Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity

Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity
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Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 0900458763
ISBN-13 : 9780900458767
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Book Synopsis Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity by : Thomas Alan Acton

Download or read book Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity written by Thomas Alan Acton and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romany culture is perhaps the most Indo-European of all. The ancestors of the Gypsies left India around 1000 years ago and mixed with every culture on the way to produce a variety of Romany dialects and well-known cultural achievements from Hungarian Gypsy music to the English Gypsy caravan. Such images somehow co-exist, however, with continuous persecution.


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