Luke's Church in lower
Manhattan on March 11th and in Middletown, CT at Wesleyan University 's Crowell
Concert Hall on March 9th. Alash has won a number of awards at international
folk music festivals, and in 2003 won first prize at the international
symposium "Khoomei," the world's utmost competition in throat singing, held in
the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl. Support for the cultural program is provided through
partnership and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Open
World Leadership Center funds the administrative portion of the program. states since the program's inception in 1999."
And so we come to this ground to remember the cause for which these
soldiers fought and triumphed. They fought side-by-side
with American GIs, who, only months before, had been farmers and bank clerks
and factory hands.
It's all for your benefit.

Roma (Gypsies )


The Roma are a distinct ethnic minority whose origins began on the Indian
subcontinent over one thousand years ago.

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It remained independent until the Soviet Union absorbed
it in 1944; it is now a part of the Russian Federation. It was the Dutch who became one of the
first foreign nations to recognize the independence of the new United States
of America. On this
memorial wall is inscribed the name, Raymond Kelly, a young man studying to be
a priest in Detroit, who could have sat out the war, but gave up his exemption
to serve his country. Amsterdam would wait for liberation longer than almost any other
city in Europe. One resistance leader put it well: "We are one because , together, we
believed in something. At the outset of the war, there were those who
believed that democracy was too soft to survive, especially against a Nazi
Germany, that boasted the most professional, well-equipped and highly-trained
military forces in the world.

Most Roma have always referred
to themselves by their tribal names, or as Rom or Roma, meaning 'Man' or
'People .

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The system contains everything a homeowner needs to protect between seven
and 11 average size trees. This product and the method of use were evaluated
in collaboration with the USDA. In 2004, the state Department of Agriculture sprayed
about 30,000 acres in eight counties, and in 2003 nearly 65,000 acres of
defoliation occurred in the state.

Famous Tuvan Throat Singing Group 'Alash ' to Perform Concerts in New York City and New Haven

S.
In this cemetery lies Willy F.

The Nazi terror of World
War II is the most infamous and is responsible for the deaths of up to
1.

The Romani people remain the least integrated and the most persecuted
people of Europe .

Almost everywhere, their fundamental civil rights are
threatened.

romanes adaptability

As the insects cross over
the burlap the Eradicoat Insecticide is absorbed through the feet of the
caterpillar and kills them.

349.
Congress designed to build mutual understanding between the United States and
Russia and other participating countries.

Remarks By President Bush at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

We come first to remember the
young Americans who did not live to comb gray hair.

The root language of Romani
is ancient Punjabi with loan words borrowed from the many countries the
migrations of the Roma have taken them.

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com and at local hardware and garden stores
across Wisconsin, including Kimps Ace Hardware (Green Bay), Vern's Ace
Hardware (Pulaski), Ace Hardware of Appleton (Appleton ) and Gusick's Ace
Hardware (Pound).
The Tuvan throat singers' visit is part of a unique exchange program for
the Open World Program that focuses on cultural leaders from Russia. (Local)

PRESIDENT BUSH: Your Majesty; Mr. And the free and peaceful world that we hope to leave to our own
children is inspired by their example.
On this day, we celebrate the victory they won , and we recommit ourselves
to the great truth that they defended, that freedom is the birthright of all
mankind.

Roma Flag
The wheel-shaped, sixteen-spoked chakra, was adopted at the First
World Romani Congress in London in 1971 as the international Romani symbol.

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The destruction of
Rotterdam would be a signpost to the terror and humanity that the Nazi lie
would impose on this continent.

) The use of Rom, Roma,
Romani, or the double 'r' spelling (Rrom, Rroma, Rromani ), is preferred
in all official communications and legal documents.

5 million Roma in the Porrajmos (in Romani meaning the Devouring).

The recent collapse of the communist governments of Eastern Europe have
rekindled anti-Roma sentiment in Eastern and Western Europe.

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For more background on Open World, please visit http://www. Every one of these Americans added his own unique contribution to the
story of freedom. And the world's tyrants learned a lesson: There is no
power like the power of freedom, and no soldier as strong as a soldier who
fights for that freedom.

Why the Roma left India is clouded
in uncertainty, yet they entered southeastern Europe in the last quarter
of the 13th Century.

