The History of The Romani People.
The Romani people are an ethnic group.(An ethnic group is a
socially defined category of people with the same social experience
and ancestry)
Romanies are dispersed throughout all the world, But their
largest concentrationlays in Europe.
The Romani people from Central and Eastern Europe are called
Roma.
They come fromcountries such asRomania, Bulgariaor Hungary.
However, the Romani people from Spain,Portugal and Southern
France are calledKale people.
The Romani people who live in the United Kingdom and in the
United States are normally Romanichal.
They also migrated to other countries where people speak
English.
HISTORY OF THEROMANI PEOPLE
The Romani people are original from India.They left India and
started migrating in the 11th century (one thousand years ago).
They arrived in Europe for the first time around the year 1200
through the Byzantine Empire (Nowadays Turkey).
SPAIN:
The first Romani people arrived in Spain in 1415.They suffered
several Persecutions and violationsof their rights.
Nowadays, they are a very important part of the Spanishculture.
There are more than 500,000 gypsies in Spain.
However, we still need to do a lot of things to become really
equal.
BRITAIN:
The Romanichals reachedBritain for the first time in1502 from
Spain.
At that time, people thought that Roma peoplecame from Egypt,
and called them Egyptians, and so Gypsies.
In Spain people thought the same, and called Roma people
Egiptianos, And so Gitanos.
From Britain, the Gypsies migrated to other English Speaking
countries like the United States, Canada, SouthAfrica or
Australia.
There are 96,000 Gypsies in Britain, and 153,000 in the United
States.
THE ROMANICHALS
LANGUAGE:
Until the 19th century, the Gypsies living in Britainspoke
Romani.
However, as time passed, Gypsies started talking in a blend of
Romani and English called Angloromani.
http://www.reocities.com/~patrin/rumney.htm
Click here for a list of words used by the British Gypsies:
APPEARANCE:
Physically, Romanichals are generally lighter than other
gypsies.
This is so because during their migrations, many white people
from Eastern Europe married Romani people.
As well as in Spain, British Gypsies have suffered persecution
and discrimination.
During the 19th century anti-Gypsy laws were gradually
repealed.
LIFE:
Romanichals are also called Travellers.
This is so because Romanichals aretraditionally a nomadic ethnic
group.
The caravan in the picture is called a 'vardo'.
Romanichals are still nomadic nowadays, and they live in
Caravans.
They stop at 'atching tans' or stopping places, and follow the
same routes as their ancestors.
Today, they are famous for their weddings. The British
Television reality 'My Big Fat Royal Gypsy Wedding' showed the
spectacular celebrations and gypsy customs to the wholecountry.
OTHER ROMANI COMMUNITIES IN BRITAIN:
But not only Romanichals live in Britain. In Wales, wefind Welsh
Kale people. They arrived in Britain in the 18th century.
To sum up:
The Roma People arean ethnic group thatdeparted from
NorthwestIndia to the whole world.
So, there many different types of customs and traditions inside
the gypsy people.
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