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The video for the song, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was the highest-budget music video ever produced at the time. [15] The video locations included a highly detailed portrayal of a forest and required many costumes and dancers. It was the very first "World Premiere Video" on MTV in 1982. [citation needed]
Traditionally there are two types of Romani music: one rendered for non-Romani audiences, the other is made within the Romani community. The music performed for outsiders is called "gypsy music", which is a colloquial name that comes from Ferenc Liszt. They call the music they play among themselves "folk music". [19]
[89] [90] [91] The attendees of the first World Romani Congress in 1971 unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Roma, including "Gypsy". [92] However, it is the group's common name amongst Romani people in the United Kingdom. [93] Romani slaves were first shipped to the Americas with Columbus in 1498. [94]
Flamenco music and dance came from the Roma in Spain; [82] the distinctive sound of Romani music has also strongly influenced bolero, jazz, and Cante Jondo in Europe. European-style Gypsy jazz is still widely practised among the original creators (the Romani People); one who acknowledged this artistic debt was Django Reinhardt .
The Romanichal diaspora emigrated from Great Britain to other parts of the English-speaking world. In Great Britain, there is a sharp north–south divide among Romanichal. Southern Romanichal live in the Southeast, Southwest, Midlands, East Anglia, and South Wales; Northern Romanichal live in the Northwest, Yorkshire, Scottish Borders, and ...
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is "growing and glowing" as she hits a new pregnancy milestone.. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the expectant mother, 33, updated her social media followers on her motherhood journey ...
“She served so hard … can’t wait for her to strut down the streets on Dec 28,” one user captioned a video of Gypsy testifying in court. “Literally on my way to Gypse (sic) Rose prison so ...
The history of Roma in Greece goes back to the 15th century. The name Gypsy (Gyftos = Γύφτος) sometimes used for the Romani people was first given to them by the Greeks, who supposed them to be Egyptian in origin. [10] Due to their nomadic nature, they are not concentrated in a specific geographical area, but are dispersed all over the ...