The National Centre for Roma Culture – Romani Kher together with The National Contact Point for Roma – Ministry of European Funds and Ministry of Culture organized the event “160 Years from the Abolition of Slavery in Romanian Principalities”, at the Auditorium Hall, of the National Museum of Art of Romania, in February 19th, 2016.
The event was attended by Prime Minister of Romania, Mr. Dacian Cioloş, representatives of the European Funds Ministry, diplomats and representatives of public authorities and civil society.
The online database with archive documents about Roma slavery in Romanian Principalities has been launched with this occasion. The data base – http://ro.sclavia.romilor.ro/ – a project of NCRC, coordinated by Mr. Nicolae-Adrian Furtună, counsellor with the Documentation and Research Department – may be accessed by anyone interested in this subject, in Romania or abroad.
A new version of the docudrama ”Roma Slavery. The Long Road to Freedom” – a cultural products of NCRC – has been projected. The event also included other remarkable artistic moments performed by the young Roma actress Alina Șerban, and the film „Aferim!”
For further information, please contact Mădălin Voicu jr. – counsellor – Public relations and mass-media, tel.: 021.313.52.11