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Thread #63958   Message #1044396
Posted By: InOBU
30-Oct-03 - 07:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Where do Travellers Live?
Subject: RE: BS: Where do Travellers Live?
No TY... crack a book, do a little field work, find out the origions of your hatred. The point of my comparison is that Romani people, compaired to the Gydjen (non 0 Roma) are a gentle people. There are over one million Vlax Roma in the US, living so far below the expectation of rights that there is not a single funded organisation to see you their access of rights, and yet in the history of this Republic there are less than six murders committed by VlaX Roma. As to India - we all come from India, save Irish Travellers, who have been influenced by Romani culture with it's vedic origions, hence the Traveller saint, Sorcha Dorcha who is a Catholic interepritation of SHiva and Genesh.
The base vocabulary of the Roma you believe to be Rumaninan, the Vlax, is Hindi, not in the ancent pre history like many European languages, but 800 years ago, and as such, to people from India, Romaness is still recognisable as an Indian language. The grammer is Persian.
I notice that you overlook violence against Roma, from the forced syralization in Slovakia, happening as we speak, to the murder by mob of Johnny Delaney in England last June.
Well, funny you think that folk musicians have not had a lot of contact with Travelling people. Fact is, most serrious folk musicians spend time with Travellers to learn their music, as Travellers as a folkloric culture are great respositories of culture.
Put your fear and hatred aside and get to know the people you are prejudiced against and I promice you, it will enrich your life and provide you an education you can't get anywhere else.
Grow, it is what life is about,
Baxt hai sastimos.
Larry