Gypsies

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Gypsies
The presentation was
prepared by Peshehodina E.

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Gypsies are one of the
largest ethnic minorities in
Europe. Their designation as
“intergroup ethnic
formation” characterizes the
features of the mosaic
settlement of gypsy groups
among the population of
different countries and the
related features of the
formation of their
contemporary identities.

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RUSSIAN ROMA
Their ancestors came
to Russia from Poland.
The original professions
were horse trading,
fortune telling, and
music. Russian Roma Orthodox Christians.
Today, the majority of Russian Gypsies have a good
education, are engaged in business, and work in the fields of
agriculture, culture, and industry. The Russian-Gypsy dialect
has become the language of intergroup communication.
Russian gypsies are the largest ethnic group.

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SERVA Ukrainian gypsies.
Came from the Romanian lands. Orthodox Christians. Traditional
activities: horse exchange, blacksmithing, fortune telling. Serves are
now one of the most educated gypsy ethnic groups with a wide range
of professions, including high-tech industries. Assimilation processes
have gone far from servs and a significant part of them have lost their
native dialect. Wedding (and other) rituals are borrowed from the
Slavic population. Servs are very numerous gypsies.

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POLISH ROMA
These gypsies lived among the Polish population in
Belarus, Lithuania, etc. The traditional occupation for
men is the horse trade. In the old days, the camps of
the Polish Roma continued their nomadism in the
winter, changing carts to sledges.
Initially, the Polish gypsies
were Catholics, but now there
are many Orthodox among them.
They are talented musically.
Currently, many representatives
of this ethnic group have a good
education and modern
professions.

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VLAHI Ukrainian gypsies.
Vlachs are Orthodox Christians. Traditional activities:
blacksmithing and fortune telling. The level of education at
Vlachs is low. They live in Ukraine and in the southern regions
of Russia. Now the majority is engaged in small-scale trade
and low-skilled labor. Perfectly retain their dialect of the gypsy
language. Vlachi is a very large ethnic group.

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National Symbols
On April 8, 1971, the first World Gypsy Congress
was held in London. The result of the congress was
the recognition of gypsies of the world as a single
non-territorial nation and the adoption of national
symbols: a flag and an anthem, based on the folk
song "Jelly, Jelly."

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Gypsy language
Gypsies speak the gypsy
language of the Indo-Aryan
group of the Indo-European
family, which breaks up into a
number of dialects, usually
also speak the languages of
the peoples among which
they live or roam. In the USSR
in the 1930s, the literary norm
of the gypsy language was
based on the dialect of
Russian gypsies.

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Family in gypsy culture
1) Cult of childhood
2) Cult of motherhood
3) Cult of age
4) Cult of fidelity to the family

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Faith
Most of the gypsies
profess Christianity or
Islam, but there are
also representatives of
other faiths. Orthodox
gypsies consider St.
Nicholas the Ugodnik
and St. George, the
Catholics of Blessed
Seferino, as well as the
mythical character Sara
Kali as their patron.

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Gypsy art culture
Most gypsy artists are natives of Hungary, the most
developed music culture is among gypsies in Russia, Hungary,
Romania, Spain, the Balkan countries, gypsy literature is
currently more developed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Ukraine and Russia, acting in Russia and Ukraine , in Slovakia.
Circus art in the countries of South America.

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Musical Instruments
It is impossible to explain what gypsy music is. Flamenco,
songs of Balkan gypsies, Django Reinhardt, Russian romances,
the variety is enormous. The reason is that music for gypsies
has always been a means of survival. They always had to
adapt to local tastes. In Russia, gypsies did not play the winds,
but mastered the balalaika and other local instruments

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Gypsy festivals and festivals
Holidays:
• April 8th International Gypsy Day
• May 4th Memorial Day of St.
Seferino
• May 25th Baptism of Sarah Kali
• August 2nd Commemoration of Kali
Thrash (Gypsy Genocide)
• Khamoro Festivals annual
international festival of gypsy culture in
Prague.
• Romani Yag is a festival of gypsy
culture in Montreal.
• Amala is the annual international
festival of gypsy music culture in Kiev.

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Gypsy law
Gypsy law (romano law, romanipe) is an unwritten set of rules
that govern gypsies in their relations with members of gypsy
society and with people who do not belong to it.
All disputes and crimes
within the gypsy community
are dealt with by a gypsy
court, consisting of
authoritative people who
have no interest in the case
under discussion.