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Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary. Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have ...
Romani literature or Roma literature is literature by Romani people. It is composed of both written and oral literature. [1] [2] Authors may most likely reside in various countries throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa and these continents have a long history of being home to Romani people. [3] One aspect of Romani literature are ...
e. 1552 woodcut of a Romani family. The Romani people are a distinct ethnic and cultural group of peoples living all across the globe, who share a family of languages and sometimes a traditional nomadic mode of life. [1] Though their exact origins were unclear, [2] recent studies show Kashmir in Northwest India is the most probable point of ...
v. t. e. The Romani people, also referred to as Roma, Sinti, or Kale, depending on the subgroup, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that primarily lives in Europe. The Romani may have migrated from what is the modern Indian state of Rajasthan, [1] migrating to the northwest (the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent) around 250 BC. [1]
Romani is the feminine adjective, while Romano is the masculine adjective. Some Romanies use Rom or Roma as an ethnic name, while others (such as the Sinti, or the Romanichal) do not use this term as a self-description for the entire ethnic group. [108] Sometimes, rom and romani are spelled with a double r, i.e., rrom and rromani.
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The presence of Romani people in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Цигани в Україні, romanized: Tsyhany v Ukrayini) was first documented in the early 15th century. [3] The Romani maintained their social organizations and folkways, shunning non-Romani contacts, education and values, often as a reaction to anti-Romani attitudes and persecution.
Saša Barbul – Serbian actor. Gratiela Brancusi – American-Romanian actress. Yul Brynner – Russian-American actor and honorary president of the International Romani Union. Michael Caine – English actor. Jesús Castro - Spanish actor. Charlie Chaplin – English comic actor [29] Lyalya Chyornaya – Russian actress.