Why do Gypsies or Roma wander?
A certain elderly Romni said: “We were looking for a place flowing with milk and honey”.
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Roma, ethnic groups
Agnieszka Caban, a Roma culture expert and activist, talks about various Gypsy communities and the ethnic groups: Sinti, Manushe and Kale.
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Gypsies or Roma?
Gypsies is the name of the largest ethnic group in Poland and in Europe. Gypsies and Roma are often spoken interchangeably.
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Roma people, everyday life
Agnieszka Caban a culture expert and Roma activist talks about everyday life in the camp.
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Roma culture
Agnieszka Caban, a Roma culture expert and an activist, talks about the influence of the Roma culture – an ethnic minority – on the majority and mainstream society.
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Romani genocide
Despite hundreds of years of oppression, Roma people have never before experienced a movement that aimed at getting rid of the whole nation.
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Dikh He Na Bister
Dikh He Na Bister – young Europeans commemorate the Roma Genocide during the Second World War
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Romani genocide- photo gallery
Documents
Romani Genocide – Memorials
Roma were killed in ghettos, concentration camps and extermination camps. In the case of the Polish Roma, however, the majority were killed in executions in places where they had been captured. They were killed individually or in larger groups.
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Fashions and Attire
In the Gallery of Fashion and Attire, established in 2024, we aim to gather and organise knowledge about the “Roma costume”, exploring whether a common denominator exists in the way Polish Roma men and women dress.
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Work, professions and Romani crafts
Blacksmithing, making metal pots, horse trading, fortune-telling and music are the jobs most often linked with Roma people. Of course, Roma earned their living in many different ways and worked in many trades, far beyond simple stereotypes.
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Roma professions
Rzemiosło romskie w zbiorach Pawła Lechowskiego
Mała patelnia miedziana (rom. – plecientari) wykonana z wyciętego z miedzianej blachy krąża (sred. ok. 20,2 cm) wyżarzonego na palniku kuchenki gazowej.
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Kalendarzo
„Romano kalendarzo” is a record of Roma culture and provides education about this traditional culture in a modern and accessible way – through an online calendar based on the most popular calendar in the world, the Gregorian calendar.
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Łaćhes, a Romani culinary artbook
Łaćhes, a Romani culinary artbook – is a project documenting and preserving the culinary cultural heritage of Polish Roma, in which the history and experiences of this ethnic group are recorded.
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Rozmowa z Masiem Sylwestrem Kwiekiem
Anna Ficowska-Teodorowicz rozmawia z Masio Sylwesterem Kwiekem
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Museum of Roma Culture in Warsaw
Travelling Museum – Museum of Romani Culture in Warsaw
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