Where Do "Gypsies" Originally Come From?

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They do not have a shared homeland or national identity. They are a people who are scattered across the globe and whose origins have always been shrouded in myth and mystery (among other reasons because they have kept no written records of their early history). Many saw them (and continue to do so in many cases) as dirty, thieving and undesirable, others as artistic, romantic and carefree. In France, they are referred to as gitanes, in Spain they are called gitanos, and in Germany, zigeuner.
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[@plasmaboy4513]

They are from Rajasthan, india . Currently they are called 'banjara' here and they live same nomadic life.

[@Largepro21]

💥

[@slp788]

And Punjab, too.

[@ItsMe-vn2gi]

Punjab and rajhastan Sindh i.am from Punjab we are very happy that they were from our land rajhastan Punjab and Sindh 🇮🇳 but also very less people's in India knows about them

[@GoldieDawn]

Pakistan and Afghanistan as well, my family are all blue eyed blonde and red haired Roma Gipsies, that comes from the mountain/Hindu Kush tribes, we're related to several ethic groups including Kalash, Pamir, Kochi, ect. x

[@aruncv1373]

It’s all around India.

[@brindlebriar]

So, they come from India, for anyone wanting to save 5 minutes.

[@prateekreddy8442]

@lolo lolan shut the fuck up. Why can't you accept the fact that they are from India. Don't blame Pakistans for everything. Why are u so insecure

[@Allinonetvz]

Jatin justa why is he a dumbfuck they are from india Rajasthan

[@randomguy2926]

@@prateekreddy8442 to be honest they can be from pakistan and india both. becoz pakistan was the part of nothwest india. so their from both pakistan and india

[@randomguy2926]

@Zdravljica some of them can be from pakistan its comman sense becoz india and pakisran were same once and rajasthan is right next to pakistan so some of their ancestors can be a few mile from rajasthan right after all ancient rajasthan had more similarities to ancient pakistan than ancien south and east india

[@megaloblabber2948]

idiots theyre from both india and pakistan. besides they arent indian though, theyve been in europe for 1500 years, dont associate them with us

[@DonnyStanley]

I'm a Gypsy, I live in the US. That said, this video is very accurate and I appreciate you covering it with such detail. In the US we're not very well known as we don't make up a significant portion of the population as we do in Europe, so we aren't faced with much persecution here.

[@vince2936]

i'm technically a Gypsy, though i don't really partake in the culture- but seeing these comments hurt. people labeling us as thieves and stupid and worthless. it's upsetting. especially when the culture is so beautiful-

[@nickokonovalov40]

@@vince2936 99 percent of us are crooks and theives, i gave up that life... kudav tu muy te kudel o beng.. if your "technically gypsy "what did i just say..

[@vince2936]

nicko konovalov i said i don't partake in the culture. the last person in my family who knew the language that my Roma family spoke in hungary is dead.

[@hallo-xp2wh]

@@vince2936 don't get upset ,not everyone is a thief

[@Alex-vi4ld]

Get out from USA

[@phoenixmcshannon7107]

As someone raised in a traditional Gypsy family, I find this video to be a very rare and informative piece. Very well balanced and researched. You've earned a Sub.

[@juventus1056]

Phoenix McShannon do u guys have a similar culture

[@RealMcDudu]

Can I ask you something? The gypsies themselves seem to genuinely believe that they are descendants of the Pharaoh. This is seen in many of their culture (especially gypsy flamenco in Spain). What's the deal with that?

[@Possiblesharma5132]

@Malik Hj banjara community in india

[@mver191]

@Malik Hj Even their language is called Sindhi. Just like one of the biggest groups of Gypsies in Europe is called Sindhi. People from there even kinda look like European Gypsies.

[@NEVERMIND-io5mp]

@Bengal Sultan no they are very pale my girlfriend is from northern india and she is very pale although she is not a gypsie but she is from nagaland....

[@purchasereal5962]

Few years ago, when the Roma (Gypsy) Taxi driver in Frankfurt to my amazement almost understood my conversation with my wife in the native tongue of Rajasthan, a north western state in India, I decided to work on this and find out how. Since the Taxi Driver understood the language of Rajasthan, I went through the history of Rajasthan or Rajputana as it was originally called and discovered that there was a huge exodus of the tired soldiers of the army of great Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan around 1050 AD who ,as the history says, fought 17 wars with Mohammed Ghauri. Most left with women folks leaving empty villages. Most Roma belong to the fine Rajput warrior caste and others were farmers called Jat who also were in the army. While the great king was keen on continuing battles, many soldiers did not want to fight more wars and stayed at home. For a Rajput staying at home during war was a stigma. They were taunted for staying home at the time of war. Therefore, as a folk song of Rajasthan says, they left their native land in groups. They left from no other part of India. Some went west and are called Gypsies or Roma now and some went down to south India where they still are in their red and yellow color clothes and with huge mustache. You can see them on google by clicking "Lambada in south India". I am from Rajasthan but live in south Indian city of Hyderabad and hence see Lambadas daily. I was further shocked again when our Gypsy (Lambada) maid mostly understood an old Hungarian Roma lady talking in Romani about Nazi atrocities on a BBC program on TV while I understood it by reading the English captions. Apparently, the two ladies 9000 miles away now spoke same language spoken about 1000 years ago in their land of origin. We being from Rajasthan still use many of their words. On the way to west, Roma took words from Persian like bibi and many other tongues including Greek (drost for road) and from Armenian and so on. Also, few joined them on the way from Sindh, another Indian province,now in Pakistan. They are still called Sinti within Roma and words like laklo, lakli, chavo are from Sindhi. They somehow lost their surnames of fine Rajput warrior clans. Roma may try to find surnames like Sisodia, Chauhan ,Shekhawat, Nainavat Rathore, etc. But they kept first Indian names until 19th century like Amos Bihari and his daughter Panna Cinkova, both great Roma musicians from Hungary. Panna meaning Emerald is a pure Rajasthani name not used in other parts of India. You may look in Google for “Panna Cinka ". If they were not Indians, why otherwise would they have Indian names in Europe in the year 1711? Today Roma use many of the words from Rajasthani (or Marwari) and Hindi, both of Sanskrit origin. Few are ek do trin nak(nose) bal(hair)angusth(finger) bersh(year) diwas(day) sassusussro ( mother and father in law, from rajasthani) saaloSali (brother and sister in law from Rajasthani) chora(boy) chori(girl) cior(chor, meaning thief)) gia sov, thalle, upralpurano (old ), dukh, kasht, tato, langhal(lame) maang, des, lajja and so on. About half are from Rajasthani and Hindi both of which originate from Sanskrit. I know hundreds. There are thousands. Luis Mori, another Roma has sent me a huge list of Romani words which I match with my Roma maid's vocabulary. Sometimes grammar has changed to European style, like we would say sov gia and Roma would say gia sov. Same meaning though. Has slept. Also, all Indian languages including today's Rajasthani has two yous, one for Junior and one for senior. Romani and the language of Lambada even today have only one you which is "tu" used for Juniors and for very close ones which must have been so 1000 years ago. Romani words are from pre-Muslim era in India and hence pure Sanskrit like hiv(him in Sanskrit) for snow or ice is used while we in India now say barf which is Persian. Please go to the following in KZbin to see more. “Romani an Indian lost Language”kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3vZn2qkgcqNl6s by Adriano, an Italian Roma from whom I have learned much and also“Roma girl from Kosovo goes to India.....”kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2erl5ikftOBe6M All Roma had mustache which was necessary for Rajput warriors. Purity codes of Roma were till recently practiced in India like Roma breaking the plate if animal licked it. My mother used to give the plates to beggars if our dog ever licked it even once. Also, food once served on table but not eaten does not go back to Fridge or saved for eating later. That is why death rate within Roma during great European plague was so low as claimed by scholars. Roma had also carried our proverbs like "while choosing a daughter in law, believe your ears more than eyes” meaning reputation of the girl's family was more important than her beauty. Another common proverb is "If the road is crooked, you can't walk straight." Roma eventually lost their religion, quite understandably but Sara kali of southern France is a Hindu deity of Goddess kali favourite of Rajputs. The deity is immersed in water body every year like we do in India. The Vatican has not recognized this deity as it has no link to Christianity. Romani also has an unusual word"trishul" from Sanskrit and Hindi meaning a spear with three fingers. This spear is associated with Hindu God Mahadev or Shiva and the war cry of Rajputs Regiment in India till today is " Har har Mahadev". Please see on You tube "Dr. Ian Hancock: Keynote Address at Romani Studies Conference, UC Berkeley" kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIXWopyGZp5pi9k. Dr. Hancock who is a Roma makes very scholastic analysis of Romani history from European side. He successfully dismantles myths like Roma are old Jews or from Egypt or came from within the earth. He establishes that Roma indeed came from India.However he has not said much about which part of India are they from and which language from India they speak. He only mentions "Indian Language" while there is nothing like Indian Language. We have hundreds of languages. India had hundreds of independent kingdoms. Rajputana, as Rajasthan was called then had many kingdoms too. Prithviraj Chauhan was the king of Ajmer in central Rajasthan from whose army Roma came. He also links Romani with Sanskrit while truth is that Romani has words from Rajasthani and Hindi alone both of which originate from Sanskrit. Romani is made of languages which have Sanskrit base and directly from Sanskrit. There are many words in Romani which none else from India except those from Rajasthan will understand like tato meaning hot. He also says Roma are Doms who burn dead bodies which is certainly not true. Doms live about 1000 miles away from Rajasthan and are dark skinned. Many Roma have come to Delhi and Jaipur in Rajasthan to get their DNA tested and were doubly assured of their Rajasthan roots. Also, one may see on KZbin " Romani Dances in India-Kalbelia "youtu.be/E- Y9sUl4i4Iof Rajasthan which is same as Flamingo dance of the Roma. Even the dress of the dancers are same. As a student in the US during seventies, I saw some slightly brown students speaking language somewhat familiar to me. They said they were new Roma migrants to the US from Spain but I did not know about Roma at that time. I have received many mails from some Roma stating Roma were Doms and untouchables from India and so on. This should not be true. First, there are no Doms in Rajasthan. Second, Roma who came to south still have mostly Rajput surnames or "Gotras" and very few Bhil (a jungle tribe, but soldiers too) surnames. Gotras or lineages dont change in India. Third, down trodden and timid would not venture leaving home to travel thousands of miles and fourth, Doms are very dark even for Indian standards while Roma are not. Fifth, Romani has many war related words including a word for prisoner of war as Dr. Hancock says. Only a martial clan would use and keep alive these words. There should be no doubt that Roma are our lost pral and Pena (We would say pra and behna). Hats off to them to keep the language and culture alive even after 50 generations while humanity in the entire world now melts away in two generations. I am in contact with many European Roma from whom I gather some new facts time to time. I have also gathered the above information from history of Rajasthan. ShriprakashLoya [e-mail]

