Society, In depth
'Catalonia wouldn't be the place it is without the Roma community,' says parliament speaker
Josep Rull highlights Roma culture and history coinciding with International Roma Day
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Recovering the Romani identity through language and culture
Culture
Peret, the 'father' of Catalan rumba, dies from cancer aged 79
Society
Catalan gypsies pay tribute to Auschwitz's Romani victims on the 70th anniversary of the genocide
Culture
Catalan Rumba, the soundtrack of Barcelona
Culture
'The Act of Killing' wins the Barcelona International Documentary Film Festival's main award
The 16th edition of the DocsBarcelona festival increased audience figures by 40% compared to 2012. The festival organisation thinks that one of the reasons for such an increase is the fact that they have moved the event from winter to spring. Furthermore, the improvement in the festival’s communication and image management as well as the higher number of movies shown and sessions held could also be behind the positive 2013 figures. Joshua Oppenheimer’s ‘The Act of Killing’ received the best movie award for its work picturing Anwar Congo’s death squads in Indonesia. Catalan Eva Vila’s ‘Bajarí’ received the jury’s special mention.
Society
World’s first virtual museum of Roma people in Catalonia opens
The website is part of an integral plan agreed on between the Roma community’s representatives and the Catalan Government. The museum opens in a moment of debate in France about the Roma people’s integration, which has been brought to Catalonia by the Catalan branch of the Conservative People’s Party (PPC)