| # | Name | Comments |
|---|
| 101 | SALLY TUCKER WOODBURY | THAY ARE TRYING TO PUT A STOP TO BRITISH FAIRS AS WELL THAY ARE TRYING TO STOP OUR HISTORY THAY WILL NEVER SUCSEED |
| 102 | Jane Housham | Je voudrais ajouter mon nom aux ceux qui demandent que la musique gitane puisse etre entendue a Saintes Maries de la Mer pendant le pelerinage de Sainte Sara. La musique forme une partie importante de la ceremonie et d'un evenement culturel tres valable. |
| 103 | Maureen Portsmouth | |
| 104 | Anonymous | let the people be free to celebrate in peace. where is the justification in prohibition of music? this not wisdom. it is folly. |
| 105 | Valerie Levy | Cette tradition est indispensable pour l'avenir des Gitans. |
| 106 | S Sanchez | |
| 107 | Paul Watkins | |
| 108 | Cecile Schoonbroodt | |
| 109 | Anonymous | |
| 110 | Eva Larsson | |
| 111 | Hana Synkova | |
| 112 | janna eliot | la fete sans la musique est comme un repas sans du sel. la musique est une priere. Vive la musique dans les rues de Les Saintes Maries de la mer. |
| 113 | Grattan Puxon | Mr Chassain,
I have three times attended the Pilgramage
in Les Saintes Maries and cannot imagine
this festival without music in the streets.
Please reconsider your ban, discuss the
matter with Romani representatives and
come to some better agreement.
Many of us in Britain (350,000 Romani
population) look to your town as one of
the centres of our heritage and culture.
Grattan Puxon
Gypsy Council (founded 1966) |
| 114 | Richard Sheridan | As President of the Gypsy Council I call
upon the Mayor to lift this ban and respect
the traditions of our people.
Richard Sheridan |
| 115 | Dana Wilson | |
| 116 | Ann Gander | |
| 117 | edwin delanoeye | |
| 118 | youth division | let the music play on! |
| 119 | cedar kokus | |
| 120 | Sonia Meyer | Monsieur Le Maire, Je vous ecris de l"Amerique. Saintes Maries de La Mer est unique au monde a cause de son festival des gitans. Les gitans europeens ont forme l'ame europeenne. Ils representent un aspect de liberte qu'il ne faut pas perdre. Votre ville est un rare endroit ou ils peuvent se reunir pour des raisons religieuses. Laissez leurs leur musique diverse qui nous a enrichis tous.
Merci, Sonia Meyer |
| 121 | David Taylor | Monsieur, S'il vous plait, la musique des gitanes pour les jours du Pelerinage du saint Sara. C'est la vie ! Toujours ! S'il vous plait, Monsieur !
(J'etais visiter Auschwitz 1958. Je suis non Juif, non Roma. J'etais a Les Saintes Maries 1970s.). |
| 122 | Hannah Schewitz | |
| 123 | Richard Seymour | |
| 124 | Dr.Chris Griffin | Banning Roma music from the streets during the pilgrimage period would not only 'kill' the spirit of the event, it would run counter to the fact that musical celebration and 'fun' are ancient universal counterparts to the very concept of pelerinage. Sure, some civic guidelines, could be set down, but it would be a shame if it went further. |
| 125 | Anonymous | |
| 126 | rudolf kleinschmidt | |
| 127 | Mike Cullen | It's a basic fundamental human right, making music, and it's outrageous that it should ever be banned anywhere. Music is free speech. |
| 128 | Mark Sampson | C'est un vrai domage d'empecher un grand tradition comme ceci. J'espere bien que vous puissez reflechir. |
| 129 | Fedosova Tatiana | Gipsy music is very beautiful. It is necessary to keep it for art! |
| 130 | Mark LeVine | As a professor of music and culture, I can say with authority that Gypsy music is one of the most important forms of music in the world. To ban its performance is a crime and a sign of extreme prejudice against one of Europe's least understood, most prejudiced and marginalized social groups |
| 131 | Mavis | |
| 132 | FERNANDO OLMOS | Dear Sir,
I am an Australian/Chilean flamenco guitarist that is planning to visit your township and people soon. In order for me to fulfill my trip I was hoping to experience the gipsy music and culture of the area, along with some friends. Please do not band your local people from playing music on the streets. It is the life and blood of these people to survive from tourism and from their passion and music. I implore you to please reconsider and allow gipsy music to continue. Thank you |
| 133 | John P Greene | It is imperative the music continues. Foreign travelers to your city EXPECT it. Many are there BECAUSE of it. |
| 134 | Charles King | save the music |
| 135 | HALFON | Si les gens viennent aussi nombreux aux Saintes Maries c'est bien pour entendre la musique des Gitans....! Sans eux, le festival est vidé de sa substance !
Bien à vous, A.H. |
| 136 | Alex Hamilton | |
| 137 | Alan Holmes | |
| 138 | Jenny Lindvall | |
| 139 | Buster Birch | |
| 140 | Orhan Demirovski | |
| 141 | Andrea | like in any culture there are some that make it bad for the good one's. the gypsy people are some of the most beautiful people I know. and there music come's from the heart . I am a hungarian gypsy and my people are acomplished musian's. and once you meet a gypsy you wil never forget them. |
| 142 | Pauline Padfield | Music needs to be played and heard - hope Gypsy people can continue to play their music in a spontaneous way around this festival. |
| 143 | Els de Groen | J'espère que beaucoup de mes collègues MEPs signent cette petition. La musique, c'est l'expression la plus spirituelle de l'homme. Une prohibition de la musique des Roms est une prohibition de leurs esprit et identité! |
| 144 | Krister Malm | |
| 145 | Anna Malm | |
| 146 | Martin Demirovski | STOP ANTI ROMANI ACTIONS |
| 147 | Ralph Sandland | Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK. Researcher in human rights law with particular reference to the rights of Travelling Peoples. |
| 148 | colin stewart | traditions must be respected by and for all of us
who are freethinking Europeans
this would be tragic to ban such a vibrant and spiritual
event |
| 149 | Steve Wohl | The practice of "playing in the streets" of your town during the gathering of the Roma preserves their music as well as enables them to cross pollinate different new influences. This is a unique opportunity your town offers them. The results of incalculable value. Please restore and preserve this feature of the gathering of the Roma.
Thank you for your efforts!
Steve in Chicago, IL, USA |
| 150 | Andrea | |