[@jamesnasmith984]

A scholarly review that I found very intriguing.

[@rattatouilletherat]

This is really in depth. Goes to show how wild humanity can be.

[@ivankacic2808]

I am not reading all that. WRAP IT UP!

[@rattatouilletherat]

@@ivankacic2808 Ok, wuick recap, Roma (Gypsies) come from Rajasthan in Northern India, and began migrating in waves to Europe as a result of a very destructive war. Most European Roma still speak the Rajasthani language.

[@SH0dah]

Why do they keep moving and don’t settle in one place? Why are they light skinned and blue eyed if they don’t mix with europian much how did they get these DNA also why do they love dancing and their culture Like they were originally ran out soldiers why do they have this culture I’m genuinely curious

[@azaleasmart6455]

I am a gypsy and I own my own home, been to college, pay my bills and so on. My Daughter has been to university and is a school teacher. I have two sons, the eldest has bought his own home and the youngest lives in a property that belongs to my husband & I . They both have jobs. I must add that my family and my self have never stolen anything in our lives .

[@adriennvarga6869]

You, huns, are not wihte either. The lady is not hungraian gypsi, not mixed with not white huns but wihte indoeuropeans. You came form the mongolian steppes and your culture is not compatible with european culture. Let's add that in Hugary the mayority do everything to make obstacles for gipsies, discritminate us in education and labourmarket. Now the story is full. Yours is just the half of it. Yes, most us "your" people is racist, and it is the case. Tisztelet a kivételnek.

[@xavierprz]

Sure you are, and the Europeans in Israel are Jews, the Europeans in Australia are aboriginals and the Europeans in the Americas are indigenous. Good one.

[@Trinthegay]

This is a thing named Caring about your kids, and country And having a brain And being responsable

[@hh-ck3yw]

You dont look like a gypsy

[@user-yc6iw7gm9q]

"YoU donT loOk liKe a romAnI" these comments are so dumb. Romani are very diverse, they've been in Europe for hundreds of years, they're obviously gonna look mixed. Some Romani are very white looking and some look full indian. Yall are uneducated and it shows

[@DooDooDaddyTV]

This is awesome. My great great grandfather was Henry Taylor, a Romani Gypsy who is documented as being involved with some Birmingham gangs back in the early 1900s. My grandfather never knew his family, his dad left when my grandfather was born. My grandfathers mother passed away giving birth so he was eventually adopted and moved to America under a different name. He did a ton of genealogy and family tree digging to find out who his family was over the years. Tons of really cool stuff. My great great great grandfather (Henry's father) was a full blown Romani. Hung around Black Patch Park in Birmingham with other families such as the Boswell's, Hearn's, Lee's and Gray's. My grandfather has pages of documented stuff that he's found over the years.

[@metwin09]

By order

[@GS-is6ju]

@@metwin09 of the peaky fookin blinders

[@nishakumari-io4cg]

Oh my gawd. That's really really cool

[@vesperibanez7537]

Was your grandfather’s name Michael?

[@multifacetedmultifaceted9237]

@@vesperibanez7537 last episode soon 🥲

[@orcawhale4430]

When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that if I behaved badly she would sell me to the gypsies 0_0

[@akawhippy]

Orca Whale They told me the similar stuff to me as a child. We used to hide and lock ourselves for hours from them whenever we heard that they were coming to town.

[@Vladix21]

Well mate for sure your Romanian 😂😂

[@ondra_rx732]

Thats racist. I am a gypsy. But yes i understand some of gypsies are pretty bad.

[@ET-no4zi]

Orca Whale SAMEE. I was terrified

[@mended8774]

Ondřej Ganyo no

[@kedwardsTWO]

Gypsies frequent my village, alot of the time they are no problem and pass through, without issue, but there are way too many instances where groups have left their sites like a local tip and forced my community to clean up after themselves. I mean i don't care if they come, my town needs the business, but for crying out loud just respect where we live and we will respect you. Same to fly tippers.

[@niteblaster1]

That's fake Irish gypsies lol

[@michaelfrsig8731]

I can personally confirm this. I was born in Bulgaria in 2000 and was adopted to Denmark as a kid. I took a DNA test a few months back and my results were quite typical for a roma/gypsie. 50% Indian, about 30% Greek and approximately 15% Balkan as well as a few small chunks divided into Italy, Spain, Ashkenazi Jewish etc. - This march I travelled to Bulgaria to find my biological family and after only a few hours of searching in the town that was described in my adoption papers, we found a very friendly couple that helped us search for our biological parents (later it would be revealed that the guy was my cousin). Later when we found my mother, father and 11 siblings I talked to them about their origin since there aren't many good sources for information regarding their origin. My biological mother told me that there is a story that one mothers tells to her daughter and carries from generation to generation. It is about their ancestors and how they were the low social class in India about 10.000 years ago. Many lived from farming but at some point they ran out of 'ressources'. (I don't know what she meant and I thought it was best not to ask more about it). Therefore some decided to travel. Some split on their way and therefore some went to the eastern side of Africa. In many countries they were welcomed and some were later 'expelled' - she couldn't quite tell me why but I believe there had been some kind of conflict. Appearently this made them very introverted.. They are very proud and are absolutely loving, talented musically and will do everything for their families - even if it means stealing from others (though it should be noted that some don't - especially if they have work). For some they can appear cold and ungrateful but she thought that it maybe was because some had felt decieved or/and betrayed many years ago *another note: They were treated the same ways as jews, but by some reason they are rarely mentioned in history contexts*. I didn't quite get it all since I had a translator with me and he couldn't understand everything that they were saying because bulgarian is their 2nd language and they had another accent. She also said that, that for them it is considered a myth and simply a good story to tell their children, so she couldn't comfirm anything since no one has written it down. She said that it is because their language is only a spoken language. They don't use letters or writing in general.. Therefore it is also quite typical for them to be dyslexic even though they are very smart. Personally, I've never had any trouble reading or anything, but many of my siblings in Bulgaria were dyslexic. I told her about my DNA test and I guess it confirms her story. If anyone is adopted and believe they come from a roma family or have any questions, you are more than welcome to contact me on my E-mail address: [e-mail]

[@sriharshacv7760]

It is kind of sad. They were low castes in India and migrated to Europe with the hopes of better lives and ended up becoming low castes in Europe as well. Particularly everyone forgets Nazi's genocide of Romani but remembers Jewish holocaust.

