In
2002, one Roma organization, Amalipe, in league with the Bulgarian
Ministry
of
Education and the Open Society Foundation—Sofia, introduced optional
folklore
classes
in 14 schools in Veliko Turnovo County. Teodora Krumova and
Deyan
Kolev
published a wonderful collection of folktales for teachers to use in
the
special
classes, Razkazi
i Pamet [Stories
and Memories]. Since then both authors,
in
collaboration with Antoniya Kr’steva, have published two workbooks for
Roma
children—Istorii
krai ogonishcheto: Ychebno pomagalo za ychenitsi ot 2 do 4
klas
[Stories
Around the Fire: A Textbook for 2–4 Class Students] and Razkazani
P’tisccha:
Pomazalo za ychenitsi ot 5 do 8 klas [Told
Roads/Paths:
A Textbook
for
5–8 Class Students]. This program was so successful that the
government
decided
to use it in other parts of central Bulgaria in 2003
