A Study Into The Relation Between Nomadic Culture and Society



Wednesday 3 February 2010

Romani gypsies

I set out to try to find some real Romany Gypsies but this task proved to difficult soI have had to resort to found imagery of this nomadic race of people.


Although the Romani people are often referred to as "Gypsies" (and prefer to be called by their more proper designation, Roma), not all "gypsies" or nomadic peoples are Roma. The Roma are descendants of the ancient warrior classes of Northern India, particularly the Punjab, and they are identifiable by their language, religion, and customs, which can be directly linked to those of the Punjabi in northern India.http://www.romani.org/

Link to photos of gypsies in Romania
http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/Roma/Roma.htm




link to home made video of gypsy camps

http://hubpages.com/hub/Romanian-Gypsies
These lines were written by Queen Victoria in 1836: -
I know too well its truth, from experience, that whenever any poor Gipsies are encamped anywhere and crimes and robberies, etc, occur, it is invariably laid to their account, which is shocking; and if they are always looked upon as vagabonds, how can they become good people? I trust in Heaven that the day may come when I may do something for these poor people.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6611276.ece

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