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A vardo (also Romani wag(g)on, Gypsy wagon, living wagon, caravan, van and house-on-wheels) is a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle traditionally used by travelling Romanichal as their home. [ 1 ] : 89–90, 168 [ 2 ] : 138 The name v ardo is a Romani term believed to have originated from the Ossetic wærdon meaning cart or carriage. [ 3 ]
The Gypsies, Wagon-time and After by Denis Harvey – Dated book. An insight into the different aspects of Traveller life; including fashion, wagons and livelihood. The English Gypsy Caravan by C H Ward-Jackson & Denis Harvey – Origins, builders, technology and conservation of the Gypsy Caravan. Smoke in the Lanes by Dominic Reeve – classic ...
In the present day, Romanichal are more likely to live in houses or caravans. The vast majority of 21st-century Romanichal families live in houses of bricks and mortar, whilst a minority still live in mobile homes such as caravans, static caravans, or trailers (with a small fraction still living in vardos). [42]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Gypsy caravans journeyed through North Dakota's territory since the 1880s and continued annually up until the 1940s. [64]
(File karavane.tsv, as derived from w:en:Central American migrant caravans#Table). Date KD Place Plak Latitude Longitude People 2018-10-12 12 Oct. San Pedro Sula Sula 15,052018 -88,033333 160 2018-10-13 13 Oct. Santa Rosa de Copan Copan 14,766660 -88,783333 1000 2018-10-14 14 Oct. Ocotepeque Ocotepeque 14,433333 -89,183333 1700 2018-10-15 15 Oct. Aguas Calientes (Honduras) Calientes 14,531281 ...
When the luris arrived, Bahrām gave each one an ox, a donkey, and a donkey-load of wheat so they could live on agriculture and play music for free for the poor. However, the luris ate the oxen and the wheat and came back a year later with their cheeks hollowed by hunger.
Scottish Romani are the Romani people of Scotland. This includes Romanichal (locally also known as Border Gypsies) and Lowland Romani (Lowland Gypsies). [1]Scottish Travellers are non-Romani groups indigenous to Scotland who live or traditionally lived a nomadic lifestyle, including Scottish Highland Travellers, Scottish Lowland Travellers and Showmen (Funfair Travellers).
A living van is a portable caravan for temporary use of traveling work crews, especially of early steam engines. [1] Living vans developed from the earlier shepherd's wagons, used to provide portable accommodation following a flock as they were moved between pastures.