Day of National Minorities
COMMUNITY. MULTICULTURALITY. DEVELOPMENT
December 18, 2022 – January 15, 2023
The exhibition is organized by the Department for Inter-Ethnic Relations within the General Secretariat of the Government of Romania in collaboration with the National Museum of Dimitrie Gusti Village and includes photographs that illustrate cultural and historical heritage, local customs, values related to language, religion and traditions, as well as cultural diversity of national minorities.
The exhibition can be visited between December 18, 2022 and January 15, 2023, from Wednesday to Sunday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., at Sala HH Stahl, Șos. Kiseleff, no. 30, sector 1, Bucharest.
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This was organized on the occasion of National Minorities Day - December 18, 2022 in a festive setting.
On December 18, 1992, the UN General Assembly adopted the "Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National, Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Minorities", the first international document that offered a guarantee of respect for minority rights. Following this decision, a number of states declared December 18 the Day of National Minorities. Romania rallied to this international approach in 1998, by approving GD no. 881/1998, December 18 is declared "National Minorities Day". Starting from 2017, December 18th is established as the "Day of National Minorities in Romania" as a national holiday.
