Gypsies, Roma, Travellers: An Animated History

Europe is home to 10-12 million Roma, yet many Europeans are unable to answer the basic question, “Who are the Roma?” The remarkable history of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in Europe, beginning over 1,000 years ago, tells a story of diversity, creativity, and survival.
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  • @labyrinthproductions1479
    @labyrinthproductions14796 жыл бұрын

    I recently found out that my family may well be descedents of the Roma. Reports say that my great grandmother was dropped off at an orphanage by 'gypsys' where her culture and language were beaten out of her by nuns. I only found this out after she died, and after several ancestry dna tests we were able to trace my ancestors travels from India throughout Asia and into Europe where they eventually wound up in England.

  • @Orathiel

    @Orathiel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah so youd be in my vitsa then, Romnichal

  • @chloehart4412

    @chloehart4412

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, how did you look for clues in your ancestry DNA other than south Asian? Did you find dna that sort of matched the Roma migration route?

  • @zoemor4205

    @zoemor4205

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its allways so interesting to go back to our roots ! Romani people are so special .live and let live!

  • @user-oy4vu3ck3u

    @user-oy4vu3ck3u

    Жыл бұрын

    English Roma tend to be called Romanichal, unless you immigrated. What DNA test did you use?

  • @badluckbro661

    @badluckbro661

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann89694 жыл бұрын

    Rom, Roma, Romani, Dom, Doma, And Domari are all names and nicknames for Ethnic Gypsies while Travellers are there own seperate thing

  • @Drxyz-tk6le
    @Drxyz-tk6le2 жыл бұрын

    Indian artisan class rarely travelled outside. When they did they often did with patrons. Traders, Religious leader etc. So those communities are very successful. But what you call Romani are different ones. They were enslaved and taken to Turkic empires from India. Many of them died traversing the extreme rough weather of the mountain ranges, which was named after their death (Hindu Kush = Death of Hindus). These artisans and craftsmen found jobs there albeit as a slave. Soon those empires realised that this population could not be sustained. And thus they were set free, in effect kicked out. They could not go back (bad weather, death). So they spread. Through Europe. They were welcomed to some lands, and then enslaved over there. And at most lands they were unwelcomed. So they kept on moving. They have retained fragments of their past culture. And their language still phonetically is very much alike Rajasthani languages and Gujrati language. The western fronteirs of today's India. Also culturally one of the richest states in India. Americans have made a cocnious effort to decrease the effect of slavery on today's people. Romanis just are nobodys. No one accepts them. Those who do, want them to shed their habit of gypsies, and downtrodden just overnight and become 'civilised' within a day. Cannot happen. Nobody is ready to give them a chance. They are a fallen people still searching for their identity. To put it in perspective, the Jews formed Israel even when they were in effect deleted from that land. They remembered their thousands of years old identity. Without that identity you could not form Israel. The romanis after all that persecution, and indifference from the world have fragmented identities, and fragmented cultures. They are trying hard to put it altogether. But in a lands where their own identity is frowned upon, who is going to accept them and uplift them.

  • @djfrankie7586
    @djfrankie7586 Жыл бұрын

    Im a roma gypsy born in hungary but grown up in canada .. our ppl are true survivors .. we survived agaisnt all ods for centuries some even tried to earse us .. but we are still here every where .. godbless our race and others as well 🙏 .. and to our haters godbless you to i know there are manny of you lol .. but its ok 👍 bcuz we are joyful and happy ppl most of the time and we only care about our family friends each other so ye ..

  • @Gypsygeekfreak17

    @Gypsygeekfreak17

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello fellow gypsy

  • @secularsekai8910

    @secularsekai8910

    Жыл бұрын

    May your travels be safe and joyful ❤️ ⭕️

  • @jjfishman4228
    @jjfishman42283 жыл бұрын

    This was interesting my dads side are roma from Romania and Turkey but i am not close with their side of the family so i learned something about their family history today.

  • @DiamanteDea

    @DiamanteDea

    3 жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @sallyaustin2070
    @sallyaustin20707 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this, love learning about different peoples and the Roma don't get enough positive coverage

  • @ng8jubleh262

    @ng8jubleh262

    4 жыл бұрын

    As a gipsy i can confirm that's true

  • @nicoene9196
    @nicoene919610 жыл бұрын

    Well, Stalin created a country for the gypsies. It was called something like: The Republic of Gypsy or something like that. The country was near Urals Mountains and Siberia. After Stalin died, they shut down the project.

  • @jackhennessy3562

    @jackhennessy3562

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's the funnest thing I ever heard.

  • @Marie-fx2qp

    @Marie-fx2qp

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @robert_costello
    @robert_costello4 жыл бұрын

    I am a (Gypsy) Roma, and I can say this... not much has changed in regards to our customs and traditions. I know most people hate us, but I can honestly say that I would have it no other way.

  • @just-dl

    @just-dl

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's a handful of "peoples" that I'm glad (and sometimes, I'm amazed) still exist. The Roma are amongst them. Your people have faced som much persecution, hatred and abuse. I hope to see the end of that in our lifetimes. Much respect and affection from Maine (USA).

