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Factsheets on Romani culture

0.0 General Introduction


1.0 Romani Culture: An Introduction

1.1 Development of Romani culture

1.2 A contemporary pictureof Romani communities in Eastern Europe

1.3 Romani Muslims in the Balkans

1.4 Education of Romani children

1.5 Relations between Roma and Gadje

1.6 Romani given names

1.7 Romani group names

1.8 Social organisation and family structure

1.9 Religion and Beliefs


2.0 Cultural variation

2.1 The Romani Court in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europeš

2.2 Godparenthood

2.3 The evil eye – Jakhendar

2.4 Roma and the ‘New Religions’ in Europe

2.5 Bibi and Bibijako Djive in Serbia

2.6 Socio-cultural transformations following the recent mobility of Roma within the EU


3.0 Romani groups

3.1 The Gábor in Transylvania, Romania

3.2 Servika Roma in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

3.3 Vlaxika Rom in Slovakia and the Czech Republicš

3.4 Travellers in Norway and Sweden

3.5 Hungarian Roma in Hungary and Slovakia

3.6 Vend Roma in Hungary

3.7 Roma in Estonia

3.8 Kaale in Finland

3.9 The Sepečides from Izmir and surroundings

3.10 ‘Hungarian Roma’ in Transylvania

3.11 Prekmurje Roma, Slovenia

3.12 ‘Slovak Roma’ in Transcarpathian Ukraine

3.13 The Sinti in Hungary

3.14 Kotl’ar’a (Kəldərar’a) in Russia

3.15 Russian Roma

3.16 The Sinti Communities in Italy

3.17 Roma in Colombia: Arrivals, lives and political organization



 

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