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Roma Festival In Kocaeli 11/05/2011

1. Roma Festival which is planned to be tradionalized is organized with cooperation of Kocaeli municipality and local Roma organizations. Governor Ercan Topaca, Mayor İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu, municipality general secretary Ersin Yazıcı and provincial culture and tourism director Adnan Zamburkan participated to the festival. Antalya Roma Association, Ayvalık Roma Association, Düzce Roma Association and Gypsy organizations from Macedonia, Hungary, Romania and Georgia sent reprensetatives to the organization.

Violin orkestar with 1000 musician gave their first concert in Seka Park in the context of the festival. Gypsy Kings and Esma Recepova, the mother of Gypsies, took the stage in the festival. Activities is completed with concerts of Kibariye and Ciguli. It's being planned to organize the festival next year again.

Source: Çingeneyiz Kocaeli, Photos: Serkan Şentürk