  • @banjara-romas3698

    @banjara-romas3698

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am a banjara gypsy from India. We too deprived in many aspects including education. We are struggling with our government to develop our community. I need support in all ways to bring out gypsy to the entire world. Need help. Besides, I started a youtube channel "BANJARA-ROMAS" to let others know about us. Subscribe it if you like it. My mail id atrisanth@gmail.com.

  • @banjara-romas3698

    @banjara-romas3698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@just-dl I am a banjara gypsy from India. We too deprived in many aspects including education. We are struggling with our government to develop our community. I need support in all ways to bring out gypsy to the entire world. Need help. Besides, I started a youtube channel "BANJARA-ROMAS" to let others know about us. Subscribe it if you like it. My mail id atrisanth@gmail.com.

  • @BiggieCheese630

    @BiggieCheese630

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dont Say Gipsy Say Romani or Roma cause the Whites maked a name fór romas "Gipsy" IT means enemy,Killer,

  • @robert_costello

    @robert_costello

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BiggieCheese630 I understand what you’re saying, but that word never bothered me. For practical purposes, it’s a lot easier for people to understand who they’re talking about. Whenever I say “Roma” or “Rom”, it confuses the conversation. I understand that it was made up as a derogatory name, but for some stupid reason or another, I’m proud of it. I once read that it’s origins came from the word Gip or Gyp, meaning to steal.

  • @bruhmentos6576
    @bruhmentos65762 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for posting this I have a project about the aroma people, very helpful!

  • @memorialdelashoah
    @memorialdelashoah10 жыл бұрын

    Beautifull work !

  • @damiana00
    @damiana002 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this quickshot education. Cool video!! I already knew it as I've read about Roma for awhile but I'm grateful as an Armenian that it mentioned where the Roma first went. It's rare that we are mentioned in history. I wonder how many Roma stayed in Armenia and Iran/Persia? I know there are some Armenian & Persian words in the Roma language so it must have been awhile they stayed...but I wonder who didn't get run out by the Ottomans/Seljuk Turks?

  • @Nati4Truth

    @Nati4Truth

    Жыл бұрын

    As an Armenian myself, I was also glad to hear that! Sadly people worldwide barely know Armenia and how ancient this country is.

  • @PilotSilverbird
    @PilotSilverbird7 жыл бұрын

    I belong to the Scandinavian Gypsy/Romani people. They are named Tater. The word Tater comes from Tartaros, which is Greek for hell, so here they where known as "the children from hell" according to extreme right-winged people. We dont have any form of religion, as the church and governments forced the children of the Tater people and put them in christian homes. Tho today we do not hate on any form of religion, we still keep a fair distance to it (at least my whole family line did). Tho we have not been travelers for the last 150-200 years, and had started to settle down in the early 1800, my father's family still faced a lot of hate from the people around. My Tater family name is Palm, but it was lost as the generations went by. We are faire skinned, with blue eyes and cole black hair (I sadly didnt get the hair gene as my mother's side is not romani but of another minority)

  • @thegeneral1007

    @thegeneral1007

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ali BJD dont lose hope my brother

  • @kayladesherlia8528

    @kayladesherlia8528

    5 жыл бұрын

    According to ancient Greek mythology, Tatarus (ancient Greek: Τάρταρος, Tartaros) is similar to a version of hell. It is a dungeon of sorts that torture and punishes the wicked as well as being the prison to Titans. Thus, his version of Tartaros is based on the ancient Greek meaning which in modern English is basically hell.

  • @BradyPostma

    @BradyPostma

    4 жыл бұрын

    Has any of the scholarly history of Roma/Romani been particularly balanced and insightful?

  • @TaiganTundra

    @TaiganTundra

    9 ай бұрын

    Hello fellow Tater! What you said is slightly incorrect, the Tater name come from Tartaria (which was sometimes associated with Tartarus) which was an ambigous name eastern Eurasia, particularly eastern Russia. We were mixed up with Tatars. I have old mugshot photos of relatives which say "Tatar race".

  • @TaiganTundra

    @TaiganTundra

    9 ай бұрын

    Er det noen Palm navn du kan nevne i slekta di fra 1900-1800 tallet? Jeg tror vi er i slekt. Jeg kommer fra Larsen/Holm/Kvikk/Qvikk. Tror det er noen Palm der inne å.

  • @kairopocket
    @kairopocket25 күн бұрын

    That “muchos gracias” was very well done 😂

  • @gonzaloplot3083
    @gonzaloplot30838 жыл бұрын

    Opre Roma!! Long live to Roma and their traditions!

  • @tylerkeller8869
    @tylerkeller88694 жыл бұрын

    This clip is so cool

  • @Desibeatnik
    @Desibeatnik9 жыл бұрын

    Romanies were never traditionally Christian. They came much later. I know both Jewish and Hindu people and though we do have a few similarities with Jewish customs, there are many, many more similarities with Hindu. So many words are almost the same in Hindi too.

  • @splashenful

    @splashenful

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, they are only Christian in Christian countries. In Muslim countries, they are Muslim. In & amongst themselves, they have their own traditional religious beliefs.

  • @redbeardt330
    @redbeardt33010 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, I enjoyed the animations.

  • @Desibeatnik
    @Desibeatnik9 жыл бұрын

    Really wish they used the word "Romanies" instead of Roma because it would include all Gypsies like Sinti, Romanichal, Gitanos, etc, not just just Roma.