[@V-for-Vendetta01]

@@sriharshacv7760 ^^

[@dev__noob_9299]

I don't think that low social status was the main factor for their immigration to Europe. Their earliest record of arrival dates back to around the 13th century. Which is around when islamic invader were attacking India .

[@seanleith5312]

inidans are ugly, stupid (average IQ of 80 something), that's why they are not welcome anywhere.

[@Shreyashi2018]

​@@sriharshacv7760they were not from the lower caste. After the Mahmud gajanavi s brutal attack on India gajanavi took them as slaves. So the reason for their exit from India was muslim invasions

[@Krissy_K888]

It's important to note that the minority of them who actually chose to assimilate did so successfully. The EU has strict laws against discrimination at the workplace so as long as they are willing to prove themselves they will have jobs. Also, they most definitely can move across borders. I recommend googling what happened when they got into London in 2015.

[@Missyprincess719]

They definitely are not denied employment rights since they are just plain lazy. I’m not generalising every gypsy like that. Very few of them do work.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

@@Missyprincess719 The ones who do work don't call themselves Gypsy because they fear discrimination so you rarely hear/see a normal hard working Gypsy.

[@loupsansnom879]

@@MeneTekelUpharsin exactly, my private teacher who knew i was gypsy told the other student, first thing she said was ''my mom said they are all thieves'' and people wonder why i hide it. in fact my family tree are all so cool and hardworking.

[@wewenang5167]

@@Missyprincess719 well if for hundreds of year people been saying to you that you are lazy and a thief i guess why not just embrace that lol. European called them lazy not because they are realy lazy but because they don't fit with the same mentality and culture of settled European. So to European their lifestyle seems like lazy, but for them taking a permanent jobs means you have to settle and buy home and that is against their culture. So they will only take a job that enable them to move around whenever they want.

[@ricplays5905]

@@wewenang5167 gypsies broke into my grandmas house

[@GenuinelyJake]

Ah, okay. So Khajiit are Skyrims version of real life gypsies.

[@nicklasgrande6508]

GenuinelyJake haha yes

[@altinbey5831]

Don’t disrespect Khajits like that

[@GhostSoapO]

Altin Bey don’t disrespect Romani like that

[@jonjonboi3701]

The khajit culture also has some inspiration from Indonesian culture

[@CrazyMagyar]

I was born in Hungary, but grew up in the United States. On a trip to my country of birth to visit family I was honestly shocked at how blatantly racist some ethnic Hungarians were towards the gypsies. I do have several Roma gypsies in my family through marriage, including several of my dad‘s cousins.

[@mattyallen3396]

For a good reason

[@Phantom_Michael]

Europe for Europeans.

[@bobicrni1284]

@@Phantom_Michael Hungarians are not European. They are asiatic as much as gypsies. Everyone came from somewhere, half of the Europe arent natives .

[@abhishekkambanor2294]

​@@Phantom_Michaelthey are Europeans more than u

[@FatalAlcatraz]

The amount of racism against Romani people is staggering

[@ophiolatreia93]

Peaky blinders brought me here. Tho I've always wondered this.

[@javierperalta7648]

The thing about Peaky Blinders is that in many ways it was implied that the Shelbies were actually Irish travellers (which means they are not Roma people). Yet they call themselves Roma too. So it's like, they never actually clarify if they are Irish travellers or Roma. And I think it's because the producers don't even know the difference

[@ColtonT13]

@@javierperalta7648 The Shelbys are mixed race. Their father is Irish or a Tinker and a Roma. Their mother is full Roma that is why they are white complexion

[@eric714]

By the order of the...

[@Bando-fx4mf]

@@ColtonT13 if their mom is full Roma they would be dark lol. That one of the main reasons their people get discriminated.

[@ColtonT13]

@@Bando-fx4mf Neé String was said to be full Roma but maybe she had English ancestry as well idk

[@RayVinyard]

In Germany, we aren't allowed tho call them “Zigeuner“ anymore. It's a racial slur. We have to refer to them as “Sinti und Roma“

[@deldarel]

Here in the Netherlands nobody gives a shit unless it's on formal television, like the news. But I guess, even though the word 'zigeuner' is the same here, it doesn't have the load of WWII to it.

[@silverboyiiv148]

I don't think we say zigenare here in Sweden too.. They Swedish people say rom.. But I am not a rom I am a traveler 😂

[@dexter7399]

They are named gypsies, if you call them roma you are automatically racist by insulting my country Romania.

[@sairhug]

@@dexter7399 Idiot.

[@dexter7399]

@@sairhug they are named gypsies not roma idiot.

[@PortlandLife]

Thank you so much for this video. Basically EVERYONE does not know the story of "gypsies" and what a unique people that they are. It's a truly amazing journey.

[@spacemissing]

A few DNA tests could resolve so many mysteries...

[@theanswerisprayer]

it did for me.

[@chrissyandjoey28]

David O'Banion no, it’s actually don’t we tried also

[@Roma-rusk]

Dna tests arent as accurste as people think.

[@vacantvminds2428]

Alexander Ravenson so could the Gypsies accutally be Egyptian?

[@Roma-rusk]

@@vacantvminds2428 it seems a possibility yes.

[@rozitati9979]

I am a polish gypsy myself, thanks for this video.

[@moniidzia]

ANTYSEMITYZM = ANTYCYGANIZM

[@mastercookie5149]

@@moniidzia bruh what

[@blazreichard5204]

Im sinto from slovenia ,i can say only that - we are all made of stars from dust to dust and ashes to ashes ,we all have one of the dna from eva in africa .got have mercy on aur souls.mei hum sinto ,mai mei drosi glaiza dav na vek.hum ti cao ha ani hofunga ,u hailigepas del man ruva ,ti fraida anu zii.deva lei men nah men ham doh tire tchave.

[@raghavnandanloya9623]

