COBRA GYPSY: KALBELYAS THE GYPSIES FROM RAJASTHAN

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NEWS ABOUT THE KALBELYIAS in 2023:
Recently, in August of 2023,, I returned with a friend to Rajasthan to look for the group of Kalbelyias featured in this video shot in Pushkar twenty years ago.
By a series of synchronicities, we found them. They show me how their life is now. I was struck by the profound changes that time had brought since I filmed them two decades ago.
They are now married with children, struggling with the weight of poverty and the overwhelming aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government's enforced shutdown had devastated their means of earning a living, leaving them in desperate need of help and support.
I decided that all the proceeds of the videos about them are going to help their community in Pushkar directly by sending moneygrams. Let us know if anyone can suggest how to help them more in different way ! We appreciate your support!
This short video is dedicated to the Kalbelya Gypsies from Rajasthan who respond to poverty with dance, music, wit, courage, and dignity. Welcome to leave your comments.
The Kalbeliyas are a nomadic cast from the desert in Rajasthan, INDIA. They are known for their Music, Dance, and Snake Charmer's talents. The traditional occupation of the KALBELIAS was to catch snakes and train them to dance to the sound of the PUNGI (a wind instrument), for which they are also called SAPERA. Today, with the prohibition of hunting for snakes in India, this charismatic caste survives mostly as dancers, musicians, and singers. The dancers dressed in traditional black swirling skirts and dance to the accompaniment of pungi - the wooden instrument of the Snake Charmers. Some Kalbelyas still trade the medicinal snake's venom for income. Kalbelia women compose songs, known as the best dancers of the Thar desert.
There is a startling resemblance between the dance and music of Spain and those of the Kalbeliyas.

[@PRETTYFACE816]

I LOVE when the Indians/Gypsys are as DARK as the 1st girl! That dark on dark is sooo BEAUTIFUL and it's a shame so many cultures have been brainwashed to not see the beauty in that melanin complexion🖤😍

[@meerimeeri4659]

we called dark skin beautiful in our original culture like lord ram krishan, arjun and most beautiful draupati who was dark skinned n was famous for her beauty

[@RockerfellerRothchild1776]

You really don't see how racist you are huh? No culture is obligated to find another beautiful. I can turn your comment around on you. Why are you brainwashed to think white isn't beautiful? Maybe we're all beautiful? Also there is more than black and white . Grow up

[@bollywood631]

Meeri Meeri what crap are you typing about Arjun , Draupadi? Where did you read this crap about their complexion n color ? Idiot

[@snufkin4395]

@@bollywood631 Mahabharata? Haven't you read it? It is quite clearly mentioned that Draupadi was dark complexioned hence she was also called कृष्णा. Also Nakul is described as dark complexioned and obviously Krishna too. Don't call others idiot just because you don't know certain things

[@bollywood631]

Snufkin no it’s not . You have read flawed interpretations

[@manaschakraborty9192]

That smile of the first girl is as innocent as a blooming morning flower !!! So beautiful facial structure ...She can easily be a model ...

[@jeffboomhauer2724]

I took a DNA test and found out I have Romani gypsy ancestry, upon further analysis my markers are related to Rajasthani and Punjabi peoples…my family is from Spain Portugal France Greece and Italy

[@LightLoveLaugh]

Yes romanis are everywhere. Romanis are actually from dessert region in india, previously there was no separate states. U can say rajasthan, gujarat, haryana, MP, punjab share same roots. Same people or dna, basically all north indians are same or similar. And flamenco and belly dancing has roots from rajasthani dance, if u come here in rajasthani and see the culture, u will be shocked to see similarities. Romani people are from not just banjara (gypsy) community, but also from Gurjar/Gujjar , chauhan, etc. Communities in rajasthan too

[@phalgunimaiti3646]

I feel sad that once you were forced to leave our country India.

