Become a Roma connoisseur in less than 5 minutes
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Claims that Roma originate in Northern India and number 12 to 15 million worldwide, traces migration through Persia, Armenia and Byzantium, and links the wheel on the Roma flag to the Dharma chakra. Notes medieval enslavement including over 10,000 Bulgarian Roma captured by Vlad the Impaler, and cites about 1.5 million Romani deaths in the Holocaust. Clarifies that “Gypsy” is a misnomer and lists cultural trades like music, metalwork and dance as retained traditions.
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