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  1. In North America, the word Gypsy is most commonly used as a reference to Romani ethnicity, though lifestyle and fashion are at times also referenced by using this word.

  2. In 1545, the Diet of Augsburg declared that "whoever kills a Gypsy will be guilty of no murder". The massive killing spree that resulted prompted the government to eventually step in and "forbid the drowning of Romani women and children".

  3. The English term, Romani, has been used by scholars since the 19th century, where previously they had used the term 'Gypsy language'. Family and life stages. Traditionally, Roma place a high value on the extended family. Marriage and controversies Roma wedding in Sofia, 1936

  4. Jun 6, 2024 · Many Roma consider the name Gypsy to be pejorative. Others prefer their own ethnonym and object to being called Roma. Because of their migratory nature, their absence in official census returns, and their popular classification with other nomadic groups, estimates of the total world Roma population range from two million to five million.

  5. Apr 3, 2023 · Romani is an umbrella term used to describe a diverse ethnolinguistic group of people with a historical presence in Europe and West Asia. The historically common term 'Gypsy' is based on the myth that they came from Egypt. In reality, the ancestors of the Romani migrated out of India in the 1st millennium CE.

  6. Aug 12, 2015 · Persecuted around the world and still subject to discrimination in modern day Europe, we look into the history of the Gypsy people.

  7. Some Roma, but not all consider "Gypsy" to be a slur. The old word "Chingar" is now rarely used. The Roma are people that left India around 500 AD and entered Europe around 1000 AD.

  8. Gypsy may mean: Roma people ), ⲣⲱⲙⲁ (meaning in coptic language: men or human being) is a group of people of Indian origin, their ancestors were the untouchable Chingari tribe of the Chandala group from North-West India, who once came to Egypt and moved later to Europe, often living in caravans .

  9. Jan 7, 2021 · Colloquially, and rather insultingly, known as 'gypsies', the history and culture of the Romani people is surrounded by stereotypes and misnomers, none more damningly pervasive than Esméralda from the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Because of such images spread by mass media's misunderstandings of the Romani, it is often believed that the ...

  10. The "Gypsy" music heard in a Russian café, in a Budapest restaurant, or in the Flamenco cafés cantantes in Seville was quite different from that performed by Vlach Roma in their mulats̆ago (celebration) or by other Roma groups.