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Thread #167996   Message #4058021
Posted By: keberoxu
07-Jun-20 - 07:40 PM
Thread Name: Indian Gypsy singing
Subject: RE: Indian Gypsy singing
The 'Gipsy Kings,'
who came to the south of France
by way of Catalonia
(and whose speech has a considerable amount of Catalan in it),
refer to themselves as 'les Indiens.'

Guest RA,
retired professor Dr. Ian Hancock,
formerly at UT-Austin
and a linguistics specialist (that's the subject of his doctorate),
would say 'yes' to your question about Kali,
however that is just his opinion.
Certainly, if it isn't 'la sainte Sara,'
there is often a 'black Madonna' somewhere in European culture
who becomes a focus of worship.