The Romani people have been known by many names, including Gypsies
(or
Gipsies),
Tsigani,
Tzigane, Cigano, Zigeuner, and others.

The Roma ability to adapt to new environments in order to survive has been
responsible for the loss of many customs forgotten with time.

There have been many large-scale, state-sponsored persecutions, or pogroms ,
against the Roma throughout European history.

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The burlap and Eradicoat
Insecticide intersect the daily path of these pests. Open World Program Offers Rare Glimpse of Unique Musical Art

NEW YORK, Tuvan throat singing group Alash -- one
of the world's foremost practitioners of this rare musical art form -- will be
performing in the New York City area in early March. Alash 's visit to New Hampshire, Connecticut
and New York for three weeks of performances and collaboration with U.S. Tuva, a small, autonomous Russian Republic in southeastern
Siberia bordering Mongolia , was a part of China until 1921, when it became an
independent country.gov., one of seven African American
soldiers from the second world war to win the Medal of Honor. And so
do her three children and eight grandchildren.

Once in
Europe, their particular ability to adjust to outside groups continued ,
and in some places, the Romani element was dominant enough to assimilate
outsiders.

It would be invalid to generalize
and oversimplify by giving concrete rules to all Roma.

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M. Welch -- my father -in-law, the father of First Lady Laura Bush --
Congressman Hoekstra; General Jones, General Franks; Superintendent Schwind;
fellow Americans and friends:
On this peaceful May morning we commemorate a great victory for liberty,
and the thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David underscore the
terrible price we pay for that victory. It was a Dutch port that gave the
American flag its first gun salute." In Dutch hearts, they already were.
For some, V-E Day brought hope for normalcy , after almost five long years
of occupation.
Private Robert Lee Rutledge was one of those soldiers."
Sixty years later, Ginger is still free, and she does understand.

Because they arrived in Europe from the East, they
were thought by the first Europeans to be from Turkey, Nubia or Egypt ,
or any number of non-European places.

They were called, among other things,
Egyptians or Gyptians, which is where the word 'Gypsy' comes from.

Romani culture is diverse with many traditions and customs, and all
groups around the world have their own individual beliefs and tenets.

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Some have compared the chant-like sound to
that of a human bagpipe.
Throat singing was developed among Tuva's semi-nomadic sheepherders
centuries ago. cultural and community life and to collaborate with their
American counterparts. The letter was
addressed to little Ginger Rutledge in Lumpkin , Georgia. Private Rutledge did his job
well, and the men who fought and bled and died here with him accomplished what
they came for. The free Europe where many of them lie buried was built on their
sacrifice.

These names have separate,
distinct etymological origins and are not related .

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stopthegypsymoth. The remote location and Soviet-era travel limitations
restricted visitors, but also allowed Tuvans to preserve their unique musical
traditions. They share a love
of liberty. In the war that came to an end 60 years ago this day, all those
who fought for freedom made sacrifice, and many gave their lives. And in faded black and white photographs,
each one here looks back at us in the full glow of youth: the fresh-faced
American in uniform; the newly minted officer with a smiling sweetheart on his
or her arm; or the young dad traveling, holding a baby son or daughter on his
knee.

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easy-to-use system that destroys these devastating creatures with minimal
commitment from the homeowner.S.

CEC ArtsLink, through a multi-faceted program of cultural exchange, serves
to create and sustain constructive, mutually beneficial relationships in the
arts between the United States and Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia .

In other places, the Romani element was too small to maintain
its discrete identity and it was lost, while contributing to the group
into which they were absorbed.

' (Rom, Roma, Romani, and Romaniya should not be confused with
the country of Romania, or the city of Rome.

The spoken Romani language is varied,
but all dialects contain some common words in use by all Roma.

The affordability and immediacy
of the Internet provides a voice for the Roma, a voice that attempts to
educate the public about a misunderstood and much maligned culture.

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And they're here with their Dutch comrades .

Gypsies, although offensive to most Roma, is still a proper
name, and as such, must always be capitalized.

There have been four World Romani
Congresses to date.

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Throat singing is a challenging musical discipline that has not been
broadly introduced in the U.
Alash will be performing in New York City at St.
In the Voice of America's radio broadcast from London on the first V-E
Day , the announcer asked Europe to "think of these Americans as your dead,
too. The Americans saw the Dutch spirit
in action within weeks of liberation, when this new cemetery marked its first
Memorial Day. When Dutch railway
workers went on strike to make it harder for the German army to reinforce
their troops, the Nazis responded with a blockade that made fuel and food even
more scarce.

But all groups maintain to a greater or lesser degree
the barrier between who is Roma and who is not .

Thanks go to Marko Courbet and Ian Hancock
for their contributions to this category description .

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One hundred percent of Wisconsin's counties are susceptible to the gypsy
moth problem this year. CEC ArtsLink
is hosting the musicians during their stay in the U. Over 10,000 Open World participants
have been hosted in all 50 U. Prime Minister; Mr. For the Americans who rest here,
Dutch soil provides a fitting home. It was still a time of hardship and want and depravation; yet
Dutch citizens from 60 local villages collected 20 truckloads of flowers so
that every American grave here would be decorated when the sun came up on
Memorial Day. James, Jr. And in this ground rests Maurice Rose, the brilliant
division commander who led the first Allied troops into Germany .

In some places, this Egyptian identity was taken entirely seriously, and
was no doubt borrowed by the early Roma themselves.

Despite what some
groups may believe, there is no one group that can call themselves the
one, 'true' Roma.

The trend is to eliminate
the use of derogatory , pejorative and offensive names, such as Gypsies,
and to be given proper respect by the use of the self-appelation of Roma,
or Rroma.

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S.
Some of those brave troops are here with us today , and we welcome you and
we honor you.

The fragmentation of the Romani population occurred on a
major scale after their arrival into Europe in the 14th century.

Not all groups have the same definition of
who and what is 'Roma.

' What may be accepted as 'true-Roma' by one group
may be gadj to another.

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The recent Academy-award nominated documentary "Genghis Blues" brought
international attention to the art of throat singing by highlighting American
blues musician Paul Pena, who taught himself how to throat sing and eventually
traveled to Tuva to take part in a music festival. WASHINGTON , The following are Remarks By President
Bush at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial:

Margraten, The Netherlands

11:09 A. Each man or woman buried
here is more than a headstone and a serial number; each person here has a name
that is precious to some family .
May God bless you all.

Understanding
these threats can prevent the further loss of a unique and ancient culture.

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Throat singers also mimic the sounds of the natural
world -- whistling birds , bubbling streams, howling wolves and blowing wind
are often incorporated into the music.

And when American soldiers returned to this continent to fight
for freedom, they were led by a President who owed his family name to this
great land -- Roosevelt. Freedom is a permanent hope of mankind; and when that
hope is made real for all people, it will be because of the sacrifices of a

new generation of men and women as selfless and dedicated to liberty as those
we honor today.)

END 11:22 A.

The Romani language is of Indo-Aryan origin and has many spoken dialects,
some of which are not mutually intelligible.

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Positive results were seen.
Currently, Eradicoat Gypsy Moth Control System can be purchased online
at http://www. It was from a Dutch port that many of our
pilgrim fathers first sailed for America.
For Holland, the war began with the bombing of Rotterdam .
The winter just before liberation was the worst. You came into a free world, and I want you to
finish in one.

Thus there are populations
of Romani who have incorporated a substantial foreign genetic element from
outside of India, but who remain in terms of their own self-perception
Roma, and who speak Romanes.

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In mid-April (by May 1) the homeowner simply
attaches the burlap wrap kit to the trees on their property and then applies
the Eradicoat Gypsy Moth Insecticide to the burlap . Alash's artistic director,
master throat singer Kongar-Ool Ondar, helped Paul Pena to learn the technique
and was also featured in the movie. Open
World is also organizing the residencies for Russian jazz musicians in
Louisville, Kentucky and Moscow, Idaho, and a group of textile artisans in
Santa Fe, New Mexico in February.
We come to this ground to recall the evil these Americans fought against. For many others, including a Jewish girl named Anne Frank,
hiding in an attic, V -E Day would come too late, two months after the
institutionalized evil of Bergen-Belsen took her young life.

Integration of many Roma into gajikan
(non-Roma, or foreign) culture due to settlement has diluted many Romani
cultural values and beliefs.

