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Examining the Indian Roots of Roma; Their Historical, Linguistic and Cultural Heritage

The origin of Roma community is now neither a myth nor a secret. The mystery of origin and the distant history of Roma have been penetrated linguistically, historically and culturally.

The findings of linguistic and cultural anthropology as well as ethnological study of Roma community substantiated Indian lineage of Roma and broke off the archaic stereotypes attached to the origin and migration of Romani people who have still been the most disadvantaged and marginalized where ever their abodes are.

The first attempt was made to trace the roots of Roma by virtue of linguistic comparison by a Hungarian pastor Valyi Stefan, who was traditionally attributed to the "discovery" of the Indian origins of Roma.

In the early 1760s, he at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands came across three fellow students from Malabar Coast in India, whose language and appearance reminded him of Roma living near Komárno (in present day southern Slovakia).  

Valyi Stefan was from a landowning family that employed Roma on its estate, therefore he noticed similarities in the language spoken by Malabari students and Roma. He jotted down a list of over 1,000 words used by students and compared the list of words with those of Romani Chib after his return from the university in order to dispel his suspicion. 

Link: http://www.albaiulianul.ro/cultura/item/6933-examining-the-indian-roots-of-roma-their-historical-linguistic-and-cultural-

 

The first Roma Circus group in Europe appeared in 1322

In their rich national history of over 1000 years, the Roma were known as people entertainers.
Beside the other, the circus profession, like jugglers, acrobats, tamers, etc., was part of their everyday life.

In one of the studies, it is noted that the first Roma circus group on the territory of Europe appeared in 1322. She traveled from Egypt to Constantinople, and numbered 20 members who made deadly games in the arena. That shrub in 1323 from Constantinople through Thrace arrived in Macedonia and then in Serbia.

At that time in Serbia, the master was Stefan Uros II or better known as Dečanski. Greek historian Nikifor Grigoras described this circus in his work "History of Byzantium".

According to him, these circus performances in Serbia did the same things they did in Constantinople as well. They watched the plays in Prizren, Skopje and other cities. Probably that group of Roma circus acrobats then went somewhere to the west most probably in Spain. These records were evidence that Roma were already in this area at that time.

Then from the time of the Turks who occupied this area there are reliable sources for the Roma that were in this area. One of them is from 1491, according to the census Roma were Christians who found the Turks themselves.

 

Roma artist from Belgium Durmish Kjazim with his own exhibition from January 19 to February 17

The renowned and recognized artist, currently working and living in Belgium, Durmish Kjazim, started the new 2019 successfully.
In the Belgian city of Anderlecht from January 19 to February 17 this year, he will have his own solo exhibition of his unpublished works so far.

They are in various forms, from portraits made in many painting techniques.
His artistic visuality is rich and substantial. By doing so, he once again proved that he is a top artist, who has been working for more than a decade in the profession that apparently worships him.

His professional career year after year goes upward, and with that activity he is eclipsed by a top artist

Expectations are that this exhibition will be visited and that he will not stand here, but will be the motive for his further successful career.

Roma in Zagreb arrived in the 14th century and were butchers, merchants and tailors

Now that 1000 years of Roma migration is celebrated, the interest in their history is even greater. In the course of these thousand years, they have managed to maintain their identity, language, culture and customs despite the great turbulence during their existence.
According to Croatian information, the Roma on the territory of Croatia arrived in the 14th century. Otherwise, the Roma community in Croatia is not homogeneous: they speak different languages ​​and have different religious affiliations. The historical beginnings of the Roma in Croatia are with modest information.

According to historical linguistic sources, it can be concluded that Roma originate from northwestern India (Dardystan, Cafiristan). According to the mentioned research, the Roma on the territory of Croatia are mentioned for the first time in Dubrovnik in 1362 in the trade lists, and therefore it is believed dealt with trade.

Then "The Egyptians Vlaho and Vitan gave the goldsmith Radan Bratoslavovic eight large silver belts. The fact that it is a commercial correspondence can be assumed that the Roma during that period lived in Dubrovnik.

Ten years later, they are again mentioned in Zagreb, where they are merchants, tailors and butchers. Historian Ivan Baptist Tkalcic (1840-1905). in the "Historical Monument of the Free Royal City of Zagreb" from 1885, as part of the largest Roma group coming from the 10th to 15th centuries, move to Central Europe through Asia Minor and Southeast Europe.


Link: https://www.vecernji.hr/premium/u-zagreb-su-stigli-jos-u-14-stoljecu-a-bili-su-mesari-trgovci-i-krojaci-1289228

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