NOOL – A Roma poetry and prose recitation competition is organized in Balassagyarmat

Benedek Zsolt Zolnyánszki, one of the organizers of the event, announced in a statement sent to our portal that gypsy pastoral care is the purposeful spiritual care of Roma communities within the Roman Catholic Church, and at the same time it is an important segment of social programs aimed at catching up with gypsies. The pastoral community of Balassagyarmat, which was formed not long ago, wants to join this, which consists of dedicated professionals who want to do something and religious people who are close to the Church.

– One of the important ways to bridge the gap between Gypsies and non-Gypsies is to get to know Gypsies better, so that society can form an authentic image of them, all together with them, in one community. There are many ways and ways to do this, such as presenting cultural values, discovering common treasures, and, in this case, introducing and getting to know the beauty and depth of Gypsy poetry and prose, they wrote in the announcement. – Nearly 60 Gypsy and non-Gypsy children and primary school students applied for our competition, which was announced in the institutions of the Ceferinó community operating in Balassagyarmati and its region, as well as in the institutions of the Váci Diocese, who, of course, will not only compete, but also give a glimpse of the peoples of the Carpathian Basin, such as Gypsy also to its inexhaustible values.

It was also pointed out that during the event, the exhibition of the Endre Prize-winning painter Gábor Horváth Csonka will be available for viewing. In addition, the residents of the Ipolyparti Fészek Children’s Home in Balassagyarmat will give a dance show, and the students of Mosoly EGYMI in Nyírjes will give a presentation entitled “Let’s Play”.

The members of the jury will be retired teacher Sándorné Pásztor, president of the Nógrád county branch of the Hungarian Literary History Society, Krisztina Golyán, director of the Mikszáth Kálmán Cultural Center, president of the Gyarmaticum Association, and Gábor Orosz, drama teacher of Szent Imre Catholic Primary and High School.

Father János Turai, parish priest of the Holy Trinity Parish in Balassagyarmat, master canons, will be the patron of the competition. The event is supported by the Diocese of Váci, the Holy Trinity Parish of Balassagyarmat and the Kálmán Mikszáth Cultural Center. The event is organized by Ildikó Kalmár, Bernadett Nánássyné Gál, Csaba Lévai and Benedek Zsolt Zolnyánszki.