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gypsy part Sofia: 4,659 ~100% Gradets: village Kotel, Sliven: 3,759 2,970 79.01% Gradets is probably the largest Roma village in the world Bukovlak: village Pleven, Pleven: 3,620 2,052 56.69% Second largest Roma village in Bulgaria Varbitsa: town Varbitsa, Shumen: 3,325 1,841 55.37% Varbitsa is the only town (urban settlement) in Bulgaria with ...
In 2009–2010, a media campaign followed by a parliamentary initiative asked the Romanian Parliament to accept a proposal to revert the official name of country's Roma (adopted in 2000) to Țigan (Gypsy), the traditional and colloquial Romanian name for Romani, to avoid the possible confusion among the international community between the words ...
Christian Romanies during the pilgrimage to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in France, 1980s Two Orthodox Christian Romanies in Cluj-Napoca, Romania Rom and bear (Belgrade, Banovo Brdo, 1980s) Most Roma are Christian , [ 269 ] but many are Muslims ; some retained their ancient faith of Hinduism from their original homeland of India, while others have ...
There are several rural localities (communes and villages) which also have Roma populations exceeding 5% of the total population, even though those are not listed here. In localities where Roma make up more than 20% of the population, the Romani language can be used when addressing local authorities, while state-funded education and bilingual ...
Buzescu is a commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Buzescu. It is well known for its wealthy Roma inhabitants and their extravagant Romani palaces. [3] [4] [5] At the 2002 census, 77% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 22.9% Roma. However, more recent estimates place the number at around 35% ...
There is a sizable Romani minority in Romania, known as Ţigani in Romanian and, recently, as Rromi, of 621,573 people or 3.3% of the total population (2011 census), although the Council of Europe estimates the figure to be 1.85 million people or 8.32% of the population. [127]
Romanian nationals Laurentiu Baceanu and Alexandru Vasile are accused of posing as law enforcement during a series of robberies in Orange County, including in Anaheim, Tustin and Westminster.
The village was a creation of the folklorist and sociologist Dimitrie Gusti. The location plans were executed by the writer, playwright, director Victor Ion Popa and set designer Henri H. Stahl . The necessary financial funds were provided by the Royal Cultural Foundation and in the presence of King Carol II of Romania the museum was ...