The Machvaya (also Machavaya) are a group of Roma Roma are a subgroup of the Romani people , who live primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Balkans and Western Anatolia, and as recent immigrants in Western Europe and the Americas. Roma is also used as a synonym for the whole Romani people originating specifically from Serbia 2 Titular rulers of Serbia in Hungarian exile claimed Serbian throne until 1540. Belgrade fell to Ottomans only in 1521. Serbia was briefly reestablished by Jovan Nenad 1526–7 (from Mačva). They are seen by some to be an offshoot of the Kalderash The Kalderash is the name of one of subgroups of Romani people from the Roma meta-group. As a Romani sub-group, they originated in present day Romania, but have migrated to other parts of the world. They were traditionally smiths and metal workers and speak a number of Romani dialects grouped together under the term Kalderash Romani, a sub-group and by others to be set apart from them. Natural Romani The Romani are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to medieval India migration coupled with the war in the Balkans The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of 55 million people.[citation needed] has meant there are an increased number of Machvaya living in other countries, specifically where there are an increased number of Serbs. Tucson, Arizona Tucson is the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2008 Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 541,811, with a metropolitan area population at 1,023,320 as of July 1, 2008. In 2005, Tucson ranked as the 32nd and Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton (2006 population 504,559; UA population 647,634; CMA population 692,911) is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as both house large numbers of Machvaya as do the USA ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language, Canada The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three, Brasil and Britain The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[note 7] is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land as a whole.
| Romani people around the world The Romani are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to medieval India |
|
|
Cultural groups
Roma (Boyash Boyash refers to a Romani ethnic group living in Romania, southern Hungary, northeastern Croatia, western Vojvodina, Slovakia, the Balkans, but also in the Americas and Australia. They are part of Romani branch of Roma. Alternative names are Rudari (Ludari), Lingurari and Zlătari. The Zlătari Church (Biserica Zlătari), one of the oldest • Kalderash The Kalderash is the name of one of subgroups of Romani people from the Roma meta-group. As a Romani sub-group, they originated in present day Romania, but have migrated to other parts of the world. They were traditionally smiths and metal workers and speak a number of Romani dialects grouped together under the term Kalderash Romani, a sub-group • Lovari • Machvaya • Ruska Roma • Servitko Roma • Ursari The Ursari or Richinara are the traditionally-nomad occupational group of animal trainers among the Roma people. An endogamous category originally drawing the bulk of its income from busking performances in which they used brown bears and, in several instances, Old world monkeys, they have largely become settled after the 1850s. The Ursari form an • Muslim Roma) • Ashkali • Cascarots • Erromintxela Erromintxela [erominˈtʃela] is the distinctive language of a group of Roma living in the Basque Country, who also go by the name Erromintxela. It is sometimes called Basque Caló or Errumantxela in English;caló vasco, romaní vasco, or errominchela in Spanish; and euskado-rromani or euskado-romani in French. Although detailed accounts of the • Gitanos The Romani people in Spain are generally known as Gitanos. Spanish Romanies belong to the Iberian Kale Romani group with smaller populations in Portugal and southern France. They tend to speak Caló which is basically Andalusian Spanish with a large number of Romani loan words. Estimates of the Spanish Romani population fluctuate between 600,000 • Finnish Kale • Welsh Kale The Kale are a group of Romani people who reside in Wales. Many claim to be descendant of Abram Wood, who was the first Romani to reside permanently and exclusively in Wales in the early 1700s, though Romanies have appeared in Wales since the 1400s. Generally speaking, the Kale have employed a tribal structure in which a group of several family • Romanichal The Romanichals are groups of Romani people (also known as Gypsies) found in some parts of the United Kingdom, notably England. The word "Romanichal" is derived from Romani chal, where chal is Angloromani for "fellow" • Sinti Sinti or Sinta or Sinte is the name of a Romani or Gypsy population in Europe. Traditionally nomadic, today only a small percentage of the group remains unsettled. In earlier times, they frequently lived on the outskirts of communities, generally in squalor • Manouche The Romani people are divided into a number of distinct populations, the largest being the Roma, located originally, and currently still mostly, in Central and Eastern Europe • Scandinavian Travellers (Tavinger, Romanisæl) The Norwegian and Swedish Travellers (Norwegian: romanifolket; Swedish: resande; Scandoromani: romanisæl, romanoar, romani, tavringer/ar) are a group or branch of the Romani people (also known as "Gypsies") that have been resident in Norway and Sweden for some 500 years, as distinct from other Romanies who arrived starting in the late 19 • Kawliya
