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Romani women generally have long hair, and Xoraxane Romani women often dye it blonde with henna. [261] Romani social behavior has traditionally been regulated by Indian social customs [262] ("marime" or "marhime") which are still respected by most Roma (and by most older generations of Sinti).
The Romani language is spoken by millions of Romani people throughout the world. [87] It is of the Indo-Aryan branch. Many Romani people can speak two or more languages. It is not considered an official language because it varies from tribe to tribe. [88] Romani is influenced by Persian, Greek, Armenian, Iranic, Georgian and Arabic. [89] [90]
According to the press, the raids resulted in the destruction of apartments and houses, beatings of men and assaults of women of Roma ethnicity. [49] Many politicians have also made some offensive statements against the Roma people, such as the president of that time Traian Băsescu, who, in 2007, called a Roma journalist "stinky Gypsy". [50]
Romani feminism or Gypsy feminism is the feminist trend that promotes gender equality, the fight against social inequalities and the defense of the integration of women in different movements in society, making these processes compatible with the preservation of culture and values of the Romani people.
The absence of a written history has meant that the origin and early history of the Romani people was long an enigma. Indian origin was suggested on linguistic grounds as early as the late 18th century. [9] In the Roma language, "rom" means husband/man, while "romňi" means wife/woman, and thus "roma" means "husbands/people".
Whoopi Goldberg has apologized for her use Wednesday on The View of an offensive term derived from an outdated and derogatory term for the Romani people. The word is a once-commonly used synonym ...
Romani women are expected to dress and undress while facing away from men, and married Romani women arise in the morning before their husbands to avoid exposing them to their frontal nudity. [3] A Romani person who has had sex with or partnered with a non-Romani person may be considered permanently marime and thus ineligible for marriage to ...
The papers referring to Romani people had been taken down. But at the cash register, a sign remained featuring pictures of three women wearing long skirts — a feature of traditional Romani ...