- By Harold
Joseph Fontenot, 20 June 1999.

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Throat singers use their voices to create
multiple notes simultaneously . Open
World's Cultural Leaders Program aims to forge better understanding between
the United States and Russia by enabling emerging Russian leaders in the arts
to experience U.S.
And in the six decades since, the Dutch have continued this wonderful
tradition by adopting and attending to the graves of the people they never
met.
Today we join them at this hallowed ground. Here they
rest in honored glory with thousands of their comrades in arms, and here we
come to affirm the great debt we owe them. (Local)

The Romani population has grown differently
in different places, to the point that one group may deny the legitimacy
of another group.

Violent attacks
against Romani immigrants and refugees have been permitted to occur with
little or no restraint from government authorities.

Although the Roma originated from India, they have no homeland
they can call their own; therefore they have no government that will speak
for them and protect them.

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The Open World Program is a unique, nonpartisan initiative of the U. Before it came, more than 20,000 Dutch men and women and
children would perish in what was called the "hongerwinter," and many others
were reduced to eating tulip bulbs to stay alive. Yet, this military would be brought down by a
coalition of armies from our democratic allies and freedom fighters from
occupied lands and underground resistance leaders. Weeks before he died,
he wrote a letter to his daughter on her fifth birthday. Private Rutledge
told his daughter, "You're too young to understand it now, but you will later. The free America that Ginger grew up in was saved by their
courage. Because of their sacrifice and the help of brave allies, that truth
prevailed at the close of the 20th century .

There
is no universal culture per se, but there are attributes common to all
Roma, including: loyalty to family (extended and clan); Romaniya,
standards and norms, varying in degree from tribe to tribe; and adaptability
to changing conditions.

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This will be an
opportunity to hear and witness a musical craft born in the remote mountains
of southern Russia and Mongolia. Mayor;
distinguished officials of The Netherlands; veterans and their families,
including the 104th Infantry Division , known as the Timberwolves; the unit of
Harold B. Your kindness has brought comfort to thousands of American families
separated from their loved ones here by an ocean. And for still
others, V-E Day would bring a lasting sense of solidarity with those who
fought. He gave his life
fighting against a brutal attack by two Nazi divisions.
As the 21st century unfolds before us, Americans and Europeans are
continuing to work together and are bringing freedom and hope to places where
it has long been denied: in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Lebanon, and across the
broader Middle East.

There are many groups of Roma, including
(but not limited to) the Kalderash, Machavaya, Lovari, Churari , Romanichal,
Gitanoes, Kalo, Sinti, Rudari, Manush, Boyash, Ungaritza, Luri, Bashald,
Romungro , and Xoraxai.

Today, the following characteristics apply to the many Roma groups and
communities around the world:


Roma may be nomadic, semi-sedentary, or sedentary;

Roma speak many dialects of Romanes, and some Roma may not speak Romanes
at all;

Roma may live in rural or urban areas;

Some Roma groups are predominately illiterate, while other groups stress
at least a minimum of literacy in their host country's language for its
community members.

Integration and assimilation into gajikane society have always
threatened the preservation of Romani customs, traditions and language.

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musicians is sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of
Congress with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.S. Like so much of Europe, over the next years
of occupation , Holland would come to know curfews, and oppression, and armed
bands with yellow stars, and deportation for its Jewish citizens. (Applause.M.

Migration from India
In Europe, Roma were either kept in slavery in the Balkans from the
14th century (officially abolished in 1864), or else moved into the rest
of the European continent, reaching every northern and western country
by about 1500.

The green and blue flag with a red chakra in the center was adopted as
the Romani flag, as well as the motto 'Opr Roma' (Roma Arise).

Today, Roma are using the Internet to display pride in culture, language
and solidarity with other Roma worldwide.

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The music of throat
singing carries over long distances, important for the rugged and mountainous
terrain of Tuva.openworld. And on behalf of a grateful
America, I thank you for treating our men and women as your sons and
daughters.

In the course of time, as a result of having
interacted with various European populations, and being fragmented into
widely -separated groups, Roma have emerged as a collection of distinct
ethnic groups within the larger whole.

The song 'Gelem, gelem' was selected as the Romani anthem; and April
8 was proclaimed International Romani Day.

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