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Romani people (Czech: Romové, commonly known as Gypsies Czech: Cikáni) are an ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, currently making up around 2% of the population.. Originally migrants from North Western India sometime between the 6th and 11th centuries, they have long had a presence in the
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. 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 ...
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, Romani were exterminated by Nazi mobile killing units and in camps such as Lety, Hodonín and Auschwitz.In the Czech areas of the country, 90% of native Romani were killed during the war; the Romani in modern-day Czech Republic are mostly post-war immigrants from Slovakia or Hungary and their descendants.
gypsy part Sofia: 4,659 ~100% Gradets: village Kotel, Sliven: 3,759 2,970 79.01% Gradets is probably the largest Roma village in the world Bukovlak: village Pleven, Pleven: 3,620 2,052 56.69% Second largest Roma village in Bulgaria Varbitsa: town Varbitsa, Shumen: 3,325 1,841 55.37% Varbitsa is the only town (urban settlement) in Bulgaria with ...
The sedentary population referred to all peripatetic groups, including Bohemian Roma, as "gypsies": cikáni in Czech or Zigeuner in German. In the early 20th century, Bohemian Romani was, at least in some groups of Bohemian Roma, gradually becoming a non-native ethnic language, acquired in late childhood and used mostly for secretive purposes ...
The Romani and non-Romani populations co-existed mostly without problems during the 1960s. However, due to the impending demolition of old Most, the District National Committee (Czech: Okresní národní výbor) in Most decided (on the basis of "Government Resolution No. 502/65", which issued instruction on priorities for addressing the way of life of the Gypsy population) to establish a ...
Gypsies (Czech: Cikáni) is a 1922 Czech silent drama film directed by Karl Anton and starring Hugo Svoboda, Olga Augustová and Theodor Pistek. It is an adaptation of the 1835 novel Cikáni by Karel Hynek Mácha. Along with Anton's later silent The May Fairy, it is credited with initiating the tradition of lyricism in Czech cinema. [1]
Häns'che Weiss, famous for his Gypsy jazz style, won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis; Hüsnü Şenlendirici – Turkish musician; Ion Voicu (1923–1997) – Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra; Irini Merkouri (born 1981) – Greek pop singer; Iva Bittová – Czech singer and violinist