  • @grogfrt9427

    @grogfrt9427

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think the best word would be just gypsies

  • @thornprick2645

    @thornprick2645

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@grogfrt9427 the distinction is significant to the history/culture.

  • @vrooomvrooom230

    @vrooomvrooom230

    5 жыл бұрын

    But that would cause more confusion with the Romanians

  • @nellythevegan854

    @nellythevegan854

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi there that's interesting to hear I'm Romani/y born in England or the UK. I agree as a Romany I know my origins and my dna has been really useful and helpful in so many ways including finding family. I for one would love to know more about the sinti Spanish gitano and the Kali races. Our language is pretty much how he describes romany. But amongst the research I've undertaken based on what I know of my great grandparents and ancestors. The video is fairly representative of my race and culture. It would be really cool is @opensociety could do is make a seperate video on the Kali the Spanish gitano, Sinti, German Gypsy, Vlax did we all originate from India 🇮🇳 my dna seems to reflect thls & I can only say for myself that my family's origins are from India.. All the best and stay well everyone.. 🙏👍✌️💚🤞

  • @GhostSoapO

    @GhostSoapO

    4 жыл бұрын

    Grog Frt India & Pakistan aren’t Egypt. You decide who’s insulted but still my point stands.

  • @mikegmikeg4235
    @mikegmikeg423510 жыл бұрын

    I am a gypsy (rom) from the muchvaya tribe, its interesting that our culture is finally being recognized and we are being called rom finally, cool video. Sa eh gadray si deeley.

  • @alittlepatriot7546

    @alittlepatriot7546

    9 жыл бұрын

    No,it's bad.Because people are now confusing romanians with roma people.

  • @gypsydave23

    @gypsydave23

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Johann The Maggot ... but maggots are just maggots ... 'life' amongst dead stuff ... a racist maggot yet... ha ha ... I spit in your fire ... fool

  • @desperado137

    @desperado137

    7 жыл бұрын

    A little patriot in your pants.

  • @gauravbachhav5087

    @gauravbachhav5087

    7 жыл бұрын

    MikeG MikeG your my brother indian

  • @gauravbachhav5087

    @gauravbachhav5087

    7 жыл бұрын

    MikeG MikeG welcome india we are one

  • @harishkThakur
    @harishkThakur11 жыл бұрын

    thanx laura, nice clip

  • @user-df6nr5ku9zhhdhcbcnncnn
    @user-df6nr5ku9zhhdhcbcnncnn2 жыл бұрын

    Actually in Bulgaria the local real Bulgarian people are really happy with that fact that we are have been in concentration camps which is sadly strange!

  • @OllieDM910
    @OllieDM9106 жыл бұрын

    There are some travellers at my fav park and they’re most likely to be aggressive

  • @erickathedhampir1
    @erickathedhampir12 жыл бұрын

    My great-grandmother family friended with the gypsies she's from Denmark before World War II

  • @facilitated
    @facilitated2 жыл бұрын

    This film is fabulous so good that there is an easy way to explain a complex history x

  • @allcounties7059
    @allcounties70595 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @michaelferto6588
    @michaelferto6588 Жыл бұрын

    ....I think Romania was under Turkish rule at that time....

  • @Dirtyratsdotwebs
    @Dirtyratsdotwebs10 жыл бұрын

    Really liked this,educational and creative

  • @ROMANABSOLUT

    @ROMANABSOLUT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Will Simpson - it is NOT educative, but wrong. Lots of inaccurate statements in this video clip

  • @Dirtyratsdotwebs

    @Dirtyratsdotwebs

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ROMANABSOLUT Okay, can you add to the knowledge base please. Tell me which parts are wrong?

  • @ROMANABSOLUT

    @ROMANABSOLUT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Dirtyratsdotwebs - see my answer on your page under Discussions.

  • @clinkedylinkedy1
    @clinkedylinkedy13 ай бұрын

    Wow here in America I am just learning about Roma people properly from Roma people. Justice for these incredible survivors!

  • @kapilgidwani4735
    @kapilgidwani47355 ай бұрын

    I want to create a website to promote gypsy culture. Can I use your video without any copyright infringement?

  • @misharyutubbee
    @misharyutubbee4 ай бұрын

    One of my "Cajun" ancestors in South Louisiana was actually a Roma woman rounded up in France (at the demand of the Pope, who wanted the Roma gone) and shipped off to bayou land. They had French names but in Louisiana they were called "Egyptians."

  • @opensociety
    @opensociety11 жыл бұрын

    Think there's more to Roma, Gypsies & Travellers than "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding"? There is.

  • @robinsonodongo5935

    @robinsonodongo5935

    11 жыл бұрын

    Interesting history to follow.

  • @gotnotruck

    @gotnotruck

    11 жыл бұрын

    The Economist says Roma live in New York City as anyone else. No one notices them as different from anyone else. Only in Europe they seem rejected everywhere, so resort to living in caravans, begging and telling fortunes of people who feel, often rightly, that it's a scam. If they were allowed to settle, work, and live like everyone else there might be no problem as here. Tell them to emigrate to America. Or give them jobs and houses to settle in . Welcome them. Don't push them out.