Two years ago, when the Roma (Gypsy) Taxi driver in Bucharest to my amazement almost understood my conversation with my wife in the native tongue of Rajasthan, a north western state in India, I decided to work on this and find out how. Since the Taxi Driver understood the language of Rajasthan, I went through the history of Rajasthan or Rajputana as it was originally called and discovered that there was a huge exodus of the tired soldiers of the army of great Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan around 1050 AD who ,as the history says, fought 17 wars with Mohammed Ghauri. Most left with women folks leaving empty villages. Most Roma belong to the fine Rajput warrior caste and others were farmers called Jat who also were in the army. While the great king was keen on continuing battles, many soldiers did not want to fight more wars and stayed at home. For a Rajput staying at home during war was a stigma. They were taunted for staying home at the time of war. Therefore, as a folk song of Rajasthan says, they left their native land in groups. They left from no other part of India. Some went west and are called Gypsies or Roma now and some went down to south India where they still are in their red and yellow color clothes and with huge mustache. You can see them on google by clicking "Lambada in south India". I am from Rajasthan but live in south Indian city of Hyderabad and hence see Lambadas daily. I was further shocked again when our Gypsy (Lambada) maid mostly understood an old Hungarian Roma lady talking in Romani about Nazi atrocities on a BBC program on TV while I understood it by reading the English captions. Apparently, the two ladies 9000 miles away now spoke same language spoken about 1000 years ago in their land of origin. We being from Rajasthan still use many of their words. On the way to west, Roma took words from Persian like bibi and many other tongues including Greek (drost for road) and from Armenian and so on. Also, few joined them on the way from Sindh, another Indian province,now in Pakistan. They are still called Sinti within Roma and words like laklo, lakli, chavo are from Sindhi. They somehow lost their surnames of fine Rajput warrior clans. Roma may try to find surnames like Sisodia, Chauhan , Shekhawat, Nainavat Rathore, etc. But they kept first Indian names until 19th century like Amos Bihari and his daughter Panna Cinkova , both great Roma musicians from Hungary. Panna meaning Emerald is a pure Rajasthani name not used in other parts of India. You may look in Google for "Panna Cinka ". If they were not Indians, why otherwise would they have Indian names in Europe in the year 1711? Today Roma use many of the words from Rajasthani ( or Marwari) and Hindi, both of Sanskrit origin. Few are ek do trin nak(nose) bal(hair)angusth(finger) bersh(year) diwas(day) sassu sussro ( mother and father in law, from rajasthani) saalo Sali (brother and sister in law from Rajasthani) chora(boy) chori(girl) cior(chor, meaning thief)) gia sov, thalle, upral purano ( old ), dukh, kasht, tato, langhal(lame) maang, des, lajja and so on. About half are from Rajasthani and Hindi both of which originate from Sanskrit. I know hundreds. There are thousands. Luis Mori, another Roma has sent me a huge list of Romani words which I match with my Roma maid's vocabulary. Sometimes grammar has changed to European style, like we would say sov gia and Roma would say gia sov. Same meaning though. Has slept. Also, all Indian languages including today's Rajasthani has two yous, one for Junior and one for senior. Romani and the language of Lambada even today have only one you which is "tu" used for Juniors and for very close ones which must have been so 1000 years ago. Romani words are from pre-Muslim era in India and hence pure Sanskrit like hiv(him in Sanskrit) for snow or ice is used while we in India now say barf which is Persian. Please go to the following in KZbin to see more. “Romani an Indian lost Language”(kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3vZn2qkgcqNl6s) by Adriano, an Italian Roma from whom I have learned much and also“Roma girl from Kosovo goes to India.....”(kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2erl5ikftOBe6M) All Roma had mustache which was necessary for Rajput warriors. Purity codes of Roma were till recently practiced in India like Roma breaking the plate if animal licked it. My mother used to give the plates to beggars if our dog ever licked it even once. Also, food once served on table but not eaten does not go back to Fridge or saved for eating later. That is why death rate within Roma during great European plague was so low as claimed by scholars. Roma had also carried our proverbs like "while choosing a daughter in law, believe your ears more than eyes” meaning reputation of the girl's family was more important than her beauty. Another common proverb is "If the road is crooked, you can't walk straight." Roma eventually lost their religion, quite understandably but Sara kali of southern France is a Hindu deity of Goddess kali favourite of Rajputs. The deity is immersed in water body every year like we do in India. The Vatican has not recognized this deity as it has no link to Christianity. Romani also has an unusual word"trishul" from Sanskrit and Hindi meaning a spear with three fingers. This spear is associated with Hindu God Mahadev or Shiva and the war cry of Rajputs Regiment in India till today is " Har har Mahadev". Please see on You tube "Dr. Ian Hancock: Keynote Address at Romani Studies Conference, UC Berkeley" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIXWopyGZp5pi9k). Dr. Hancock who is a Roma makes very scholastic analysis of Romani history from European side. He successfully dismantles myths like Roma are old Jews or from Egypt or came from within the earth. He establishes that Roma indeed came from India.However he has not said much about which part of India are they from and which language from India they speak. He only mentions "Indian Language" while there is nothing like Indian Language. We have hundreds of languages. India had hundreds of independent kingdoms. Rajputana, as Rajasthan was called then had many kingdoms too. Prithviraj Chauhan was the king of Ajmer in central Rajasthan from whose army Roma came. He also links Romani with Sanskrit while truth is that Romani has words from Rajasthani and Hindi alone both of which originate from Sanskrit. Romani is made of languages which have Sanskrit base and directly from Sanskrit. There are many many words in Romani which none else from India except those from Rajasthan will understand like tato meaning hot . He also says Roma are Doms who burn dead bodies which is certainly not true. Doms live about 1000 miles away from Rajasthan and are dark skinned. Many Roma have come to Delhi and Jaipur in Rajasthan to get their DNA tested and were doubly assured of their Rajasthan roots. Also, one may see on KZbin " Romani Dances in India-Kalbelia " (kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2erl5ikftOBe6M) of Rajasthan which is same as Flamingo dance of the Roma. Even the dress of the dancers are same. As a student in the US during seventies, I saw some slightly brown students speaking language somewhat familiar to me. They said they were new Roma migrants to the US from Spain but I did not know about Roma at that time. I have received many mails from some Roma stating Roma were Doms and untouchables from India and so on. This should not be true. First, there are no Doms in Rajasthan. Second, Roma who came to south still have mostly Rajput surnames or "Gotras" and very few Bhil (a jungle tribe, but soldiers too) surnames. Gotras or lineages dont change in India. Third, down trodden and timid would not venture leaving home to travel thousands of miles and fourth, Doms are very dark even for Indian standards while Roma are not. Fifth, Romani has many war related words including a word for prisoner of war as Dr. Hancock says. Only a martial clan would use and keep alive these words. There should be no doubt that Roma are our lost pral and Pena (We would say pra and behna). Hats off to them to keep the language and culture alive even after 50 generations while humanity in the entire world now melts away in two generations. I am in contact with many European Roma from whom I gather some new facts time to time. I have also gathered the above information from history of Rajasthan. Shriprakash Loya [e-mail]

[@vishwarao6064]

THIS ONE COMMENT SHOULD BE AT THE TOP.

[@honprarules]

This could be a whole another video wow!

[@sidharthvyas7870]

Khamma Ghani loya Shab, I'am a Marwari from Jodhpur and it's surprising for me to see some similarities between Roma language and Marwari but few things we need to keep in mind is that Marwari language was a very institutionalised and Organised before independence it was even used on official documents here in Jodhpur state(Marwar) but I think origin of Roma language and Marwari can be same which is a combination of Sanskrit originated words with Gujarati, little Sindhi. I don't think Roma language originated from Rajasthani/Marwari but our origin can be same. Iam not very well with history but i don't think we can surely say that Romas were Rajputs from Rajasthan. But still iam very fascinated by your research. Thanks alot 🙏

[@sidharthvyas7870]

Sir, can you also mention the folk that folk song about soldiers abandoning villages.

[@vishwarao6064]

@@sidharthvyas7870 But still its truly fascinating for a marwadi like me

[@princesspeach7936]

Im pissed. Typed roma into google, autocorrected to roman, typed romani, autocorrected to romania, TYPED ROMANY, AUTOCORRECTED TO ROMAN

[@TheLostBear78]

My great grandparents were Gypsy, and I take after my grandmother and her parents by far the most from my heritage. But I can get near zero information from my family, they go out of their way to hide and erase that section of our family tree. I feel such an outsider in my own family now. My grandmother told me many stories when I was very little, most I can only remember tiny bits from, and no one else will even discuss it. I wish I could connect with my heritage, but since that is not possible as I have zero ways to prove any of it with my family stonewalling me. I guess maybe I should be happy I look passingly European, no one can hate me if I look white, living in rural USA.

[@Biggzy85]

Pretty sad that your family have had to hide who they are just to pretty much fit into general society. My grandfather generation tried to do the same but it didn't work.

