Gypsies

Their troubles

. His principal problems center on the education, the employment, the housing and the culture. The gypsies meet frequently problems, principally derivatives of the lack of professional qualification and of the load of prejudices that it bears to work with a gypsy. When the gypsies began their migration, they weren't welcomed by people in other countries because they looked and spoke differently, and they were often harassed or even physically harmed. An example of one of this troubles is this are the ‘’gypsies family clans war’’ Clans will occasionally engage in trade wars, but will seldom proclaim all-out war on another clan because even the winner loses too many numbers. This has happened in the past to disastrous results, most notably during the Great Gypsy Wars of old.

Lifestyle

They’re originated in the region of northwestern India and Pakistan, and left sometime between the 6th and 11th century, were brought by Muslims to Europe as slaves, and till that they settled in Europe, Turkey and North Africa.

Over the centuries, gypsies tended to work at occupations they could perform independently, that required little overhead, that appealed to people everywhere and that weren't negatively affected by frequent travel. Some of these jobs included metalworking, woodworking, carpentry and horse trading.Often, jobs were tied to a sect. Many Ludar, for example, were animal trainers and showpeople, while many Rom were fortune-tellers. Gypsies worldwide are famed for their singing, dancing and musical skills; they're credited with creating flamenco in Spain, while many Hungarian gypsies are musicians.

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Project by: Alba Quilez and Maria Serrano

Gypsies

Many people believe gypsies originally came from Romania, or perhaps Hungary. Not so. Research shows ethnic gypsies actually came from a group of diverse military people who gathered centuries ago in the Punjab region of northern India to fight Muslim invaders. Over time, the group drifted northwest to Persia and Armenia, then into the Balkan Peninsula, where Serbian and Romanian words and phrases crept into their language.Eventually they split into smaller groups and spread throughout Europe and northern Africa, where several subsets developed, including the Romnichals in England, the Rom in Eastern Europe, the Ludar in Romania and the Black Dutch in Germany. There were also groups in Hungary and the former Soviet Union. Today, there are gypsies in countries throughout the world.When the gypsies began their migration, they weren't welcomed by people in other countries because they looked and spoke differently, and they were often harassed or even physically harmed. This likely contributed to the development of their wandering lifestyle..