  • @greenmagoos

    @greenmagoos

    10 жыл бұрын

    Templedelagloire Roma is the name normally associated with a gypsy group that originated in Northern India but the tinkers in the UK and Ireland have been a wandering separate tribe for at least 1,000 years possibly anything up to 2,000 and the name ROM(R)A may originate with a old name for the Solway Firth in the Scottish borders. watch?v=NLIMoNqaWK8

  • @Templedelagloire

    @Templedelagloire

    10 жыл бұрын

    GREEN M The travellers in the UK were people from Ireland who came over because of the great famine and had nowhere to live, actually. I don't know if the 'tinkers' are the same but ...

  • @gypsydave23

    @gypsydave23

    8 жыл бұрын

    ..wrong ... the gypsy folki came from India...true the irish travellers are the descendants of the landless peasants ... and probably the same for the scottish .... there could well be links back to the travelling 'bards' ...

  • @Evan-qo6hq
    @Evan-qo6hq6 жыл бұрын

    Merci !

  • @vickysingha2021
    @vickysingha20212 жыл бұрын

    Roma means rama country... 🇮🇳👍

  • @franscobben9044
    @franscobben90445 жыл бұрын

    good explanation

  • @messengerangel2146
    @messengerangel21463 жыл бұрын

    God bless you

  • @LoisKl
    @LoisKl9 жыл бұрын

    love how the video quickly dismisses the only political structure that ever aknowledged the roma as equal citizens and not as an inferior race.. which is both scientifically and historically rather unethical, dear Open Society Foundation....

  • @brownkevi1

    @brownkevi1

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Roma and Sinti who used to live in the former Soviet Eastern European countries have informed us in Austria that they had much better lives in the Soviet era. In all the centuries of tyranny they have experienced, the Soviet Union was - if by no means perfect - far better than what they had had before and what they have now again to cope with in Europe (the hatred, the opression, the discrimination, etc.).

  • @djfrankie7586

    @djfrankie7586

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brownkevi1 yes thats very true .. my grandparents told me the same thing .. while the soviet union was in control of eastern europe they had much better life as gypsies..

  • @user-oy4vu3ck3u

    @user-oy4vu3ck3u

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually some Roma were tolerated by Muslims if they converted/ followed Islam.

  • @zoemor4205
    @zoemor42052 жыл бұрын

    Love to all Roma people! Im 1/4 roma from my dads side but feel dance sing like full roma.Thanks for this video well done! Zoe.

  • @thatonelevi5444
    @thatonelevi54444 жыл бұрын

    Nice video I recently found out my great great grandfather,Samson scamp was king of the Romani gypsies for a while

  • @davids1854

    @davids1854

    4 жыл бұрын

    My ancestird where gyspis and they left behind ther gypsi lifestyle as late as the 1920s

  • @varya1356
    @varya13564 ай бұрын

    Ahh so that's why Tommy Shelby loved horses

  • @yudhope3722
    @yudhope37223 жыл бұрын

    I cannot imagine that up to now the Gypsy remain not be able to integrate with the host people of the country they go.. this because the host are not welcome them or the Gypsy cannot adapt to the people of the host country?

  • @yashsah6531
    @yashsah65312 жыл бұрын

    They actually look alike normal Indians... I hope they get to live and Prosper. India failed them for some reason 1000 years ago...

  • @GregStallion
    @GregStallion7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for legitimization my people through this video. This helps further validate us as an ethnic group and culture in the eyes and minds of ignorant Americans and racists alike. Our history and culture must be shared. I'm sick of how essentializing portrayal of my people can be. (Also, I'm an actual Rom, not a Traveller. I was born in Hungary, but I was adopted by White Americans, hence the Irish last name.)

  • @kiretoandslimglarus

    @kiretoandslimglarus

    6 жыл бұрын

    As long as you associate with your ethnicity and not with your nationality there will always be persecution towards you!Why don't you just accept your nationality?

  • @GregStallion

    @GregStallion

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kireto Music I do a dot my Hungarian nationality & ethnic heritage. I never said I didn’t. Please learn how to read and please take a course on the rhetoric of protest & reform.

  • @s.b.8258

    @s.b.8258

    Жыл бұрын

    How dare you BITE the hand that fed you? You are in America taking advantage of everything and you dare call Americans ignorants? Did you even finish high school? I doubt it

  • @GipsyMafiaOfficialChannel
    @GipsyMafiaOfficialChannel11 жыл бұрын

    Whats the song at the end?

  • @m3lona

    @m3lona

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s a gypsy folk song I’m not sure what it’s called but I heard it before in an Hungarian Roma cartoon “Magyar nép mesèk”

  • @jenni6663
    @jenni66636 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @jayjayn007
    @jayjayn0072 жыл бұрын

    Would you not differentiate Roma Gipsys to Irish travellers? I'd see them as two separate groups. Otherwise it gets confusing.

  • @user-lx5ue4wm5k

    @user-lx5ue4wm5k

    2 жыл бұрын

    Travellers are a different breed then gypsies

  • @baronmemez

    @baronmemez

    Жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @annprince5298
    @annprince52988 жыл бұрын

    I have Jewish and To many background My Great grandmother was. Irish and pretty sure Irish Romany, I have Gift of the "Sight" from both sides of my family. I will amend the top line Romany not to many. I am proud of both Her Surname was Sullivan

  • @romanichalnomad6316

    @romanichalnomad6316

    6 жыл бұрын

    Irish Romany dont exist. Irish Travellers aren’t Romani, they’re native Irish.

