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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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December 22, 2024Really weird Bulgarian news … A prisoner behind bars in Plovdiv posts a video on TikTok declaring his love for...
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December 22, 2024Not much this week. A really bad news about a 23-year-old Rom who was arrested for reaping his 13 years...
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December 22, 2024The deaf Pavel Šarina (32) employs more than a hundred people, seventy percent of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Among...
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December 22, 2024The Czech parliament adopted the IHRA non-binding definition of antigyspyism. Now, a charter against Antigypsyism is being created in the...
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December 21, 2024A commemoration for Roma murdered by the German gendarmerie in November 1942 in the town of Nur. The unveiled memorial...
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December 21, 2024The case of a town who ceded some land on the promise that some social housing would be built for...
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December 20, 2024Currently, funds for the integration of Roma are allocated according to the size of the municipality, not aligned to the...
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December 20, 2024The musical performance “Sing to me, because I want” directed by Weronika Kowalska and under the artistic supervision of director...
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December 20, 2024A few new articles about the 200 mio Euroos that Slovakia di spend in 2024 on Roma integration … Not all...
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December 20, 2024A re-edition of an article of a while back of a Vlach Romni from Slovakia who is teaching in a...
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December 19, 2024The Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Roma Communities (ÚSVRK) has contracted approximately 480 projects worth almost...
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December 19, 2024The co-founder of the Roma Civic Association Lovári, Jaroslav Bihary (60) from Nitra, told us more about how these holidays...
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December 18, 2024Not really a surprise to see that Travellers and Roma are the two ethnic groups who face the most prejudice...
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December 18, 2024From November 25 to December 3, 2024, a large-scale artistic visual work was realized in Humenné, Slovakia, on one of...
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December 18, 2024Traditional Slovak racism thinks that Roma are mostly backward, uneducated, refuse to adapt to our culture, at best they just...
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December 17, 2024The Slovene government is working on a package of measures that address key areas such as access to education, housing...
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December 17, 2024The Slovak National Centre for Human Rights (SNHRC) warns of discrimination against Roma in restaurant. It revealed this based on...
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December 17, 2024The representative of the Roma Council, Šejla Pepić, spoke at the session of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights and...
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