(sometimes considered Romani: Dom Domari, Arabic, Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Egyptian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, Greek • Lom The Lom people, also called Bosha , are an ethnic group of Transcaucasia, also known as "Armenian Gypsies" . Their Lomavren language is a mixed language combining Indo-Aryan and Armenian. The Lom like the Dom are sometimes considered a separate branch of the proto-Romani people who remained in Eastern Asia Minor and Armenia in the 11th • Lyuli Lyuli or Luli [lju`li:] are a subgroup of the Dom people living in Central Asia, primarily Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Lyuli speak a Lyuli dialect of the Domari language • Bosha The Lom people, also called Bosha , are an ethnic group of Transcaucasia, also known as "Armenian Gypsies" . Their Lomavren language is a mixed language combining Indo-Aryan and Armenian. The Lom like the Dom are sometimes considered a separate branch of the proto-Romani people who remained in Eastern Asia Minor and Armenia in the 11th • Garachi The Garachi , also spelled Karachi or Karaci, are a group of Romani people[citation needed] living in Azerbaijan. Little research has been done on the Garachi, and most of what is known about them is based on the works of the 19th-century Russian scholars Kerope Patkanov and Jean-Marie Chopin)
By location The Romani people are divided into a number of distinct populations, the largest being the Roma, located originally, and currently still mostly, in Central and Eastern Europe:
Central and Eastern Europe: Croatia • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria The Roma in Bulgaria are the country's second largest minority and third largest ethnic group . According to the 2001 census, there were 370,908 Roma in Bulgaria, equivalent to 4.7% of the country's total population, making Bulgaria the European country with the highest percentage of Roma. Experts' unofficial estimates, however, have the Roma • Greece • Cyprus The Romani people are divided into a number of distinct populations, the largest being the Roma, located originally, and currently still mostly, in Central and Eastern Europe • Hungary • Kosovo • Macedonia • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Slovakia • Spain The Romani people in Spain are generally known as Gitanos. Spanish Romanies belong to the Iberian Kale Romani group with smaller populations in Portugal and southern France. They tend to speak Caló which is basically Andalusian Spanish with a large number of Romani loan words. Estimates of the Spanish Romani population fluctuate between 600,000 • Ukraine The presence of a Roma minority in Ukraine was first documented in the early 14th century. Roma maintained their social organizations and folkways, shunning non-Roma contacts, education and values, often as a reaction to anti-Roma attitudes and persecution. They adopted the language and faith of the dominant society being Orthodox in most of
Western and Northern Europe: Finland • France • Spain The Romani people in Spain are generally known as Gitanos. Spanish Romanies belong to the Iberian Kale Romani group with smaller populations in Portugal and southern France. They tend to speak Caló which is basically Andalusian Spanish with a large number of Romani loan words. Estimates of the Spanish Romani population fluctuate between 600,000
Near East: Armenia The Lom people, also called Bosha , are an ethnic group of Transcaucasia, also known as "Armenian Gypsies" . Their Lomavren language is a mixed language combining Indo-Aryan and Armenian. The Lom like the Dom are sometimes considered a separate branch of the proto-Romani people who remained in Eastern Asia Minor and Armenia in the 11th • Syria The Nawar constitute a minor ethnic group in Syria and around the middle east, also to be found in Israel , Gaza, and the West Bank. They are a subgroup of the itinerant Dom people. This numerically small, widely dispersed people seems to have migrated to the region from the east in Byzantine times. As in other countries, they tend to keep apart • Turkey
Americas: Black Dutch Black Dutch is a term with several different meanings in United States dialect and slang. It generally refers to racial, ethnic, or cultural roots, but its meaning is different in different parts of the nation. A few different groups of people have used the term "Black Dutch," often as ancestral reference
Settlements and communities
Sulukule Sulukule is an old settlement in Istanbul, Turkey. It is within the area of Istanbul’s historic peninsula, in Fatih municipality - adjacent to the western part of the Theodosian Wall, which has historically been occupied by Romani communities. Roma presence in this part of Istanbul dates back to Byzantine times, while it is in the 15th century, • Agia Varvara • Mitrovica refugee camps • Stolipinovo • Rudolice nad Bílinou • Šuto Orizari Municipality • Bangladeš • Budeşti • Jatagan Mala • Zanea
|
|
Categories: Romani groups |