  • @omkar4351
    @omkar43514 жыл бұрын

    Original great warrior people

  • @johntron3849
    @johntron38492 жыл бұрын

    2:19 lmao

  • @TheMistrG
    @TheMistrG11 жыл бұрын

    I could not say it better! I'm from Czech... and I can say that you are comletely right! Sad truth...

  • @ROMANABSOLUT

    @ROMANABSOLUT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @TheMistrG - no, he is not "complete right". He is wrong in many details.

  • @MrKaerf
    @MrKaerf8 жыл бұрын

    Some people need no introduction, trust me.

  • @d.gshagger5308
    @d.gshagger53082 жыл бұрын

    Belfast lore:

  • @jasoncroteau4953
    @jasoncroteau4953 Жыл бұрын

    mikmaq and abenaki are part roma we are starting to discuss the romani reconigtion act in congress and slowly the mikmaq are discussing roma rights even though it sounds like we are discussing bureau of indian affairs rights or aborigonal affairs those entities are not in juristiction

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta56422 жыл бұрын

    Europeans: (sees Romani) Europeans: “Le gasp! EGYPTIANS!?” Romani: “Bruh we’re Indian descent.” (Later) Europeans: “Oh blimey! Indians!?” Native Americans: “No.” Romani: “OH COME ON!!!!!”

  • @h4executa50
    @h4executa509 жыл бұрын

    @ imro filo UK and Irish travelers are not Roma people. They have adopted a culture similar to ours. But there is blonde and blue eyed real Roma people swell. :)

  • @romanichalnomad6316

    @romanichalnomad6316

    6 жыл бұрын

    Irish Travellers and Highland Scottish Travellers are pure blooded European. English, Lowland Scottish and Welsh Romanichal are a mix of Romani and British.

  • @SushiFanatic
    @SushiFanatic10 ай бұрын

    Now they are either trying to scam you in the parking lot selling fake jewelry with a sad story or standing by a street corner with a sign saying they need help with money for a motel and food. I gave this lady 5 bucks anf she had the nerve to ask me for 30 bucks!!

  • @Lululila67
    @Lululila676 жыл бұрын

    Is Michael Caine narrating? I've read that he has some Romany blood.

  • @harshyadav-nm5it
    @harshyadav-nm5it2 жыл бұрын

    after 1000 years they even lndian .........discrimination must stop of Roma people

  • @bobbobby4112
    @bobbobby41127 жыл бұрын

    SOROS

  • @KanRaf101
    @KanRaf10111 жыл бұрын

    9,999 views!!!!! Lets see 10,000 views!

  • @San_Deep2501

    @San_Deep2501

    3 жыл бұрын

    185,000 views now

  • @inhumanhyena
    @inhumanhyena11 жыл бұрын

    those called "gypsy" are more than one people, they are Tsigani (from Greek Athinganoi), Romani (Indian origin), Tinkers & Travelers (in Ireland) & Domari in West Asia and North Africa. Romani and Domari are related, but Tsigani are indigenous to former Roman Empire though mixed with Romani & Domari groups. Tinkers and Travellers have nothing to do with Romani. I'm working on establishing this theory, message me if you would like to know my logic here.

  • @Romchav

    @Romchav

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tinkers are not Romany

  • @gabrielaalvarez692

    @gabrielaalvarez692

    5 жыл бұрын

    Message me if you want to know about us I am one and would share some stuff about culture

  • @thornprick2645

    @thornprick2645

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Romchav people in Ireland often refer to them as gypsies

  • @iwasherefirst786

    @iwasherefirst786

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very true Irish travelers and tinkers are NOT gypsies. They may appear to look and live like gypsies but are in fact not.

  • @ShireWitch
    @ShireWitch9 жыл бұрын

    @Imro Filo my husband is English Rom and has dark hair, eyes and skin.

  • @gypsydave23

    @gypsydave23

    8 жыл бұрын

    ... Rom first ... english second ..

  • @ROMANABSOLUT

    @ROMANABSOLUT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gypsydave23 - she wanted to say : British born Gypsy

  • @uditadhikari
    @uditadhikari10 жыл бұрын

    I am going to cheer for the Roma people. Any place I can donate money for the Roma?

  • @squish8621

    @squish8621

    10 жыл бұрын

    Very nice of you. From a fellow Indian.

  • @JackCondor44

    @JackCondor44

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Udit Adhikari you do donate to them every time your federal Income tax is filed.....

  • @uditadhikari

    @uditadhikari

    8 жыл бұрын

    JackCondor44 What country do you think I live in?

  • @JackCondor44

    @JackCondor44

    8 жыл бұрын

    Udit Adhikari I don't know.... but it was a good punch line....

  • @uditadhikari

    @uditadhikari

    8 жыл бұрын

    JackCondor44 Haha a bit aweful but I will take it laughingly.