[@coupdefoudre5352]

Kevin J DNA

[@user-sv5fc7zb2s]

Hey men greetings from your indian brother

[@sairhug]

So sorry that your family are reluctant to get into a dialogue with you. My half Romany grandmother and full Romany great grandmother both died in the mid1940s in the UK*, so I had no chance - until researching my family tree in later life - to even meet anyone with a strong link to my Romany family tree. *Both married non-Roms, as did my quarter Rom mother, so I am only one eighth Romany. The scary fact is, that if I'd been born a few decades earlier in Germany and had had children with a non-Rom during the Nazi regime, those children would have been caught up in the 'Porajmos' (Romany genocide), because having just ONE SIXTEENTH 'gypsy' blood was enough for consignment to the gas chambers. Don't give up! Perhaps if you research your family tree and find links outside of your immediate family, you will strike gold? I did! When I was around 50 years of age, through a chance contact I made online of her great-niece, I met up with the very elderly daughter of my great grandmother's sister. She was amazing - such a lovely, welcoming lady. I was able to ask her questions which became several pages of fascinating memoirs. Although she only vaguely remembered her Aunt Susan (my great grandma), and only knew of my grandma (her cousin) by family rumours (tip: never dismiss family rumours!), she had two photos which had been passed down by her by her mother of my great grandma, who I'd never seen an image of before, and four photos of my grandma ... where I'd only had one, previously. Oh, and those family rumours? One that my mum (despite losing her mum AND maternal grandma before when she was 5) knew about was that we were somehow related to the world-famous Romany evangelist, Gipsy Rodney Smith (a precursor in evangelical fame and influence to Billy Graham). After a lot of research (not helped by a key ancestor having used her mother's maiden name as her surname when she got married ... a not uncommon Romany peccadillo!) I was able to confirm he was the first cousin of the aforementioned Susan's mother, Naomi. Imagine my amazement to discover that Gipsy Smith wrote his (best-selling) memoirs in 1901, and in them recounted several stories of Naomi's father - his beloved Uncle Bartholomew, and my 3 x great grandfather - including the circumstances of his death and his last words. There was even a photograph of Bartholomew in the autobiography. Mind-blowing. I've also met the descendant of a brother of Naomi's - who emigrated from England to Canada in the early years of the 1900s and also became a well-known evangelist. She was also able to provide both photos and the memoirs of her ancestor and we've kept in touch and become good friends over the years. So ... the moral of this story is ... get digging! It might take years, but if you persevere you never know what you will turn up. Good luck / kushti bok!

[@paulineverriere8054]

All I was told when mum had to admit gift I had…one other sister has….never told anything….dad I can take back to 1066…but only told you come from gypsies not tinkers…she was Irish background…..

[@ChristiRich]

When I was growing up, a Gypsy carnival passed through our old neighborhood every summer. Over the years, I became friends with them and and they showed me how their prize games worked, and which prizes were impossible to win. I miss their passing through to this day.

[@ConstantChaos1]

if you good to people they will be good to you, the idiots here dont get that

[@fighting3209]

contrary to popular belief, but gipsies don't do carnivals for a living. the carnival that passed through your old neighbourhood was your own sort of people. ie none gypsys who chose a nomadic lifestyle. and if you were swindled by them in any way, then your own sort did it to you. which is nothing new, your governments have been doing it for a very, very, long time.

[@thecraplordsell4575]

Constant Chaos bullfuckingshit. These people spit right in our faces. Fuck out of here you dumb libtard.

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@thecraplordsell4575 well I'm sure with your sunny demeanor you likely did something to them first lmfao

[@ConstantChaos1]

@Brie Flyyy I'm sorry what?

[@SweetLilWren]

Haven't watched it yet but I want to express my appreciation for your channel making videos available with 720p60, not many channels do so and I find it to be quite enjoyable, so thank you from a loyal viewer 💋

[@francoislacombe9071]

India is a rather large and diverse place. Can they narrow it down more, or is "come from India" the best they can do?

[@mangoshake2692]

Probably from Rajasthan or Gujarat or Panjab side of region. But i suppose, it's Rajasthan.

[@SensualWhirl]

The French word 'gitan/gitane' is said with a soft 'g' at the beginning, pronounced like in the name Django Reinhardt (a famous 'gitan' jazz musician, who grew up in a community outside Paris). Gitanes are also a brand of cigarette in France. The preferred word is 'Rom', though.

[@introvertedwifi4818]

This is well researched, and it helped me understand my heritage

[@greenrobot5]

Thanks for this, it was very informative, I remember not once but twice reading about gypsies in wikipedia and never got to understand anything

[@sima4162]

When working in retail, I actually became racist towards Gypsies. Literally every time they would come in the store, they arrived in groups, usually of around 5 or 6 people. Each time, they would come to make a return. 90% of the time, it was proven that the merchandise was from a different store with one of our store tags from another product attached to it. Gypsies were the main reason why we made the policy to always look up the product to make sure the tag matched the product before allowing the return to be made. However, even if we discovered that they were trying to play us and made them leave, we always found out later that some merchandise was missing. Turns out as the return is being made, the other members of the group subtly steal things. I'm sure that some Gypsies are actually good people, but I will always watch them if they come into​ my store.

[@fighting3209]

how can you say your store? when your a bootlicker for a corporation, you don't own that store, so its not yours lol are you that deluded?

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

Based racist

[@thecraplordsell4575]

gypsy boxers fuck You people

[@nandagopaliyengar1258]

Why is being racist a bad thing.

[@inandoi5707]

These folk are called kaleroma other gypsy dont Like them either

[@shiworldjoyce1046]

Thanks sir for discussing gypsy.i am from india i care for their wellbeings as they are our old family.please give them job and treat equal as a minority.and give nomadic id to travel in europe .because they are nomadic people respect their culture and prserve them and take care of them.joshi from india

[@NikolettBr]

I think India should stop making so many kids because you mixed a lot of countrys with your genetic. Just stop

[@israelchristo8344]

thank you for teaching about my people with respect.

[@user-sv5fc7zb2s]

Hey bro greetings from your indian brother

[@deadinside1169]

My nickname in my last year of high school was Gypsy. I had my DNA test and it turns out that it is one of my top blood's ❣️

[@CaptainAngelo]

dead inside You can’t tell by DNA if you’re a Gypsies. Irish, Romanian etc etc can tell you race but not chosen lifestyle. Sorry.

[@deadinside1169]

@@CaptainAngelo okay I have Romani blood..why do you have to be a stickler or should I say stick in the mud. Take the log out of your eye before you try to remove the speck out of mine...

[@tiernanwearen8096]

The Irish gypsy's were descendants of the cottiers who were evicted by the landlords in the famine of 1845-1850 they lost their land in the famine and they never got it back.

[@abj5339]

I had 2 teenage gypsies approach me while I was in Germany holding signs that said they were deaf. They held their hands out for money but I said no. After I said no they scoffed at me and walked away. 5 minutes later I turned around a corner and saw them talking on their cellphones.

[@levispaving4643]

Well i must say we are not the only ones that steel do bad things when we go to jail we are not the only race in the jail everyone in the jail are mostly your own Pepole and no one talking shit about yohr nabors and family in there every race and famliy has a bad appel in it so the ones saying your not being racist piss off

[@megerber]

We have hearing non-gypsy/Romani people do that here in the USA, too. White, black, Latino, etc. They even have cards made up to hand to people. This isn't a gypsy/romani issue.

[@Biggzy85]

I am A Roma gypsy myself and have had deaf gypsy's trying to sell paintings at my door haha. Once I told him that I was gypsy he soon shot off. Still for the life of me can't figure out how he understood what I said.

[@pavlotheproducer1473]

B1GGZY85 katar san?

[@Biggzy85]

@@pavlotheproducer1473 Wales. UK

[@themonaneyla8877]

Thank you for the informations ❤️

[@shiying6532]

Hey Simon just wanted to say that ur videos are appreciated on all ur channels even if they don't get a million views

[@tomaspuodziukynas5361]

THere are 2 types of comments below this video. Those who faced this culture in their lives and those who didn't but tries to act modern equility performace.

[@tzetzo_tzetzov]

Exactly

[@tomaspuodziukynas5361]

Not being able to comprehend reality vs ideas.. I would say it is just sign of stupidity and narrow mindness.

