Gypsies
Jeffrey Ware
Dr. David Nemeth
Gypsies & Travelers WAC
December 4, 2012 As the semester began, I knew what courses were on my list. I had picked a course Gypsies & Travelers, which I supposedly assumed will be a course for me to learn about another group. Before this I had no knowledge about Gypsies, I heard the term Gypsy but never seemed to draw any interest. However time has past and now I gained some knowledge about Gypsies. One thing I picked up through readings and outside readings; is their thing about purity. Gypsies try to maintain purity in their lives in different ways. Before discussing about their purity lifestyles, it would be worth knowing about Gypsies. Their history and how their lives have transformed as time pass. Gypsies are said to have migrated from India, Pakistan and South Asia. In India they are discussed as being close to the Rajputs whose names means “Sons of Princes” and Banjara, who supposedly left India around the time Romanies’ of now left India. Thus because of Ghanzavid invasions through the spread of Islam. Their language is believed to be similar to Urdu which means “army camps” this grew out as a mixture of languages, this was the language spoken at battlefields. The Persian language was introduced to the Romani during this period. The Romani people share language with both the Persians and Romani since it was the language of the administration and the militia, and widely spoken throughout the area. Persian was the military language of the Seljuks who had invaded Northern India, so it served as the lingua franca amongst the Romanies’ who were captives of war. They migrated to first to Eastern Europe and other areas such as North Africa and Asia. They were characterized as people who were in the lower caste according to Indian tradition who lived as military people. These are the Romani people however to the outside world they were known as the Gypsies. Which they consider to be two different identities as Ian Hancock said
Dr. David Nemeth
Gypsies & Travelers WAC
December 4, 2012 As the semester began, I knew what courses were on my list. I had picked a course Gypsies & Travelers, which I supposedly assumed will be a course for me to learn about another group. Before this I had no knowledge about Gypsies, I heard the term Gypsy but never seemed to draw any interest. However time has past and now I gained some knowledge about Gypsies. One thing I picked up through readings and outside readings; is their thing about purity. Gypsies try to maintain purity in their lives in different ways. Before discussing about their purity lifestyles, it would be worth knowing about Gypsies. Their history and how their lives have transformed as time pass. Gypsies are said to have migrated from India, Pakistan and South Asia. In India they are discussed as being close to the Rajputs whose names means “Sons of Princes” and Banjara, who supposedly left India around the time Romanies’ of now left India. Thus because of Ghanzavid invasions through the spread of Islam. Their language is believed to be similar to Urdu which means “army camps” this grew out as a mixture of languages, this was the language spoken at battlefields. The Persian language was introduced to the Romani during this period. The Romani people share language with both the Persians and Romani since it was the language of the administration and the militia, and widely spoken throughout the area. Persian was the military language of the Seljuks who had invaded Northern India, so it served as the lingua franca amongst the Romanies’ who were captives of war. They migrated to first to Eastern Europe and other areas such as North Africa and Asia. They were characterized as people who were in the lower caste according to Indian tradition who lived as military people. These are the Romani people however to the outside world they were known as the Gypsies. Which they consider to be two different identities as Ian Hancock said
Cited: Hancock, Ian. We Are the Romani People = Ame Sam E Rromane @01C6ene. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire, 2003. Print. Miller, Carol. The Church of Cheese: Gypsy Ritual in the American Heyday. Boston: GemmaMedia, 2010. Print. Salo, T Matt. Rom