They came to Europe from India in the Middle Ages. Their Romany language is flecked with words close to Hindi and is spoken in various dialects from Transylvania to San Francisco. To the outside world ...

It should come as no surprise to fortune tellers who possess the gift of foresight, that more than 40 years after their arrival in Blackpool, the Petulengro Gypsies are still predicting the future for ...

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month was established in Britain in 2008 as a way of challenging stereotypes and prejudice, and raising awareness of the diverse heritage and rich contributions of ...

Gypsy culture is the product of many influences but its roots reach back to India. It was in the 15th century that reports emerged of bands of foreigners arriving in Europe... Kent, The Garden of ...

It's a time both for celebration and for considering issues confronting the world's Romany community, says Professor Ian Hancock, Director of the Romany Archives and Documentation Center at the ...

A study into how the “sustainable” lifestyle of Romani Gypsy communities can help combat the environmental crisis has been given £810,703 worth of taxpayer money, The Telegraph can reveal. The ...

During my annual trips to Romania, I repeatedly came across a conspicuous people with an invisible past. I knew virtually nothing about them, other than that they looked different from other Romanians ...

Ralph Macchio has mixed feelings about his new Nat Geo docu-series, “American Gypsies.” As executive producer, the former “Karate Kid” exposes a time-worn subculture he never knew existed in the heart ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 64, No. 2, Multilingual Issues in Mathematics Education (Feb., 2007), pp. 231-238 (8 pages) This communication discusses an aspect of language and culture that ...