r/romani

Our word for deity is divla or devel(and other variations) and in many European languages the word for evil spirit or Satan is devil, so whenever new cultures encountered us and asked about our ways or who our god/gods were, we would respond with "we worship devel" that must've immediately turned many europeans against us immediately.

Do you think this added to the stereotypes of us being evil and satanic or is this just insignificant details and im overthinking? I've not seen it pointed out anywhere so I thought it'd be worth sharing the thought.

To all the Roma and Sinti here, how do you guys feel about the movement online where a lot of people want to include Romani people within AAPI Month because of our South Asian origins, and because our culture and language still have Indian roots? People want to recognize the Romani community as South Asian. In my own opinion, I find this a bit iffy. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that Romani people do have Indian ancestry, and that modern-day Indian people can find similarities between their culture and Romani culture. However, I do find it somewhat problematic because it can erase the history of anti-Romani racism, as well as the discrimination Romani people have faced and still face today, by trying to simply say, “Romani people are just a South Asian group” or “just an Indian group.” Also, in my opinion, Romani is a race of its own. Our clans are our ethnicities Lovari, Kalderash, Kale, Sinti, Romanichal, etc. No matter the skin tone of a Romani person, whether they are light-skinned, dark brown, or mixed with something else, we will always be racialized as Romani and still face the same treatment. A regular Asian immigrant in many European countries will often face better treatment than us, and Romani people generally do not have the same privileges that Asian immigrants may have. In many cases, we also face more racism than they do, even though Europe often claims to be more progressive and “less racist.” Overall, these are just my thoughts and opinions on this, and I really want to know what you all think.

I’m just really curious if we are the same because we don’t speak the same language at all and we have very different traditions and lifestyles like we are so opposite how do we have the same label? I really just am so confused.

I wanna know a little more history of our vitsa and where we were before America

Hi me again what can you tell me about being Romani?

I am romani myself, currently in secondary school (uk) and ive been told before that i would get nowhere because im "not trying hard enough" yet im getting perfectly fine grades and surpassing most people in my class? Not to make it a competition or anything like that but do you think this is rooted in a stereotype?

does anyone have any ?
i don't ..
and hardly see anyone in Romani dresses anymore..
i wanted to start sewing them but i'm looking for a good pattern i can copy.
if anyone could help, please let me know. nias tumenge ☺️

partidele acuma se lupta una contra alta ar trebui să lupte contra problemei nu între ei…
Vad video de pe or ce retea si nici nu sti ca sunt parlamentari pentru ca nu vorbesc despre romania, vorbesc desde celâlalt partid… La asta rezumâ conducerea?!?!
Ne vad ca niște bagnoge ca un simplu CNP, fără sentimente!!

Is there anyone speaking Romani here?

If yes,

Which dialect do you speak?

I speak Kalderash due to fam and I really like and speak some Bosnian dialect due to huge presence of Bosnian Roma in my town (most of my Roma friends are Bosnian Roma)

I have a hard time to understand Arlije but I can easily communicate with Dzambazi and Gurbet.

Please share your experience

Like they don't use technology is that based off any kind of truth or is it just racist for the sake of racism? Sorry if this is offensive

what is the general consensus of the g word in non-relation to romani, as in just general nomadism and free spiritedness, in the kind of hippieish way, or singing along in music like gaga and fleetwood

For my part, I have genetic matches with people from all Romani groups.

>^(The MyHeritage test is not the best, but it is useful for finding genetic matches)

Hey guys,

I previously made a post regarding my achievement which I want to you say personally say thank you.

I had few comments regarding help regarding crowdfunding so please reach out to me and I will share my link.

Hello

I've known I'm Romani for quite a few years due to family lineage, specifically Angloromani from the UK. Does anyone have any language resources? I honestly haven't been able to do much research at all. So any advice about Romani life in the UK in general would be great :3