[@christiantessari]

India is such a wonderful and amazing land !!!! I visited it this year and....WOW ! I loved it 🇮🇳🙏

[@AnnariBalma]

💕💕💕💕

[@indiancowpissdrinker7151]

Unless ur a woman

[@alrightanjali]

Glad to know that our culture could make you smile 😇

[@sayyadmehemud8513]

@@alrightanjali आइ

[@brad-fo1hg]

I've always thought they were beautiful people, makes me want to move there for the culture and leave all of this "freedom" of the US behind for good.

[@NoRiceToEat]

Gypsies are from India originally. The gypsies aka the romanis all over the world have their ancestry in India. I am also Rajasthani 💗

[@Gyd987]

Nein der Ursprung liegt nicht in inden!

[@kristijannikolicnikolic5703]

​@@Gyd987ti si budala cigani su iz indije ja sam cigan

[@mariebrown5681]

@Gyd987: Yes, it is, kiddo. Gypsy origin is from India. If you don't want to believe it, that's your problem.

[@Gyd987]

@@mariebrown5681 ich bin ein Sinti aus deutschland! Mein dna Test sagt was anderes woher mein Ursprung ist !

[@Gyd987]

@@mariebrown5681 😂😂😂 Ich bin ein Sinti aus deutschland und mein dna Test sagst was ganz anderes, zu 10 % Inder! Und der Rest naja egal möchte das der el melek anfängt zu weinen !

[@isamuir2388]

I just love the joyful way the women dance. And the costumes! What’s not to like?

[@sonju2k71]

Hats off to these girls. Despite being most poor and vulnerable people, they are smiling. That's really adorable.

[@chris4truth630]

Beautiful people, beautiful culture...much love from Germany.

[@ShivHrithik]

Hiiii...how are you 💖

[@maheshkumarmeena5595]

You know genocide of gypsy or roma people in German ?

[@mangopudding5979]

F ck germany.

[@mangopudding5979]

De ath to Germany.

[@orangeblueandlavenda]

Hello from Sandusky, Ohio in America. I am gypsies from rajistan India. We are distant cousins!!

[@manoharank4412]

Fascinating India. I feel proud of its beauty and diversity. Good wishes to the lovely artists.

[@turkoguzlu8578]

Love from Azerbaijan.I really liked these people😇

[@Prathamsinghal]

These ladies are beautiful ❤🥹

[@gregnathan9830]

Your Heart just goes out to them all....... There is dignity and contentment I see in these Women

[@maybebaby7546]

First girl on video she can be famous round the world... she is natural. Beauty can’t buy with aesthetics

[@imranplays5619]

get your eyes examined, if you have them

[@timurismailovic6866]

Yes she is....

[@fazeking8926]

Gorgeous skin

[@imranplays5619]

@Store Patternator yet they are accepting of pakistanis and iranis.. must be a reason right?

[@pskrish30]

@@imranplays5619 Great! another dumb idiot.

[@TheShift_OfEnergy]

the first girl reminded me of a romani high schoolmate back in 6-7 years, we were best friends, she was so cool

[@shivammalik1612]

So nice my friend

[@shivammalik1612]

We can talk?

[@thavaryapathlavath1803]

MP

[@nitendersingh9881]

X x Fassa hjhy7

[@johnkray5190]

Wow

[@Kubotahonda5]

Omg 😮! They all are so gorgeous 😍 , especially the first girl , she is far more beauty than Bollywood chemical girls . - greetings from Tokyo 🌸

[@kaliyanram6087]

Sky Kubo

[@gylberbross8830]

❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@lonnieclemens8028]

These dances are the best I have ever seen. They are intriguing and interesting. Better than African or American dancing. This is just my opinion.

[@mon_axom]

Wow!! Such a beautiful video. Lots of love to this community. From Karbi Anglong, Assam.

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

Many many thanks

[@cornelisverhoef9282]

Oh man, this is what I needed, HUMANITY...

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

Thank you Gujar. Share the video with your friends and subscribe so we can offer more videos of the forgotten beautiful people.

[@kamranriaz4661]

Yes please

[@EmansAdventures]

Beautiful colors, beautiful flowing dance,they are so happy,great video, wish they had sub titles with this one.

