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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 ...
(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 ...
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]
“Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Parody Musical,” which will spoof this year’s viral Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience, debuted a John Stamos demo track.
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).
Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched ...
The Hussite wagenburg. A wagon fort, wagon fortress, wagenburg or corral, [1] often referred to as circling the wagons, is a temporary fortification made of wagons arranged into a rectangle, circle, or other shape and possibly joined with each other to produce an improvised military camp.