Delia Grigore (born February 7, 1972 in Galaţi, Romania) is a Romani writer, academic and Romani rights activist. February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... County GalaÅ£i County Status County capital Mayor Dumitru Nicolae, Social Democratic Party, since 2000 Area 246. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Romani people (as a noun, singular Rom, plural Roma; sometimes Rrom, Rroma) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ...

Biography

She grew up under the Romanian communist regime, when the Roma were not recognized as an ethnic group, but as foreign elements that must assimilate in Romanian society.^[1] During that time, her family hid their real identity so as to avoid discrimination.^[2] After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 she could reassert her Romani ethnicity and relearn the language. In 1990, she completed secondary studies at the Zoia Kosmodemianskaia High Scool in Bucharest, while in 1992 she graduated the Sanskrit Language and Indian Old Civilization and Culture course from the University of Bucharest. In 1995 she obtained a degree in Romanian and English philology from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Bucharest. Since 2000, Delia Grigore has published a series of writings about Romani culture and language. The Soviets pressed for inclusion of Romanias heretofore negligible Communist Party in the post-war government, while non-communist political leaders were steadily eliminated from political life. ... Combatants Communist Romania Ad hoc local Romanian militias, demoralized romanian army forces Commanders Nicolae CeauÅŸescu Various independent militia leaders, discontented Communist party members Casualties 1,104 deaths The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of riots and fighting in late December of 1989 that overthrew the... Status Capital of Romania Mayor Adriean Videanu, since 2005 Area 238 km² Population (2005) 1,924,959[1] Density 8,088 inh/km² Geographical coordinates Web site http://www. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Taj Mahal, a popular icon of India The culture of India was moulded throughout various eras of history, all the while absorbing customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immigrants. ... University of Bucharest University of Bucharest is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

In 2002 she obtained a Doctorate in the Antropology of the Romani culture with the Ph.D. thesis Family Customs of the Rroma Traditional Culture with Nomadic Identity Pattern in the South East of Romania. Currently she teaches at the University of Bucharest. She also became involved in the defense of Romani rights as the president of the Association ŞATRA/A.S.T.R.A. – "Amare Rromentza". Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...

In February 2002, Delia Grigore requested that the Romanian state authorities and the leadership of the Romanian Orthodox Church acknowledge their responsibility for the enforcement and the consequences of five centuries of slavery of the Romani people in the historical Romanian states of Wallachia and Moldavia^[3]. The Romanian Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...

Writings

• Siklioven i Rromani chib - Ghid de limbă şi cultură rromani "Learn Rromani language - Guidelines of Rromani Language and Culture" (2000, Aven Amentza, Bucharest)
• Rromanipen-ul (rromani dharma) şi mistica familiei "Rromanipen (Rromani Dharma) and the Family Mystics" (2001, Salvaţi copii, Bucharest)
• Introducere în studiul culturii tradiţionale rromani - Curs de antropologie rromani "Introduction in the Study of Rromani Traditional Culture - Course of Rromani Anthropology" (2001, CREDIS, University of Bucharest)
• Rromii: tipuri şi arhetipuri identitare "Rroma: Identity Types and Archetypes" a chapter in Rromii şi cultura populară română. Patrin thai iag "Rroma and the Romanian Folk Culture. Leaf and fire" (2002, Aven Amentza, Bucharest), coordinator: Vasile Ionescu
• Istoria şi tradiţiile minorităţii rromani "History and Traditions of the Rromani Minority" (2005, Sigma, Bucharest), written together with Petre Petcuţ and Mariana Sandu

See also

• Roma minority in Romania

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References

1. ^ Istoria şi tradiţiile minorităţii rromani, p. 92, 2005, Sigma, Bucharest, Delia Grigore, Petre Petcuţ and Mariana Sandu
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/romanian/news/story/2005/07/050708_romi_cultura.shtml An interview at Romanian BBC
3. ^ http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/rromii-solicita-autoritatilor-si.html The request published in the newspaper Evenimentul de Iaşi (Romanian)

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External links

• Curriculum vitae (until about 2003)