[@ryans1187]

They understand and speak English very well. I’m impressed.

[@amajeet]

Foreign tourists esp from west and Europe means they interacted and speak english cos they do heen and teach dance classes.

[@fatimaguilford8645]

English were in India for 100 years 🙄

[@manoharank4412]

Wonderful.. A semblance of colour, splendor, music and innocence. Beautiful people. Love you.

[@LuvMasalaDosa]

So beautiful Cute ❤️ My country Jaisalmer😂awww This is how we should be, Happy & content with what we have .. N have fun.. Thank you sundar kalbeliya ke log ♥️♥️

[@engieeringntechnologyworldUKS]

This is true heritage of hindustan.

[@florencetaylor1991]

Very beautiful colours and dancing please do not let die out this culture good on u girls keep it up👍😂🇦🇺

[@ShyamSunder-gs6kn]

।।जय माता दी।।।।जय श्रीहरी।।

[@Jenvlogs404]

When they say my country, they mean my village, lol cute!

[@michaelshenk6847]

I love the little interviews, especially the dancers’ English.

[@aventurascomtadeu]

Gypsies from Rajasthan is very Beautiful

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

É verdade.

[@brookegoslin]

Just magnificent beautiful people inside and out amazing Joy ! Love the dancing and music too !

[@skhan5665]

No doubt

[@piroskaracz3621]

My people are Romani/Sinti Gypsies. These are our cousins as our people started leaving India almost 1,500 years ago. Everything familiar I too am dancer and singer..it's like flying!! my clan are musicians. What pride♥️

[@piroskaracz3621]

@Money-printers pretty sure we know our past and history better than you tiny troll😆😆😆😆

[@piroskaracz3621]

@Money-printers and tiny trolls need to go back under the rock. Your opinion is of no consequence😀 oh and yes have a nice day

[@chandanirashani3128]

@Money-printers you are rude as well as wrong. We left India long before the coming of Islam. And genetic studies have shown that we have 92% similarity with other North Indians. What's more, many Roma lineages, including my own family, share the Jatt Glaucoma Mutation with the Punjabi Jatts. AND we speak a language that is close enough to Punjabi that with a little bit of effort I can hold a conversation in Romani with my Punjabi friends. So stop being a bulaki-xev.

[@chandanirashani3128]

@Money-printers yoii, I'm falling over laughing. I'm a historian of the Roma. AND a biomedical scientist who has studied genetics. I suggest you check out the Mendizabal et al (2012) genetic study which will confirm how closely related we are to Punjabis. Or are you now going to say that Punjabi's are "not real Indians" too? योी देव्लेय, ओद्य दिनेलो शन !

[@chandanirashani3128]

@Money-printers oh really? You think I'll discard the evidence of a five year genetic study (in which some of my relatives participated) and my own decade of studying medical genetics because of what some totally unqualified nationalist loon says on a KZbin video? If you do then you're an even bigger idiot than I thought. The Austronesian Adivasi type are NOT the only "real Indians". You clearly don't even know where our endonym " Roma " comes from. Oh, and if Roma are "not real Indians" then neither can Kalbelia be, since we are closely related in both genetics and culture. And for that matter I have a friend who's Kalbelia, if I lined her up with me, my sister and a couple of other relatives and challenged you to pick out the one who wasn't a member of my family you wouldn't be able to do it (in fact my Kalbelia friend looks so much like a young version of my mother that it's spooky). Then of course there's the linguistic evidence. My PhD is in Indian languages. You can try arguing if you really want to but you'll just make yourself look stupid so I advise you not to. I also repeat that my ancestors left India BEFORE the first Muslim incursions so how could we possibly be descendants of the invaders? You really are daft, like all extremists/nationalists.

[@raahi8581]

Simple beauty wrapped in genuine smiles. That is unbeatable. God bless their culture.

