07/05/2026
Ramush Muarem – Cirko (1962–2026)
IN MEMORIAM
Sa velikom tugom i osećajem nenadoknadivog gubitka, Evropski romski institut za umetnost i kulturu (ERIAC) oprašta se od Ramuša Muarema – Cirka: novinara, urednika, scenariste, glumca, komičara, aktiviste i jednog od najprepoznatljivijih i najuticajnijih glasova romske kulture na Balkanu i širom Evrope.
Cirko je bio čovek koji je istrajno i dostojanstveno govorio u ime svoje zajednice, umetnik koji nije samo bio deo kulturne scene, već ju je stvarao i održavao, i javna ličnost koja je humor, jezik i medije koristila kao alat borbe za dostojanstvo, vidljivost i afirmaciju romske kulture.
Iza njega ostaje bogato i višeslojno stvaralaštvo: emisije, skečevi, dokumentarni prilozi, prevodi, intervjui, nastupi i glas koji je nosio toplinu, mudrost i ljudskost. Tokom decenija rada neumorno je pokazivao da romska kultura nije na margini evropske kulture, već njen neizostavni deo.
Njegov odlazak ostavlja veliku prazninu koja će se osećati generacijama — u opštini Šuto Orizari, širom Balkana, među romskoj zajednici u dijaspori i svuda gde su ljudi kroz njegov rad pronalazili osmeh, prepoznavanje i ponos.
Neka mu je večna slava i hvala.
Ramush Muarem - Cirko (1962–2026)
IN MEMORIAM
It is with profound sorrow and a deep sense of loss that the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) marks the passing of Ramush Muarem – Cirko: journalist, editor, screenwriter, actor, comedian, activist, and one of the most enduring and influential voices of Roma culture in the Balkans and beyond.
Cirko was a Roma cultural figure who asserted the authority to narrate his community’s stories without concession or delay, an artist who not only participated in cultural spaces but actively created and sustained them, and a public intellectual who employed humour, language, and media as instruments of dignity, resilience, and cultural affirmation.
What endures is a substantial and multifaceted body of work: recordings, sketches, documentary contributions, translations, interviews, performances, and a voice that carried both depth and humanity. Across decades and platforms, his work consistently demonstrated that Roma culture is not peripheral to European culture, but constitutive of it.
His passing leaves a profound void that will resonate across generations: in Shuto Orizari, throughout the Balkans, within Roma diaspora communities across Europe, and in every space where audiences gathered to see themselves reflected, affirmed, and uplifted through his work.
May his memory be eternal.
https://eriac.org/ramush-muarem-cirko-in-memoriam/
