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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 Gordon Boswell Romany Museum is the lifetime's work of Gordon Boswell (died 27 August 2016, aged 76 [1]), who amassed a collection of artefacts, photographs, and several examples of the characteristic Gypsy wagon or Vardo.
On the Move in a Gypsy Wagon by Ryalla Duffy – The account of a Romani family that still travels in the old vardo. A Romani in the Family by Robert Dawson – How to trace your Romani heritage. Rokkering, Crecking and Cracking by Robert Dawson – The Romani language and cant dialects as found in Britain today.
Vardo (gypsy wagon): a vardo is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by English Romani Gypsies. Victoria: a one-horse carriage with a front-facing bench seat. The body was slung low, in front of the back axle. Driven by a servant. Village cart
Crystal's Vardo is an English theatre production written and directed by Suzanna King for children aged 7+, about the impact of being bullied at school on a young Gypsy girl's life. [1] It uses dance, drama, humour and music, in a hybrid of theatre, storytelling, historical reconstruction and political education, to describe the culture and ...
The Gypsy Wagon (1860–1885) was accessioned into the collection in 1955. Gypsy wagons, sometimes called vardos, were used for traveling, for fortune-telling, and as residences. This particular vardo (Romani wagon) belonged to Mrs. Phoebe Broadway Stanley, sometimes known as the Gypsy Queen Phoebe, a resident of East Natick, Massachusetts ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Indo-Aryan ethnic group For other uses, see Romani (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Romanians or Roman people. Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Gypsy (disambiguation). Ethnic group Romani people Romani flag created in ...
Each June, Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month is celebrated in London. [84] International Romani Day is a holiday celebrated in Europe on April 8, especially in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and other parts of Central and Eastern Europe. [85] World Roma Festival is a festival celebrated in Prague. [86]