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Travellers refer to themselves as Mincéirí or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people". The language of the Irish Travellers, Shelta, is mainly based on an Irish lexicon and an English grammar. There are two dialects of this language: Gammon (or Gamin) and Cant.
A statue dedicated to the traveler in Oviedo, Spain. This is a list of people noteworthy for their travels or explorations. Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means and can be one way or round trip.
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Scottish Travellers include the indigenous Scottish Highland Travellers and Scottish Lowland Travellers. In the past, Scottish Travellers were known as "tinkers", but in recent years that name has become pejorative. [11] The Scottish Gypsy Traveller Association exists as an advocacy group for Roma, Gypsies and Travellers and in Scotland. [39]
The term English Travellers may refer to the following itinerant groups indigenous to England: British showmen, commonly referred to as Funfair Travellers; New Age Travellers; The Romanichal, a Romani subgroup also known as English Gypsies, are not formally regarded as Travellers. Although they traditionally lived an itinerant lifestyle, the ...
A Romanichal family in Britain living in a vardo (1926) Originally, Romanichal would travel on foot or with light, horse-drawn carts, and would build bender tents where they settled for a time, as is typical of other Romani groups. A bender is a type of tent constructed from a frame of bent hazel branches (hazel is chosen for its straightness ...
The Family Travel Forum is an Internet forum for travelers, focusing on families with children.Of the registered members, 75% are women with children. [1]The American media company Family Travel Forum Inc. owns the forum, which publishes both print and online travel guides where travel experts and registered members may post trip ideas and advice.
Pikey (/ ˈ p aɪ k iː /; also spelled pikie, pykie) [1] [2] is an ethnic slur referring to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle.