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Romani women generally have long hair, and Xoraxane Romani women often dye it blonde with henna. [ 267 ] Romani social behavior has traditionally been regulated by Indian social customs [ 268 ] (" marime " or "marhime") which are still respected by most Roma (and by most older generations of Sinti ).
Afro-Romani people in Louisiana are descended from both Black and Romani enslaved people. Between 1762 and 1800, the Spanish sent Romani slaves from Spain to the Louisiana colony in New Spain. [5] The Afro-Romani community of St. Martin Parish formed through the intermarriage of formerly enslaved free Black and Romani people. [6]
The Romani language is spoken by millions of Romani people throughout the world. [84] 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. [85] Romani is influenced by Persian, Greek, Armenian, Iranic, Georgian and Arabic. [86] [87]
The migration of the Romani people through the Middle East and Northern Africa to Europe. The key shows the century of arrival in that area, e.g., S.XII is the 12th century. Romani people first arrived in Europe via the Balkans sometime between the 9th and 14th centuries from north India, through Iran, Armenia, and Anatolia. [33] [34] [35]
The new wave of Romani people such as the Romungre from Hungary and the Catani from Romania to be concentrated in New York and Chicago. [45] Many Romani people also came from Cuba, Canada, Mexico or South America, from where it was easier to immigrate to the United States. [46]
But when used by non-Romani people, the G-word is a pejorative. Somehow, the word exists in many forms at once: It’s a widely known epithet of a bygone era, a counterculture shorthand for ...
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 ...
They were part of the tribes of English Romani called the Romanichal. Young’s first cousin and wife was 33-year-old Emma Young. They had spent time in Dayton but were moving east because of Emma ...