GYPSIES

ORIGINS
Coming from india, They arrived to europe in 1400.
Traveling through Central Asia,
Middle East and Caucasus land.

Some theories

ORIGINS
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SOME LINGUISTIC, ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA STUDIES

WHO CONFIRM THAT THEY CAME FROM INDIA (ASLO KASHMIR, RAJASTHAN AND PUNJAB) THE GENETIC
HETEROGENEITY AND ISOLATION BETWEEN MAKE DIFFICULT TO FIND THEIR SPECIFIC ORIGIN

CURRENT SITUATION

Gray: Current population.

Blue: Estimated date of arrival in each country

MANNERS
CEREMONIES

THE MARRIAGE

THE MARRIAGE
COURTSHIP IS SHORT.
ENTIRE CEREMONY WILL FOCUS ON THE VIRGINITY OF THE BRIDE.
MEN DANCING BRIDE IN HIS ARMS
GUESTS ARE PASSING ONE BY ONE AND GIVE TICKETS TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM
ON A BED OR TABLE PLACED A BLANKET AND A PILLOW, WOMEN THROW PETALS OF ROSES AND CARNATIONS
WITH A HANDKERCHIEF READY WITH THREE FOLDS WRAP A KNIFE. IT IS INSERTED THROUGH THE VAGINA.

FUNERALS
THEY MUST MOURN AND PUBLICLY DISPLAY THE PAIN.
WINE, BEER OR RUM POURED OVER THE COFFIN