A larger group of Roma people Builders of troughs from Podravina began migrating from Romania after 1855, when slavery was abolished, although in the region of Podravina they were present since the early 19th century. First they settled the regions between Podravina and Medjugorje, and then the rest of Croatia.

In Podravina, they arrived from Hungary, which is also a confirmation of their Hungarian surnames (Balog, Bogdan, Kalanyos, Ignaz, Chonka, Nirgosh, Kompak ...). It is interesting that the surname Orshosh was worn only by women. Their names and surnames did not give them any special importance, and they changed how they responded.

 The children were housed in a church, and the dead were buried at the local cemetery in the presence of priests, usually in addition to the cemetery fences. Otherwise they did not get married. The basic craft was the production of wooden items such as troughs, cutlery, scissors, cooking utensils, pots, costumes and the like.

Otherwise, these areas were chosen as a place to live because of the forests and because of the soft trees (willow, poplar) from which they made all the mentioned hardwoods.

They lived in hand-made dwellings-cubes of branches and mud built into the ground and under a tent. They erected their primitive habitats in those forest areas in the immediate vicinity of a village, water mill or river scaffolding.

In this way, they were within the reach of the local peasantry by selling items that they were making, and also came to the houses where people supplied wood that they made in their yards. The Koritars are a nomadic Roma group, and these places of residence served more as a temporary residence.

Romani women exclusively dealt with witchcraft where the child wounded them and carried them over their back by going from house to house, and older children ran around. The babies were taken in small troughs linked to textile tops. Otherwise, people Builders of troughs used the language "ljimba d bjaš", a vernacular dialect of the Old Roman language, but also Hungarian.

They are known for eating meat on a dead animal, and their hedgehog was like a dessert in their menu. They also worshiped brandy and tobacco. They dressed rugged clothes in colorful colors, and men carried knitters just like women.

The fact that the official census can not confirm the actual number of Roma is fairly clear about the situation of Roma in Croatia. Contrary to prejudices about them as those who "use the system", some of the Roma people also hide their origin that they understand as a strategy to survive, writes the regional portal "Newsletter"

Revisionism and the denial of the genocide against the Roma in World War II became a part of the "media culture" warning of presenting a handbook on the fate of Roma in the so-called " NDH, historian and author Danijel Voyjak.

In Croatia, the Roma population is relatively small and according to the census of the citizens in Croatia since 2011 there are about 17,000. But research by the Office of Human Rights and the Rights of Nationalities of 2011 found that at least 24,524 people are from the Roma population.

The fact that discrimination and prejudice towards Roma in Croatia are everyday is also shown by the information from the Ombudsman's Office and given statements. In fact, 28% of Roma reported that at least once in the year they faced discrimination, and 17% of them reported that during the life they suffered a physical attack only because they were Roma.

When it comes to employment, as many as 44% of the Roma are unemployed, and another 22% have a housekeeping status, that is, they take care of a full-time household.

Housing conditions for Roma households, as many as 43% of them do not have water through the water supply, half have no bath with shower, 73% do not have sewerage, and every desteous household has no electricity.

The average monthly income in the Roma household, regardless of the source of income, is about 550 euros, which is well below the average for sufficient means for achieving basic living needs.