The first-ever free Roma Cultural Festival is being held in Glasgow city centre later this month.
Organised by Ando Glaso, the two-day festival will showcase the colourful cultural heritage of Scotland's Roma communities, from the Scottish GRT community to Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, and Hungarian Roma communities.
The festival will host the World premiere of a major new work commissioned by Ando Glaso as part of Scotland’s Year of Stories and funded by Museums Galleries Scotland. Tales of a Travelling Scotland will explore the cultural heritage of Scotland’s vibrant Traveller community in the same ways their history has been preserved and passed on for centuries; through music, songs and storytelling.
Janos Lang, Creative Director of Ando Glaso, said: "This unique festival is the first of its kind in Scotland, showcasing the colourful and often invisible Roma cultural heritage. We aimed to put together a program that will showcase performers, experts, artists both from the Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Spanish, and the Scottish GRT communities.
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