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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 ...
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).
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]
They are represented in de Wendler-Funaro's photographs by a few portraits of one old man and briefly referred to in the manuscript "In Search of the Last Caravan." [ 41 ] Cale : Spanish Roma are found primarily in the metropolitan areas of the East Coast and the West Coast.
(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 ...
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A living van is a portable caravan for temporary use of traveling work crews, especially of early steam engines. [1] Living vans developed from the earlier shepherd's wagons , used to provide portable accommodation following a flock as they were moved between pastures.