[@androidtvbox2635]

Tomas Puodziukynas You can't change a culture in one day. You can try to attrack them to your way of life, to your culture. But if they don't find it appealing at all, there's nothing else to do. I am speaking from my own experience, as a teacher of adult people. Luckily I have had the opportunity to teach several Gypsy people and I have seen they keep some values we have lost in this individualistic modern world. I have also seen how much they are in need but still they respect who respects them. Sometimes I feel we, as people, fail to understand other people who have decided to walk a different path.

[@tomaspuodziukynas5361]

If you let somone in your home, you expect that guest to follow and respect your basig rules?

[@androidtvbox2635]

Tomas Puodziukynas What do you mean with "your home"? Can it be "your country"? If you mean a literal home then, I agree with you. If you mean a country then I disagree because the rules that apply to us today change along history and, let's be honest, there are some rules that are unfair but I accept because otherwise I could end up in jail. Think of those rules that protect and give priviledges to the powerful and leave defenseless the most vulnerable. Countries and societies are alive when they constantly update and renew themselves.

[@DeryaLoveYou]

Just found out that I have Gypsy heritage and connecting to many of my Gypsy cousins.

[@Mr-br1wm]

Your really pretty tho ❤️

[@derrengui]

I'm Spanish and grew up in a gypsy estate, I now live in England and I'm married to an English gypsy, Spanish and English gypsies are VERY different in tradition, culture and lifestyle It is unthinkable in Spain for a non gypsy man to marry a gypsy woman where here it seems a lot more common, if this happened in Spain we would have had to flee to stop her family from killing us both, here her family have been amazing with me, they see me as one of them

[@drap3872]

Nice rap up. Thanks for the video.

[@Raptorifik]

One of your best videos to date. Well researched and, with your voice, always informative.

[@RealMcDudu]

My first impression with gypsies was listening to "Gypsy Kings". Amazing!

[@twocupsoftee]

That was great to learn about!

[@shree709]

Two years ago when the Roma Taxi driver in Bucharest almost understood my conversation with my wife in the native tongue of Rajasthan, a north western state, I decided to spend time on this and find out how. According to records Roma left India around 1050. They were the tired soldiers of the army of great Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan who fought 17 wars with Mahmood gajnavi. All Roma belong to fine Rajput warrior caste. They did not want to fight more wars and for a Rajput staying at home during war was unacceptable. Therefore they left their native land. Some went west and some went down to south India where they still are in their red and yellow colour clothes and huge moustache. You can see them on youtube by clicking "Lambada in south India" I was shocked again when our Gypsy (Lambada) maid understood a Roma lady on BBC program while I read the English captions. On the way to west, Roma took words from Persian (like bibi for Kaki) and many other tongues including Greek (drost for road). They somehow lost their last names of fine Rajput warrior clans. Roma may try to find surnames like Sisodia, Chauhan, Shekhawat, Nainavat etc. But they kept first Indian names until 19th century like Bihari and his daughter Panna of Romania, both great musicians. Today Roma use many of the words from Rajasthani, Hindi and of Sanskrit origin. Few are ek do trin yak nak bal angusth bersh diwas sassu sussro saalo Sali chora chori cior(chor) gia sov kammes thalle upral purano maal,thalle and so on. I know hundreds. There are thousands. Romani words are from pre Muslim era in India and hence pure Sanskrit lik hiv for snow or ice. Please go to the following in KZbin to see more. “Romani an Indo Aryan Language” and “Roma girl from Kosovo finds her roots in India” All Roma had moustache which was necessary for Rajput warriors. Purity codes of Roma are still practiced in India like a lady not entering the kitchen during few days of the month and Roma breaking the plate if animal licks it. My mother used to plates to beggars if our dog licked it. Roma had also carried our proverbs like "while choosing a daughter in law believe your ears more than eyes” meaning reputation of the girl's family was more important than her beauty. Would native Europeans choose a daughter in law? Another proverb is "If the road is crooked, you can't walk straight." Roma eventually lost their religion, quite understandably but Sara kali of southern France has favourite Rajput deity of Goddess kali. The deity is immersed in water body like we do in Rajasthan. Please see "Dr. Ian Hancock: Keynote Address at Romani Studies Conference, UC Berkeley" which a scholastic. There should be no doubt that Roma are our lost pral and Pena. Hats off to them to keep the language and culture alive even after 50 generations while we melt away in two generations. Any Roma may communicate with me on [e-mail]. I am a 65 years old factory owner from Hyderabad, India originating from Rajasthan where Roma come from and I have gathered the above in my two years research.

[@abhinavsharma5935]

they are "Gaddiya Lohar(blacksmith)" of rajasthan. They fought for maharana pratap not prithviraj chauhan...everyone knows that i wonder why you dont

[@shree709]

@@abhinavsharma5935 Lambadas who came to south have Rajput names like Shekhavat, Chauhan etc. Lohara don't have these names. Part of the the same clan went west. Source of belief that they were from Rana Pratap army?

[@shree709]

@@abhinavsharma5935 Yes from Nagaur. My grandfather migrated to Hyderabad. In my factory there are many Lambadas, male and female. Very fair. With names like Chauhan, Sisodia, shekhawat etc. First names still are Suguna, Kanhaiyalal, etc. Many changed but not last names.Recently a Rajput family from Rajasthan took a lambada girl from our factory in marriage. Also Bhils like Balya, vadthya from Bhil community are in Lambadas but are dark. 1000 years ago there was no reason to imitate Rajput names names when one has left the motherland anyway. Practice may be prevailing in Rajasthan.

[@abhinavsharma5935]

@@shree709 i am not sure what you're trying to say exactly. They are not Rajput.... You can choose to believe whatever you want it's your right. But that's doesn't change the fact. It is what it is.

[@shree709]

@@abhinavsharma5935 I am sure you know the facts. That is your logic. I agree.

[@hollywarehouse7938]

Wow!!! You talk really fast. Thank you for the intermittent subtitles! It’s an interesting subject!

[@CarrilloDM]

I am an American who lives in Latvia and come from a Hispanic back ground. Because of my skin color I get mistaken for a gypsy and have had to deal with being stero typed. That is until I pull oit my USA passport and then how quickly they become nice to me. I have adopted 2 Latvians and 1 Romi. The looks I get in Europe when my white Latvian kids call me daddy in front of others. As for my Romi son, because we are both brown skin, I tell him to walk tall and let the people think what they want. Our actions will speak for them self that we are not thieves. It is funny when we go into town and get these stares from people. I tell my Romi son people are not used to seeing two well dressed and educated gypsy before. We don't fit their box of racist thinking.

[@junito7388]

I was surprised that there weren’t many offensive comments here…then I realized racist people wouldn’t come here to educate themselves

[@shawnmyer2747]

You're a great presenter Simon! I love what you guys are doing, keep it up!

[@TheSentinel909]

I'm not German but damn you sure butchered that ziegoiner

[@TheSentinel909]

I guess working on the pronunciation of each would have taken too much time

[@MrLuchenkov]

Or about ten minutes, but yeah, he routinely murders foreign languages in those videos. A shame because, for the most part, they're entertaining and he has an excellent diction.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

And it would be nice if my actual last name wasn't butchered into approximately "grow-what the fuck ever dude..." BUT you just can't get expectations too high... so just laugh, it's easier..:o)

[@scordeteyla]

yes, well done, you would use a sound like in "groin" to pronounce "geuner", so writing it like this "Ziegoiner", is pretty close to the actual pronunciation :)

[@HotelPapa100]

Nope. "Z" in German needs to be transcribed to "Ts" for it to come out right in English. (Which Jiddish actually does).

[@oatydonoghue]

I had a teacher last year who told us of his trip to Romania. During his trip, a restaurant owner picked up and threw a boy several feet away from my teacher's tourist group, because he believed that he was going to pickpocket them.

[@greensteve9307]

Thanks, that was very interesting.

[@WorksopGimp]

Great report well done

[@tylerstevens1904]

My only exposure to Roma were attempted pickpockets (teens) in Chisinau and Bucharest. Not the best first impression.

[@mmirlas2820]

Cyberwar101 Move there and prove him wrong. Otherwise, shut up.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

a lot of the picketpocket kids are bribed out of tribes with a job offer for a better job, then forced to work as a pickpocket, as they don't speak the language, have no money of their own, etc.

