newcomers from the widely understood frontier lands. The Greeks and Macedonians who came to Poland in the years 1949‒1952 form an interesting exception. People coming to the so-called recovered lands, as a rule, hid their real origin. It was the result of the two facts: 1. the policy of the Polish government, the aim of which was to create a uniform state as regards nation and ethnics. 2. fear of being recognized as the citizens of the USSR due to the risk of deportation. The first decade of the post war period was especially unfavourable for the minorities. Since 1956 the situation has loosened – organizational and religious life start to develop. Up to the present time national and ethnic minorities have been the subject of scientific research.
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