Now for some extensive quotes from the forward (written by Ian Hancock) to Bright Balkan Morning (Written by Charles and Angeliki Vellou Keil). In addition there are over a million each in North and South America.Įveryone agrees the Roma originated in India. Guesses (as of 2002) for Europe range from 3.8 million to 14 million. Kalderash, from Romanian caldarar meaning tinsmith, tinker, kettlemaker also in Bessarabia and Ukraine.” Source: Wikipediaīecause of the complexity of Roma culture, it’s difficult to get even an estimate of the number of Roma.Ursari ( bear trainers, from Moldovan/Romanian urs “bear”),.Churari, from Romanian Ciurari, “sieve makers”, Zlătari “gold smiths”.(There is a semantic overlap due to the homophony or merging of lemmas with different meanings from at least two different languages: the Serbian rudar miner, and ruda stick, staff, rod, bar, pole (in Hungarian rúd, and in Romanian rudă. Lingurari means “spoon makers”, Ludar, Ludari, and Rudari may mean “woodworkers” or “miners”. Boyash or băieși is a Romanian word for “miners”.
Many are members of various tribes, each with their own customs and dialects.įor instance, “ Roma in Romania, commonly known by majority ethnic Romanians as Țigani, include many subgroups defined by occupation: Some have chosen to settle down and try to be accepted and integrated into European culture. They originated in different places at different times, took different routes to enter Europe, and adopted different ways of dealing with Europeans. Partly because these people are are not a single cultural or genetic entity. Some are not offended by being called Gypsy, but most are. But also Romany, Dom, Kale, Lovari, Sinti, the list goes on. Most common these days is Rom (singular) or Roma (plural).
But what do these people call themselves? Again – many terms.
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