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Khamoro – World Roma Festival
This year's event promises an exceptional program full of musical happenings! The 20th Khamoro Festival will present contemporary and traditional Roma culture during an intensive week full of music, dance, theater and other events from May 27th to June 2nd in Prague.
The program will feature many great names of Roma culture, distinctive and inspiring personalities of international reputation.
Khamoro (meaning "Sun" in Romanes) is the most famous professional Roma festival in the world. It has been organized by Slovo 21 together with SP Saga annually since 1999. Throughout the two decades of its existence, the festival has established itself as an important cultural event, attracting approximately 10 000 visitors from the Czech Republic and from abroad each year. Visitors enjoy dance and fun regardless of age, gender or nationality.
An exceptional program will be presented on the occasion of the festival’s 20th anniversary. The famous All-Star Gypsy Jazz trio will hold a concert on May 28th at the Hybernia Theater. The three greats – Stochelo Rosenberg of the Netherlands, Angelo Debarre and Tchavolo Schmitt of France – last met on-stage more than a decade ago, at Carnegie Hall, New York.
The main partners of the festival are the Capital City of Prague and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
The festival program and other information are available on the site: https://www.khamoro.cz/en/