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The RomaThe RomaRoma are variously known as Rroma, Gypsies, Tsiganes, Tsigan, Gitanos or Gitans, as well as Sinti, Cale, and many other names. They are Europeans, having arrived... -
HistoryHistoryApart from the non-controversial fact that Roma come from India, the rest of the Roma early history is a subject of controversy. When did Roma...
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LanguageLanguageRoma have an Indian based language, a discovery of 1753. Romanes, or Romani Čhib, is the language of the Roma. This fact is little known...
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TraditionsTraditionsThe Roma culture is not a written one and has kept its unity and consistency in spite of savage assaults. Traditions were one of the...
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MusicMusicWhat is Roma music? What is Roma music? This seemingly innocuous question has fed quite an industry. From the 18th century onward, musicians, scientist have...
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ReportsReportsAll reports presented here are strictly copyrighted to the Rroma Foundation Zürich. These reports were compiled by our staff while on surveys in various countries.
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Questions & AnswersQuestions & AnswersWhen hearing about Roma, when reading about them, a wealth of clichés, generally accepted “truths” and statements are always present. This summary presents the most...
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GalleriesGalleriesThese galleries are either the work of amateurs, documenting the situation in a specific region at a specific time (for example in Bosnia in 2001,...
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Who are Roma? Where do they come from? What is the difference between Roma, Sinti, Gypsies, Cale, Tsiganes, Zigeuner, Travellers? Do they have a language? Where do they come from? How many are there in Europe? What are their traditions?
These and many more questions are treated at length in these pages on Roma, history, language, traditions, music, but also in shorter form in the questions and answers page.
The page also has resources on literature, reports and many more items.
Recent News on Roma
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April 23, 2024An editorial on discrimination of Roma in Czechia, but also on the comparison to other European states such as Germany...
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April 23, 2024The memorial in Lety u Písek is being opened. It will commemorate the persecution and murder of the Roma population...
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April 23, 2024Roma NGOs from Kosovo and Serbia are collaborating all the while the respective majority populations are increasingly at odd. BRIDGING BORDERS:...
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April 22, 2024Dr. Tsvetan Tsenkov, the Mayor of the Vidin municipality, has decided to move the 8 polling stations that traditionally were...
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April 22, 2024An editorial on the disastrous conditions faced by some segregated Roma settlements in Slovakia. The author cites that it is...
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April 22, 2024An article in the Italian press about the role of Roma in the Italian resistance during the fascist era. Their...
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April 21, 2024After the announcement by Volvo that in their new factory in Eastern Slovakia they will employ Roma, the Slovak Government...
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April 21, 2024A new book of Romani Tales from the former Czechoslovakia originally recorded by Milena Hübschmannová, a well-known Romologue, was just...
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April 21, 2024The usual this week in the French news. The story of a camp that is slated for demolition on the...
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April 20, 2024Fruzsina Benkő founded InDaHouse in the most disadvantaged area of Borsod, one of the poorest Hungarian Counties in 2014, driven...
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April 20, 2024According to Ingrid Kosová, member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Progressive Slovakia, it is very important...
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April 20, 2024An article on Roma Refugees from the Ukraine in Germany. They are fleeing war, but instead of help, in Germany...
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April 19, 2024A reportage on a Roma theatre in Hamburg fighting against racism in Germany. Sinti i Romi – i dalje žrtve rasizma...
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April 19, 2024The story of a girl’s dream come true. ‘Hobby horse girl’ looks forward to Appleby – this time with her real...
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April 19, 2024In March, the final conference of the “Together we are developing Roma civil society” project took place in the Svornost...
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April 19, 2024Over last weekend there was a shooting in the Roma settlement Kerinov Grm in the area of the Krško Municipality....
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