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Several people were arrested; dozens of PSNI officers were injured; immigrants fled and were burned from their homes; ...
The colorfully garbed Gypsy women were known as fortune tellers. They also sold potions, begged or worked as entertainers. Gypsy travel changed with the advent of modern transportation. Their caravans ...
Dictionary of gypsy life and lore. New York: Philosophical Library. ISBN 978-0-8065-2985-1. ^ Report in Roma Educational Needs in Ireland (PDF), Pavee point, archived from the original (PDF) on 5 ...
In order to save their daughters from being "stolen" by suitors, Kalaidzhi families typically marry off their daughters between the ages of 16 and 20 and pull them out of school by the eighth grade.
Scores of young women have been paraded before potential suitors at a Bulgarian bride market where poor families can arrange financially beneficial marriages for their children. If one visits the town ...
In Bulgaria, it is known as "gypsy summer" or "poor man's summer". In Gaelic Ireland, the phenomenon is called "fómhar beag na ngéanna" (little autumn of the geese).
A YOUNG Gypsy woman has revealed she got married to another woman despite her family’s objections. Introducing the person you love to your family is a nerve-racking experience for almost ever… ...
It is in the town of Gyongyospata, in north-eastern Hungary, that Europe's gypsy problem appears in all its spiny intractability. An hour-and-a-half north-east of Budapest, this is a country town ...
Bulgaria and 'exceptionally insolent Gypsies' In an era when far-right forces have been in the ascendant, antigypsyism is now ‘mainstreamed’, and it is no longer the preserve of Nazi sociopaths.
Moreover, in 2009, Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov mentioned to Roma as “bad human bodies” making it pretty clear that the country is among anti-gypsy countries. The vice-president of the Party of ...