  • @patriciacarter1007
    @patriciacarter1007 Жыл бұрын

    I’m Australian with Romani Gypsy ancestry, Russian ancestry, Baltic ancestry, and there’s other ancestry from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Welsh, Germanic, Scandinavian Norway 🇳🇴, Denmark 🇩🇰 plus a few others so I’m made up of a whole lotta ancestors 😊🥰. I really want to know,learn more about my Romani ancestry

  • @alexandru.C1312

    @alexandru.C1312

    Жыл бұрын

    Same as most of us i think. I recently took a DNA ancestry test and the results were extremly strange. I am roman gipsy with both parents roman gipsy, but in my ancestry shows up i am mix of serbian, greek, turkish and persian as a majority.

  • @MikkeMUZ2150
    @MikkeMUZ2150 Жыл бұрын

    RomaniPride..👊

  • @GoldieDawn
    @GoldieDawn Жыл бұрын

    We originate from North Pakistan, related to the Burusho, Kalash, Pamiri, Kuchi Pashtuns, Kashmiris ect, mainly mountain tribes and nomads, desended from Pronto Iranian Steppe Nomads. x

  • @venkateshnaidu94

    @venkateshnaidu94

    Жыл бұрын

    Pakistan Afghanistan mayanmar this India before 1947 British partition India

  • @annprince5298
    @annprince52988 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the travellers came about in the early Christian era in Ireland when Some Druidic groups joined with other outlaws or wolvesheads and began to travel Ireland, this is one report of the origin .

  • @AdrianRichardMarsh

    @AdrianRichardMarsh

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ann prince The Irish Travellers (not the Travellers referred to in this video) are descended from the 4th century Deisi Muman, the groups who were not part of the complex series of clan relationships in Ireland under the High Kings at Tara. Many migrated in the immediate post-Roman period, to west Wales and were part of the establishment of the early mediaeval Kingdom of Dyfed, where they kept their name of the "walking people" an Lucht Sigil in old Irish...

  • @annprince5298

    @annprince5298

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ok did infer it was a theory but what you say interesting because it seems there was Irish immigration to Scotland now Wales! Our Islands are connected in many ways we all are! +

  • @ionmiron6467
    @ionmiron64673 жыл бұрын

    Romania and Roma are two diffrent things !!!!!

  • @heatherygraine5836
    @heatherygraine58362 жыл бұрын

    I would venture that Roma people could be the first inhabitants of the Sindh, Pakistan (which is geographically close to India). After the progressive Islamic conquest of the 7th-8th century, which also got to Persia and later, Spain, they were left nationless and perhaps were forced to emigrate. But they were not welcome everywhere else.

  • @inotaishu1
    @inotaishu17 жыл бұрын

    This video is well intended, but pretty bad in my mind. It not only ignored the heterogenous nature of Roma (e.g. Sinti usually speak a version of Romanes that is not mutually intelligable with Romanes variants from further east), but also mostly linked them to Romania and presented them as nothing but victims in Europe and especially World War II. It ignored the many Roma fighting on the Eastern Front on at first both sides (until Himmler made up his mind in 1942) and later only on the Soviet side. Also the Roma are not exclusively of Indian descent, that should be clear from the pure look of many Roma.

  • @Drxyz-tk6le

    @Drxyz-tk6le

    2 жыл бұрын

    He is talking about Romanis. And yes... They are of Indian descent. Just because you cannot fathom the fact that there might be a lot of intermixing over 50 generation is a problem.

  • @inotaishu1

    @inotaishu1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Drxyz-tk6le How about you read my comment again and then realize on your own, your mistake. And btw. don´t bother to reply, I won´t notice.

  • @CaptainAmerica0427

    @CaptainAmerica0427

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@inotaishu1nope, i think he pointed out your mistake, they are indeed from India

  • @inotaishu1

    @inotaishu1

    11 ай бұрын

    @@CaptainAmerica0427 did you even read what I wrote or did you just see that I disagreed? Because I said "not exclusively of Indian descent"!!!!!

  • @shree709
    @shree7094 жыл бұрын

    Most welcome Ms.R but 1000 years is a long time. You may not feel at home though you are one of us.

  • @souvikbiswas9728
    @souvikbiswas97282 жыл бұрын

    Return your oldest home apply to Indian citizenship .

  • @keiratheelder3845
    @keiratheelder38453 жыл бұрын

    God, poor Roma.

  • @flopondia
    @flopondia2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think gypsies (Romani people) brought flamenco music to Spain. Flamenco was born in Andalusia but they are not even sure exactly when. However they do know that it it is a mix of different elements from the music of many ethnic groups that lived in Al Andalus together during the Muslim empire. Gitanos did play a big role in reviving, maintaining and making Flamenco music prominent, but it is not only "theirs" and they did not bring it to Spain.

  • @amy707popboswell3
    @amy707popboswell33 жыл бұрын

    Omg their is someone who knows what we are ❤️❤️😮

  • @sandicroatia1573

    @sandicroatia1573

    3 жыл бұрын

    What are you actually? I'm half Sinto

  • @kiangibson5749
    @kiangibson57495 жыл бұрын

    Romany is not Romanian don't get us mixed up and there isn't no solid evidence to say we were ever called Roma

  • @robertvargapeterson4240

    @robertvargapeterson4240

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kian Gibson no one said that big man

  • @asten9647
    @asten96472 жыл бұрын

    Borat will come for you

  • @omkar4351
    @omkar43514 жыл бұрын

    11 th century rajputana army soldiers

  • @AussieGypsy02
    @AussieGypsy023 жыл бұрын

    I’m born in Australia but my parents are Macedonia roma Gypsy but Ik where my ancestors are from

  • @hariharbelhekar8524

    @hariharbelhekar8524

    3 жыл бұрын

    So where are they from ?

