ROMADAY • Parade vom Sinti-und-Roma-Denkmal zum Grünen Salon

From the Memorial to the Murdered Sinti* and Roma* of Europe to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

ROMADAY on April 8 is a day of celebration: we take to the streets and celebrate Roma* and Sinti* around the world, the power of the community and their resilience. We remember the beginnings of the worldwide emancipation movement with the first World Roma* Congress on April 8, 1971 and continue to build on it.

At the same time, ROMADAY is a day of struggle: the Nazis are spreading again in Europe, the rights of migrants are being curtailed again. On ROMADAY, we make it clear: We are at the forefront of the fight against right-wing extremists! Sinti* and Roma* have always been part of the resistance, fought as partisans and will not stand idly by while our home countries are taken over by the right! We are here and we are here to stay!

The ROMADAY parade, which has taken place every year since 2018, begins at the Memorial to the Murdered Sinti* and Roma* of Europe, which is also threatened by the construction of an S-Bahn line. We commemorate our dead and send a signal of respect, which Deutsche Bahn and the Berlin Senate clearly lack. From there, our loud, colorful and combative procession sets off through the center of Berlin and arrives via Alexanderplatz at the Grüner Salon of the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, our artistic home, where we come together and fortify ourselves with soup and drinks at the Meet & Greet before the day reaches its climax with a great concert by Mahala Raï Banda and Mal Élevé & Friends.