[@joshellsworth355]

At least blacks go to school, work (for the most part) and live in houses

[@TheMakyato]

"live in houses" you are a better person because you live in a house many of them have houses

[@j5778]

Twat..

[@douglasclayton6101]

We are the best bread in all man kind. We get a bad name through a small amount of them. We have good hearts mean well and want the best for everyone

[@gabrmarquez1786]

Are you Gypsy?

[@johdasingh8404]

I am from gypsy heritage from North India but live in UK and I am a tax payer

[@Karanodom]

you are really a great speaker

[@leonardoc.6756]

I'm honored to see this video I'm a gipsy even called tigan,I learned to accept myself that people is racist to me,and there is good people who will stand by my side forever,love yall❤️

[@dexter7399]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@dexter7399]

Ce mă cenzurează youtube-ul 😂😂😂😂

[@dexter7399]

KZbin, cred ca ar trebuii sa se numească GypsyTube la cît de mult le ia apărarea la țiganii aștia 😂😂😂

[@TheFoodReview]

the whole video I was thinking of the song HELL FIRE from hunchback of Notre Dame lol

[@emilyflotilla931]

From Casual Criminalist to "Today I Found Out", Simon's got us coveted!

[@aidanhammer6968]

Okay wtf, does Simon have every channel on youtube??? I'm not complaining but goddang this guy puts in work

[@lynnwest4307]

I know a family of gypsies who are very sweet and generous people. I remember one time many years ago I had accidentally locked myself out of my house and had to wait for my boyfriend to get off work to come let me in well one of the ladies and her husband let me hang out at their house until I could get in my home. I have known them for years off and on through various places I worked and I am very disappointed and the people on here who judge someone based on stereotype of a race. How would you like it if you were called names or people wish you harm or death. Don't judge a person unless you get to know them or you will be judged by others. Oh and I almost forgot about the time I was short of money and could not by myself lunch for work they helped me out

[@christopherellis2663]

I have seen them in Rajasthan, complete with wagons, and wrist to elbow ivory bracelets on the women.

[@deepakpanwar6204]

Yes

[@edgardtorres6162]

That was nice to learn about 👍

[@Mr.Savage14]

I'm a gypsy, my family is from Hungary Budapest.

[@kingkongz84]

No you are from a caravan 😂😂

[@Mr.Savage14]

King Kong Z nope I was born and raised in Chicago Illinois in a big beautiful home. Funny how people talk shit on internet but in person their scared little kittens 🐱! Lol

[@Mr.Savage14]

Alex C that’s right I’m a typical Hungarian Gypsy and ur a typical racist!

[@Will-hk7gu]

I’m a half British and half Gypsy, that’s cool.

[@nigmah_]

As always you never let down 👏🏻👏🏻 I would like to know if you can do one on the Afro- Caribbean culture of the islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic etc? Ty

[@reviewguru5387]

Welcome back Simon!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@violettestanley6459]

I’m 25% gypsy due to my biological father and my entire life growing up, my mom used to tell me she was ashamed of having me because I was part gypsy and I wasn’t allowed to let anyone know.

[@sairhug]

Oh, honey - that's awful. In my family tree research I have heard similar accounts, especially from the older generations. I'm also 25%, though, and was never made to feel ashamed ... on the contrary, amongst all the 'boring' people in my family tree, the Romany branch is a rare breath of fresh air! I think people were so much more judgmental back then .... it was part of the culture. Gradually things are getting better .... the 'stigma' of being born out of wedlock, for example, is way less, now.

[@aruncv1373]

Many great artists were Romani. Nothing to be ashamed of. Many of the dance forms of Europe were taken from Romani. Actually a lot to be proud of.

[@lizzychrome7630]

Apologies if this is an insensitive question, but, if she's bigoted against Gypsies, why did she sleep with one? Did she only learn his heritage after the fact? Or did something worse happen?

[@violettestanley6459]

@@lizzychrome7630 I think it's more of the fact she just hated my father so much she hated everything about him that translated over to me as well

[@violettestanley6459]

@@aruncv1373 Thank you very much for this comment! As an artist myself, this makes me feel very happy :)

[@mmr7484]

Such ongoing systemic discrimination SMH

[@Active-Vision]

thanks for noticing, its truly mad world

[@tomiszik]

To all the SJW who defend them without ever meeting one, you are lucky for not meeting them. And all your possessions.

[@ConstantChaos1]

thats straight up dumb, i am a good person who betters the lives of those around him and it would be anyone's privilege to meet me, and there are more important things to worry about than your possessions, that is such a harmful mindset

[@xiami11]

yeah dude you are a good guy , who literally replied on someone else's comment saying you would fight anyone who didn't call you romani instead of a gypsy , you're such a good guy man , confucking gratz who the fuck are you kidding , you and many more like you are the reason why people look down on you, because there are more people that do wrong shit than people that are actually decent, just like you

[@medusachristo3725]

You Are Racist Idiot.

[@eiffel0108]

@@medusachristo3725 For what? Speaking the truth?

[@PimpDaddyFresh]

My dad got swindled by a gypsie the other day so i am happy to learn more about them

[@amalzuhair4495]

They are a really interesting bunch I’ve seen loads of videos of American gypsies, those who live in the Uk, Bulgaria and Romania. I must say from an outsider’s perspective, they seem like a culture so engrossed in their traditions that they’ve basically ignored current norms of society. For example in most societies education is vital but they live in first world countries with little to no education and while most cultures marry over 21 that’s like spinster age for them. I can see how some people might be annoyed by them as they have been linked to high crime rates and seem to ignore government help but I feel they are slowly changing with time and having clear communication with them is vital as they seem very welcoming to people who have documented them from what I’ve seen.

[@guitarandrums]

When you say Gypsies in the UK do you mean travelers? Because they’re a distinct ethnic group from actual Gypsies.

[@michaelmarks5012]

A term probably not used so much today was getting "gypped" meaning ripped off/short changed originated from the word gypsy.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

Interesting. I didn't know that.

[@RaffyCrespo]

thanks for the video, it talk by iyself

[@samanthalove9550]

Very interesting!

[@HyperQbeMusic]

Bonus fact: As far as I know, the German word "Zigeuner" (/tsigoyner/) actually means "Zieh-Gauner" which is composed of a word meaning to wander / travel around and a word meaning "criminal".

[@Sanatani7727]

We hindus of india are with our gypsy brother please settle in india we call them banjaras in india they have special rights in india. Come here

[@messianic_scam]

then take them back please

[@shivamsinghrawat9910]

@@messianic_scam we will take them back u take our Muslims, deal??

[@messianic_scam]

@@shivamsinghrawat9910 they are you ppl no?!

[@messianic_scam]

@we do a little trolling you don't want your people how does the rest of the world feel!

[@anneshields2010]

I remember as a kid their was a huge field near us and the gypsies used to camp there and we never had any problems with them I used to play with their kids and I was in their caravans which were beautiful and they were so friendly also the women did beautiful knitting and lace making and the guys used to do gardening and that they were their for years till they got evicted as houses were built on their field

[@pauldavis5518]

Love the way he says gypsy haha

[@benhawkes2752]

Well they usually end up in my local park

[@lagitanavderoscio]

I have a fascination for the Roma. Their music cuts so deep; such feeling. I am a musician so I follow their music. In their culture, the highest a Roma can go in life is to make a living as a musician. In the old days for royalty and today, perhaps the masses. My favorite is Spanish but I like all of it. They must have American Roma music. For a group without a nation, they seem to have a very strong culture. I heard that Romania is like 90 something % Roma and they are the minority there.

[@aruncv1373]

They are from India. Go through Rajasthani folk music and Indian classical music. There is Kashmiri music. And Afghani music there. All of this will be in Romani music.

