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The Roma People
Presented by: Daphne Flores, Catalina Tejeda, Achelle
Reynoso and D’Quan Stewart
Table of Contents
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Background and context
Key beliefs and and practices that comprise the group’s
worldview
Cultural practices
Current concerns, issues, and challenges
Background and
Context
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Origins
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Central and Northern India
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Moved away from them during
the first millennium CE
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Moved first to Anatolia
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Then proceeded throughout
Europe and later the Americas
Background and Context
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Enslavement
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Romania in the 14th century
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Freed completely in 1860 (500 years)
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Remained dependent upon landowners and authorities
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Some then migrated to Western Europe and the Americas
Concentration Camps
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2 million Romani deaths
Roma People
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Roma People
Roma Demographics
in Europe
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Turkey: Largest
Roma pop.
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Romania: 2nd
largest
Demographics (Cont’d)
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Housing:
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19,000-120,000 Romani people in England reside in Caravans (2003)
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3x reside in houses (2005)
Education (est. 1990s):
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Preschool 5-7%
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Primary 40%
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Secondary 10-12%
Ontological and Epistemological beliefs
ONTOLOGY
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Materialism- They believe in the matter of
energy which means they believe in spirits
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Spiritualism- Spirits, supernatural, and
healing rituals
Catalina
EPISTEMOLOGY
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Faith- Depending on their location and
religion. (Roman Catholicism, Eastern
Orthodoxy, Protestantism, and islam)
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Common Knowledge- They believe that
the community is correct. ( Premarital sex
forbiden, washing of cloths)
Religious or spiritual beliefs
SPIRITUAL BELIEFS
● The existence of bad luck
● The Power of Curses
● Good luck charms
● Power of healing rituals
● Taboos
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
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The existence of God
The existence of Satan
Adopt predominant religion
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Ethical
teachings
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Everything depends on the sex
of the individual
No sex before marriage (girls)
Believe in cleanliness, purity,
respect, honor and justice
New wife needs to learn how to
cook what the husband likes
with the help of the mother in
law.
Core values
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High values on extended family
Once married woman joins husband’s family
Strictly regulated by Hindu purity laws (depending on religion)
Death is considered impure, and affects the whole family of the dead, who
remain impure for a period of time.
Catalina
Social Beliefs
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The perceived failure to comply
with social and gender norms
inside the community is altering
the social capital and social
standing of families, resulting in
high levels of unhappiness.
Roles
tradition
Beliefs about the group’s relationship to the large society
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Roma lag far behind the majority populations
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Roma are generally feared and despised by the majority populations around them
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Roma speak a Sanskrit based tongue called Romani, which no one outside their ranks really
understands
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Their language and cultural belief systems keep them mostly unintegrated in larger societal
institutions
Catalina
Important rituals, ceremonies, practices
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Arranged Marriages
Follow religious patterns
Sexual life
Birth
Death
Hygiene
Cleanliness
Funerals
Catalina
The Roma Cultural Patterns
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The Roma express their heritage
mainly through music and dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=iLmIB8WSv6I
The Horrific Persecution of the Roma People
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Enslaved in many regions during the 19th century
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Medieval era put to death in England, Switzerland and
Denmark
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Branded with hot irons, children abducted
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Native language was forbidden in some countries
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Reported 2 million Romani died in concentration
camps during WWII, 1939-1945
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As recent as 1980’s, Roma women were being
sterilized in Czechoslovakia
The Segregation of the Roma People
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Roma people have been a target of prejudice and discrimination
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In Romania, mobs have burned Roma homes
● Carry the stereotype of “romantic misfits” and
“backward savages”
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Avoid assimilation
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Roma people were once enslaved Transylvania, known as “Vlach Roma”
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Were not included in Census
Poverty and Low Education
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Formal education was unheard of in the Roma community until this century
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Illiteracy rate is high
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Eastern European Roma have occupations such as doctor, teacher, journalist, etc.
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Some Roma view formal education as assimilating their children
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School viewed as dangerous place
Romani People’s Challenges
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The term “gypsies” as derogatory.
Institutional Racism.
Fearing for their life based on their
race.
“Genetic propensity for crime”
Lack of stability (i.e. no place to call
“home”)
Their ethnicity not being taken
seriously
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Their Concerns
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Facing poverty and exclusion
Various stereotypes from US,
faces discrimination from
Europe
EU not being too involved
with helping out with the
Romani people’s struggles.
Important Events in the Roma History
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
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Reality show on TLC
Based on British Roma people
Has a spin off show in United
States called “My Big Fat American
Gypsy Wedding”
Sends a bad message to the Roma
community
“Bigger, fatter, gypsier”
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