theme 11/08/1995 (1995)

The theme is gypsies.

For many centuries, the Russian people have lived in the neighborhood of a people about whom they know almost nothing, except that this people sings, dances and guesses magnificently.

The guests of the program dispel popular myths and answer in detail questions about the history of the Roma people, about the modern life of various diasporas with their own laws and norms of behavior, about the situation of Roma women in the camp and the problems of children's education, about holidays, marriage and other traditions.

In the studio, the actress and fortune teller Lala-Papusha Mihai, the artistic director of the Roman Theater Nikolai Slichenko, the choirmaster of the Roman Theater Vladislav Demeter, as well as the Gypsy ethnographer Nadezhda Demeter, the theater and film actor Vasily Vasiliev, the Gypsy public figure George Demeter, the lawyer Vladimir Bobrov.

The program includes stories about the village of Hungarian Gypsies who settled near Maloyaroslavets, about the educational complex of national culture No. 1650, where children learn the languages and history of different peoples, and about the children's ensemble "Gilori", which in the future may become the first children's gypsy theater.

Excerpts of films: "The Elusive Avengers" (1966, directed by E. G. Keosayan), "Tabor goes to heaven" (1975, directed by E. V. Loteanu), "Cruel Romance" (1984, directed by E. A. Ryazanov).