[@BassForever44]

Wow, I didn't know the gypsy issue was such a hot subject that sparks so much passion, either supporting or against them. That being said, I have never experienced gypsies, in my country we don't have gypsies. However, I got friends from Spain, very liberal in many aspects, but all of them keep their distance from the gypsies to say the least. I even remember one of my friends told me he used to work as a school teacher in a problematic area of Barcelona, telling me about his grievances directly related to gypsies, most of them already mentioned in the comments section. There are some really great gypsy/gypsy descent musicians though. Incredibly interesting human group from the sociological/anthropological point of view. How do so many of them manage to bypass the most basic rules of the society they are in? how come they are such a cohesive group despite not necessarily sharing a nationality nor a single country? how come they are such a solid group if their history is so obscure, what traditions or customs keep give them cohesion? In no way I am dismissing the millions of grievances I have heard from the people who have interacted with some of them, its just that I am genuinely curious to know how they manage to be nomads in the modern world.....

[@bemabulldog3790]

My coworker told me today gypsy was asian. My ancestry is of gypsy. At least they told me don't tell anyone. It

[@Carblesnarky]

An interesting video could be on the Irish Travellers. They share some things in common with Romani but are likely a different ethnicity.

[@southamptonfan3460]

They do share some culture cause they mixed and lived together . However they are not the same people . Different genetics

[@southamptonfan3460]

@Farla Bau fair enough sorry !

[@Carblesnarky]

@Farla Bau Wow this was from 4 years ago. Anyway, I said they share some things in common. Do your research both groups do. Romani and Mincéirí are generally different ethnic groups. Having similarities between two different groups is nothing new. Tons of ethnic groups have things in common. Gypsy is not their term for themselves. Rather like Romani it was an ethnic slur used by outsiders for them. Mincéirí is a better choice or at least Travelers. They are just another marginalized group in Europe and elsewhere. They didn't steal Romani cultural identity. They have their own.

[@Carblesnarky]

@Farla Bau Ok this is going to be long. No I am not saying that they are the same ethnic groups. I am saying both are marginalized groups that have some things in common. As to the term Gypsy do your research. It is a racial slur that has been applied to more people that just the Romani. It's like many slurs. They get applied all over the place. There many many cultures in Africa but a single racial slur is often used for them. Whether you like it or not, it has been applied to both groups over the years. It's a fact. The important point is that it was applied and it's a slur. Both Romani and Travelers may choose to use and reclaim the term. Many ethnic groups reclaim slurs. As to the marginalization of the Travelers or even the Irish in general, do your research. There is a centuries long history of it. Several ethnic groups from Europe have been marginalized and many have suffered genocide. I am going to leave the conversation now but I will leave you with this. I fully acknowledge the marginalization and suffering of the Romani people. Do not deny the Traveler's suffering because of the color of their skin.

[@GG-tx5ie]

@MJ tops you're completely misinformed on Irish Travellers, we never stole anything from Gypsies. What happened was that regular people in the UK & Ireland didn't care to discriminate between Romani and Irish Travellers in the past, so called them all Gypsies as a pejorative. One which Irish Travellers have reclaimed and in English it has become a byword for someone rootless anyway. It's an adoption of a name, not a culture. We have our own culture and plenty of people lived semi-nomadic lives in the past. It's not exclusive to the Romani and / or Irish Travellers, we are aware that Irish Travellers and Romani, Cinti culture all have plenty of differences. Also, we are White but Irish Travellers were officially recognised as an indigenous ethnic minority in March 2017 in Ireland. In the UK, Irish travellers are a separate ethnic group entitled to the same protection under the Race Relations Act as other ethnic minorities in Britain.

[@JeskaDax]

Thanks for the video, I found it to be very informative. I found the comments section to be very informative as well... Just in a more disgusting way. So many people pretending they are better while they spout such vitriol and hate, demonstrating their hypocrisy. How completely disgraceful.

[@powerslave6944]

This reminded me of the gypsy Zombie in the Day of the Dead that roamed the malls corridor way and ultimately somehow managed to make his way into the survivors secret room.

[@DrFruikenstein]

I don't know about others, but I came from my mother's belly in Chicago, who came from her mother's belly in Hungary, who came from her mother's belly in Austria, and so on.

[@ayla2316]

My ancestors are gypsies my great great grandpa was the last proper gypsy in the family

[@saheb-jg9nj]

Then you have indian dna 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ayla2316]

@@saheb-jg9nj nah I’m latin my family is Spanish and Cuban

[@shawnfoxfirth9684]

I worked for a Gypsy gentleman when I was 16 yrs old , my brother and I would go to backyard cook-outs at his house What a Party ! there was a girl named Rose she was my age Oh man she was Gorgeous made me weak in the knees if I looked in her eyes I'd get dizzy ! I was told by her Aunt if I valued my Family Jewels I'd better keep my hands and my Jewels to myself , I ignored the aunts advice but all I got was a set lovers nuts 3 sets actually . ...Haven't thought of her in years wonder how she is getting along . . .Oh and Great guy to work for I was paid very well treated my brother and I better than he treated his own sons . ..

[@shree709]

They left India in 1050 and not 1500 years ago. We have the records here. I can understand 25 percent of their words. I am from Rajasthan, India.

[@pritsingh9766]

@The Engineer Guy Dude I visited taj mahal just a month ago

[@TW-xt6gf]

From the bottom of your amazing KZbin videos

[@dannyg.4421]

i am 50% roma Gypsy and i live in america. even though i live in america i can tell you there is some racism towards gypsies in europe. i was on a app called whisper and i made a post that said i don't know much about roma gypsies even though i am one and there was so much hate towards me flooding in from europe, i acted civilized and nice (kinda sarcastic at times yes) but people didn't care they were rude and told me to get a job, said i probably stole my phone and when i said i worked in a cabinet factory they said stop lying and to go back to running my fair grounds in which i said if i did run a fair you would be my clown. i don't get that hate in america although most americans don't even know gypsy aren't really mystical or just culture let alone a race. even though i can claim the title i guess i cant speak for them in europe but here in america we have native americans. most native americans wouldn't want to assimilate because it would hurt their culture which in the gypsies case might be the same.

[@TheHornswoggler]

Oh shit Simon, rockin' the smexy 2nd-to-the-top-button-unbuttoned-so-the-honeys-can-catch-a-peep look. Makin' all the lassies in Yorkshire moister than an oyster, I'd say for certain.

[@Zaza-uu5sv]

Please can you make a video about kurdish history, I really enjoy your style of story telling.

[@RaniaMoon]

Regarding the denial of basic right like health care and free movement, I am from Romania and gypsis have the same health care rights as all off us. For a channel this serious it would be nice to do more reasurch befor posting. Thank you

[@kdthehun]

Here is some fact about the Romas or Romanis. Here in Hungary the government often gave them brand new houses with wooden floors, hand carved wooden doors, nice gardens and such for a minimal fee. Couple years go by in the winters they have burned all the wooden flooring and doors in the fireplace, and replace them with either some tarp or some missfitting stuff found in the junkyard. I own several properties, i rented some out to some Romas, and in 6 months time i had to spend about 1.4 million HUF on repairs due to their neglegant behaviour in and around the house. Their rent was only 20 thousand HUF a month so it nowhere nearly covered a fraction of the damages. I'm not racist. I have many Roma friends and i do like their culture (what remains of their culture). But i will never rent out any of my properties to them ever again. Since then i have been renting out my properties to "Magyar"-s and every 6-8 months I have to forego some rent in favor of repairs and improvements the tenants done on their own accord to my properties.

[@Jean-qn4fy]

What does the title have to do with the video contents? Actually, I heard somewhere that gypsies were from India, descendants of a warrior group that had lost their territories and were forced into exile.

[@lionjmusic4471]

Yes, from Indian people called Rajasthan. The language of the Rajasthan is very similar to our romanes language

[@ssssSTopmotion]

For some reason that sounds badass

[@utkarshrastogi2482]

They were forced because of turkish invasion. THEY HAVE INDIAN DESCENT.

[@aruncv1373]

Millions of them were killed in the afghan region. The place was renamed after the massacre as Hindukusch. The grave of the Hindus. Some fled to the west. But were again persecuted by the Christians. Then it’s been a fight for them to survive and keep their link to motherland. They haven’t assimilated to Europe cause assimilation was very different just less than a century back in Europe.

[@edlam87]

awesom man

[@sniper-rx5hh]

When I watched money heist I wondered why nairobi looked like an indian but later got to know she is roma.