  • @bareskinwarrior9895
    @bareskinwarrior98956 жыл бұрын

    Where does the name Romani come from?

  • @luizam4614

    @luizam4614

    6 жыл бұрын

    It means "man (human)" basically.

  • @Obataladance

    @Obataladance

    5 жыл бұрын

    India, Punjab is their origin.."Romani" is a western invention to hide many historical facts.

  • @Desibeatnik

    @Desibeatnik

    4 жыл бұрын

    Comes from the word Rama

  • @valahus6243
    @valahus62439 жыл бұрын

    In Romania we call them tzigani.....the word is from greek atigan...it meens do not touch.first mension in our hystory obout gipsy was in 14 centery when prince Dan of Valachia donate to a monastery some gipsy slave family.they was slave until 18 century.any question?

  • @Obataladance

    @Obataladance

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, you are wrong...Tzigani it doesnt means this in greek..I speak greek and origin of the word Tzigani it comes from Zingaro, a man that tried to grouped the gypsy tribes in ancient Greece.

  • @GregStallion
    @GregStallion6 жыл бұрын

    Still, despite my positive comment a year ago, this vidoe still has a few problems. "Gypsies" are Roma and other Romani. It's a slur for us and it's our word. No other grew has the right to call themselves "Gypsies". Also, Free-Spirits, Wanderers and Travellers have nothing to do with us. The Irish & Scottish Travellers do not share our South Asian, Central Asian, Cucasian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European heritage. They are just pre-Celtic White Europeans who appropriated very vague and offensive parts of their cultures, while making up their own crap and spreading more lies about us and our origins.

  • @Mkvs68

    @Mkvs68

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't insult our culture try to reinforce fake stereotypes and make up history to try and support your claims against us , we don't like being called gypsies either we are travellers and never claim association to roma

  • @marsmatthews2407
    @marsmatthews24075 жыл бұрын

    1:10....

  • @katarinak.8354

    @katarinak.8354

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah, I found that inappropriate too... everything else is great

  • @norinator6284

    @norinator6284

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@katarinak.8354 cope

  • @LeeS-dz5sf
    @LeeS-dz5sf Жыл бұрын

    My ancestors got to uk in 1240s in the 1701ad sold gries to the Kings army. Kushty divvers all ❤❤❤

  • @jasoncroteau4953
    @jasoncroteau4953 Жыл бұрын

    One plus is that we can file romani union or a roma nation organisation on our taxes and not pay taxes to roma nation

  • @albertvsibrahim
    @albertvsibrahim9 жыл бұрын

    Im rom

  • @ng8jubleh262

    @ng8jubleh262

    4 жыл бұрын

    To co more

  • @babarain99
    @babarain992 жыл бұрын

    And why everyone hates them

  • @Mikeunism1
    @Mikeunism16 жыл бұрын

    I’m a Roma gypsie but my family are from Egypt and Italy?

  • @kevinmiles1730

    @kevinmiles1730

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gypsy here too but also connected to native Indian

  • @banjara-romas3698

    @banjara-romas3698

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am a banjara gypsy from India. We too deprived in many aspects including education. We are struggling with our government to develop our community. I need support in all ways to bring out gypsy to the entire world. Need help. Besides, I started a youtube channel "BANJARA-ROMAS" to let others know about us. Subscribe it if you like it. My mail id atrisanth@gmail.com.

  • @banjara-romas3698

    @banjara-romas3698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinmiles1730 I am a banjara gypsy from India. We too deprived in many aspects including education. We are struggling with our government to develop our community. I need support in all ways to bring out gypsy to the entire world. Need help. Besides, I started a youtube channel "BANJARA-ROMAS" to let others know about us. Subscribe it if you like it. My mail id atrisanth@gmail.com.

  • @pallavi.vaidik......

    @pallavi.vaidik......

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@banjara-romas3698 oh just stop spreading this fake info on each n every video to gain subscribers. I have few friends who r Banjara/Roma/Gypsy (I don't like calling them Gypsy) and they stay in India belong to Roma community and are highly educated. Some are deprived of education but that's because of finance issues, Indian constitution Doesn't discriminate on caste/community.

  • @banjara-romas3698

    @banjara-romas3698

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pallavi.vaidik...... As you mentioned some states in India who got reservation in education are highly educated. But not in all states of India. Which state your friend belongs to?. Kindly verify it. There are differences in reservation for each states or provinces in india.

  • @manojchoudhary4351
    @manojchoudhary43514 жыл бұрын

    Romas, please come back to India, it's your own motherland

  • @DiamanteDea

    @DiamanteDea

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not anymore

  • @FAMEROB
    @FAMEROB Жыл бұрын

    irish travellers are completely different btw

  • @mirandahacket729
    @mirandahacket7292 жыл бұрын

    So what are Irish Gypsies & what are English Gypsies, what's their history???