[@yeni_mrav4279]

😇❤️😇

[@eujinlee9936]

Gypsy’s make good music wherever they go. I find Indian and North African Gypsy music to be enchanting

[@salemkermi9373]

There is not gypsy in North Africa

[@Gyd987]

​@@salemkermi9373sintis sind auch keine Inder , der wäre uhrspug ist Israel die Söhne Josef Efraim die gypsy die Ägypter!

[@prabhakarshakya3608]

I love Rajasthani culture

[@cdb88]

they are so beautiful and joyful

[@ManojKumar-fy1ff]

Sex8709323899

[@alladeenkhan1236]

लव यू

[@singarblkothari6039]

बहन जी नमस्कार बहुुत सुन्दर अच्छा लगा जै श्री राम

[@daisyduke4640]

I've always loved their colorful clothing & bold jewelry.

[@adibarashee1]

I like the way 😊..how they were talking in English.. love them... From My lovely.. India'..I love my India...😘😘😘😍😍😍🙏🌷

[@freddyspizzaboy6754]

Being white blue eyed it's interesting to see my roots being a Romani.

[@saleembaloch5413]

happy nd smiling face love nd respect from karachi Pakistan

[@rampankajram]

Simply great...no other way to describe.. Kalbeliya dance is my favourite...

[@luigichicolino6212]

I love to watch these people dance and sing, they look so friggin happy

[@Eccentricjewelry]

The women are QUEENS!! I love it

[@siquendarfirondanapuri9926]

I love gudy colourfull dress and dance of Rajsthani culture, love from patna Bihar

[@vishakhduttsingh1752]

Beauty of india resides in its people ......

[@NoRiceToEat]

Yes my beautiful, talented and colorful rajasthani people.

[@chinkaralife2057]

*I proud of my cultural, fok music, dance & Rajasthan culture from Indian*

[@samantacorteslienemann6708]

Cultura Israel

[@yash-vg4gg]

Me too

[@AnkitTiwari-wy5pf]

The first lady She's real natural beauty No makeup n look how lovely she is

[@vineetasinghverma4311]

Gypsy girl! 🤗🤗🤗🤗😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tmkoc_fansclub9409]

मेरी संस्कृति मेरा अभिमान proud to be Banjara ❤❤

[@saazhamusic7070]

this is freedom, I Love India

[@raymondvullo5541]

Magnifique film !!! quel plaisir de voir et revoir tout ces visages que je connais et que j'aime….Raki toute jeune aussi !!! merci à toi pour ce film et ce partage

[@nkchakravarty5858]

भई वाह रंग रंगीलो राजस्थान ।इनके जस्बे को सलाम है ।

[@skumar-tj4ni]

Jai Jai rajasthan,,i love my india🇮🇳

[@mshoaibartist5717]

Very nice calture Rahjistan.......I m from Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

Now a days education has improved much. Everybody speaks English. I have seen many other people as well. We cannot judge people by face alone on instincts.

[@Sanjay47s]

I love you so much 😍

[@amitabhakassap7339]

Very nice dancing by the women. 👌 They're very hard working and skilled.

[@andrewwlliams6599]

Lovely, if only we as humans can really , just live, together,as one HUMAN family. may this branch of our family tree continue.

[@jiteshpansuriya3945]

Wwghbvbn

[@RaviRanjanKumar-xq1gm]

This is why our culture was beautiful ❤️

[@flaviouliseslopezsantos1706]

How beautyful is the first girl in the interview

[@kamasutraking666]

I agree man

[@multimillionaire8489]

Reminds me of my Greek side my auntie s my cousins brothers sisters GRADMOTHER . RIP my love ..rip grad daddy love ur ALWAYS . Marcos

[@saminmultani5184]

Nothing but WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL and only WONDERFUL....I most like this

[@Pablo-kn5od]

Beautiful people and culture 😌

[@ericbana191]

I'm proud of my country's history and heritage. What I'm pleasantly surprised with is how they can converse in english, given their situation and history. ❤

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

They are very smart and learn English talking to the tourists.

[@mahinderpal9404]

Very nice video .I highly appreciate dancing of women with their traditional musical instruments. The govt.should allot them accommodation and other facilities be given to these people. Thanks a lot .

