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Shukar Collective (from the Romani word Shukar or Şucar, meaning "beautiful") is a Romanian musical group which fuses traditional Romani and electronic music.It is especially known for using traditional rhythms employed by the Ursari section of the Roma minority with contemporary electronic sampling.
"Short People" is a song by Randy Newman from his 1977 album, Little Criminals. With lyrics demeaning to short people, the song was intended by Newman to be a satire about prejudice more broadly. [2] As with many of his songs such as "Rednecks", Newman wrote the song from the point of view of a biased narrator.
A full genome autosomal DNA study on 186 Roma samples from Europe in 2019 found that modern Romani people are characterized by a common south Asian origin and a complex admixture from Balkan, Middle East, and Caucasus-derived ancestries.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - A supposed English Romani visits Thornfield Manor to tell fortunes, and the reactions of the guests there illustrate their characters as well as social attitudes. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë – Heathcliff perhaps might have been descended from Romani people and is often described as "dark" as or a "gypsy".
A People Uncounted is a 2011 Canadian documentary film directed by Aaron Yeger. It tells the story about the culture and history of the Romani people (commonly known as gypsies ) in Europe, with special emphasis on their plight during The Holocaust .
' Roma Soldiers '), [1] are the largest subgroup of Romani people in Russia and Belarus, [2] with smaller remnants of the group living in Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, the United States, France, and Canada. They formed in the Northwestern part of the Russian Empire from the Polska Roma who immigrated to the country in the 18th century.
Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989) – English boxer who won silver and became the first Romani boxer to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902–1945) – English writer of popular novels often romanticized historical and Romani settings; she believed her paternal great-grandmother to have been Romanichal
All of the Romani portrayed are actual members of the Romani community. India—Kalbelia people gathering in celebration. Egypt—Ghawazi people sing and dance while children observe and begin to learn the artistic traditions. Turkey—Turkish Roma in Istanbul sell flowers and play their music in cafes while their children observe and learn.