  • @ROMANABSOLUT
    @ROMANABSOLUT3 жыл бұрын

    @Open Society Foundations - WHY do you keep deleting my comments ? They are TRUE History.

  • @LinkzWorship1
    @LinkzWorship19 ай бұрын

    who came here from peaky blinders ?

  • @lizzimarie328
    @lizzimarie3286 жыл бұрын

    Wait so Roma people are mixed ??

  • @romanichalnomad6316

    @romanichalnomad6316

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kind of. Romani in Eastern Europe are probably 100% Indian. Romani in Central Europe and Southern Europe are probably 70-90% Indian. Romani in Britain, France and Scandinavia are probably 40-60% Indian. Romani get more mixed the further west you travel.

  • @Timurlane100
    @Timurlane1002 жыл бұрын

    So a year ago in August, I spent 5 weeks in Bulgaria, which has a pretty significant 'Gypsy' population. Too bad I didn't arrive at Stara Zagora a few months earlier, when I could have bought a Gypsy bride pretty cheap. While the bride market is a reality, it's not as lurid as it sounds (and, no, I didn't come back home with a bride or two ... though they are fetching). I've encountered Gypsies in Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova, as well as unexpected encounters in Italy and even in the US. Nice people for the most part, if one can generalize. I'd even say nicer than most people who have issues with Gypsies, and, yes, I'm deliberately using the term 'Gypsy,' instead of the PC term 'Roma' or 'Romani.' This is not meant to be an insult, but instead defiance. The word 'Gypsy' only has a negative connotation if you allow it. Me? I think of the Gypsy girl Esmeralda from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and there was nothing negative about her!

  • @Thomathan

    @Thomathan

    Жыл бұрын

    What

  • @Timurlane100

    @Timurlane100

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Thomathan When

  • @pauldior9704

    @pauldior9704

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Timurlane100Where

  • @Timurlane100

    @Timurlane100

    6 ай бұрын

    @@pauldior9704 - In Bulgaria, as stated.

  • @Timurlane100

    @Timurlane100

    6 ай бұрын

    @@pauldior9704 - Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. But you find similar in Moldova, particularly in the northern city Soroca where the "Gypsy King" lives.

  • @Yggdrasil1844
    @Yggdrasil1844Ай бұрын

    Why he pronounce roma like dat?

  • @lupulrenegat6406
    @lupulrenegat64066 жыл бұрын

    I am from Romania no gypsy

  • @MiSScG4life
    @MiSScG4life10 жыл бұрын

    Roma have never said that they came from India until some Gadje in the 20th century c.e. told them that they have studied and that "science" establishes that they are Indians!

  • @Enleuk

    @Enleuk

    10 жыл бұрын

    "Science" actually works though. Of course, Turks, Mongols, Germans, Scandinavians, Celts, Iranians and Indians all speak dialects of the proto-indo-european language suggesting they all share a recent common ancestor in terms of both culture and language and probably genetics, so the Roma are not singled out by saying they're from India, and to be honest it doesn't really matter where they came from; what matters is how badly an ethnic group (a nation) without a home-country has been treated by members of nation states for centuries.

  • @squish8621

    @squish8621

    10 жыл бұрын

    Enleuk Aryan invasion has been debunked.

  • @squish8621

    @squish8621

    10 жыл бұрын

    Wow you really are stupid.

  • @Enleuk

    @Enleuk

    10 жыл бұрын

    Katara Me I didn't say that ancestor was Aryan. I'm talking about the Kurgan hypothesis, which has nothing to do with the Roma or the concept of nation-states anyway so I don't know what your problem is.

  • @Poseidon99Jeus
    @Poseidon99Jeus9 жыл бұрын

    North India = Punjabis

  • @mehtabsingh941

    @mehtabsingh941

    5 жыл бұрын

    jatt ahhhhh

  • @burgerqueen1633

    @burgerqueen1633

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes! ( and Kashmiris too)

  • @HashimAziz1

    @HashimAziz1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@burgerqueen1633 What are you?

  • @gipsyboii1901
    @gipsyboii190110 жыл бұрын

    the UK & Irish travelers are difrent type of gipsys they are not tan they have no dark hair or brown eyes ..wich means they didnt came from the same place we did ..

  • @endless_ocean7987

    @endless_ocean7987

    7 жыл бұрын

    The Irish travellers are a completely separate ethnic group descended from the (unsurprisingly) Irish, apart from both groups bring nomadic they share little in common. As for us British Romani well, years of interbreeding with the locals has lead to us developing a different appearance and culture to our mainland relatives yet we are Romani all the same with a separate culture to the majority of people in Britain.

  • @Romchav

    @Romchav

    6 жыл бұрын

    Romanichal are gypsy Irish and Scottish travellers are not

  • @romanichalnomad6316

    @romanichalnomad6316

    6 жыл бұрын

    I am Romanichal and I have dark hair, eyes and olive skin.

  • @dreamkid7675
    @dreamkid76754 жыл бұрын

    Thought we are from Jerusalem

  • @leyladanzamundo7742

    @leyladanzamundo7742

    3 жыл бұрын

    los gitanos vienen delas tribus perdidas de Israel, la OSF solo quiere confundir... no deberían confiar en una publicacion realizada por una organización fundada por Soros....