[@danieltessema4270]

They're happy! priceless!

[@invinciblecucumber]

She's absolutely gorgeous.

[@deshrajgautam4650]

Wowww ! Very talented girls and beautiful dance 👌👌💗

[@goldcherry103]

Beautiful people. Incredible flexibility! 5:53

[@tkmaytus1830]

That neck movement at 7:02 is incredible

[@israilmunshi2049]

The beauty of the the desert! can't buy it from cosmetics store!

[@maheshthakur4352]

कखक

[@Anti_wokeness]

Everyone's sucking sand...terrible. Plus it looks like it smells. I like it tho.

[@friedrichkass1644]

They have some natural beauty in them!

[@starlite369]

Amen!

[@ferozitel4186]

I

[@jiskop]

never seen such happy and smiling faces

[@rijuraghav1705]

The Original Gypsy

[@ciskaraghoober1716]

Big respect to all gypsies always having fun and that makes them happy. Enjoy life we all are traveling from one to another country.

[@chelsi-fairy3902]

OmG i luv their culture

[@rajeshtandon4201]

Very beautiful this community and their traditions

[@radhegiri86]

मारो प्यारो राजस्थान

[@amypagekaviani5661]

Beautiful Video! I love the music and graceful dancers!

[@robertseecharan9514]

These girls are so beautiful.....stay strong!

[@narendrameena589]

N. K. MEENA JI TIGAR NEEM KA THANA SIKAR RJ.

[@francisjohnjohn882]

Yes next become you secand wife..👍

[@govardhanprajapat5265]

@@narendrameena589plz

[@ethanwisniewskiwisniewski8701]

I am gypsy from poland

[@blueberry7689]

Welcome to india

[@SABRANGHARYANA]

Just awesome, more likes for cameraman.

[@williammartinreyes5286]

They are way more better in english than my mexican and colombian workmates in america

[@mabiresingh1720]

कालबैलिया हु वे तो ऐसा ही होना चाहिए जय हो भोले नाथ शाहदेव की माहावीर पुरी गोसवामी जी राजस्थान के रहने वाले है टा टा बा य

[@smk9114]

So natural So cute Thanks for sharing

[@ramkilawan9684]

बगद

[@lightspeedlion]

Love these Gypsies!

[@ShyamSundar-cy5pv]

Charming picture with dance . "Mask" . [Eng.& Print.].

[@dhanrajreddy1985]

Feel heaven on earth. Thank you for making such video

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

Thank you very much. We appreciate all the comments.

[@parikshit56]

I am also from jaitaran (In her words a small country 😀👍)

[@shivamjat3068]

Small country 😂😂😂

[@Just_forfun9140]

She is so beautiful, she could be a world class model.

[@mikekelly6023]

Absolutely love these people , they have dignity and a happiness that’s so rare these days , my people are stressed out suicidal and generally unhappy but we sure can play Hockey 😁💪🇨🇦

[@yayirgara9551]

First girl is so beautiful. 😍

[@waltermillan1717]

they seems happy all the times!!!!!! great culture.

[@kittyqueen5137]

Natural beauty is always beautiful ❤️

[@herjikolbrunarson8385]

God these women are beautiful. Just stunning. Completely fallen in love with the first girl

[@prateekkumar9834]

Beautiful life ,beautiful culture

[@maddychoudhary6093]

The effort to speak English was good, it was always very good that it has attracted us from our art and used to connect Rajasthan. 😍😍😍😍😍 so nice work

[@pagolmiha4110]

Maddy Choudhary yr

[@ghazanfarhussain3611]

innocent camel family . good job skilld performing .great peole in simple life . well done 4rm pakistan. love u .

[@rangadhardas6347]

GOD Bless you,With Hearty Love .

[@rushikeshdongare2754]

Beautiful people of our India 🇮🇳

[@LongLiveKingCharles]

beautiful people, beautiful culture

[@Ellys06]

H Mo but when people said Romanian gyosi everyone uh gypsye but india gypsy wow nice people