Artz Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 This thread will showcase the development of Leander Basily, an American Roma living in Alta. Rom The Rom arrived in the United States from Serbia, Russia and Austria-Hungary beginning in the 1880's, part of the larger wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Primary immigration ended, for the most part, in 1914, with the beginning of the First World War and subsequent tightening of immigration restrictions (Salo and Salo 1986). Many people in this group specialized in coppersmith work, mainly the repair and retinning of industrial equipment used in bakeries, laundries, confectioneries, and other businesses. The Rom, too, developed the fortune-telling business in urban areas. Two subgroups of the Rom, the Kalderash ("coppersmith") and Machwaya ("natives of Machva," a county in Serbia) appear in the photographs in Carlos de Wendler-Funaro's collection. De Wendler-Funaro identified some, but not all, Kalderash as "Russian Gypsies." Another group he identified as "Russian Gypsies" seem to be the Rusniakuria ("Ruthenians"), musicians and singers who settled in New York. 2 Link to comment
DLimit Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Long live the Gypsy King... Edited February 9, 2020 by DLimit Link to comment
Ketamine Kowboy Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 "I'll always stand by my Gypsy roots, and I'll always help out one of my own." 1 Link to comment
Tennplugg Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 know this is gonna go hard Link to comment
Artz Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Thank you all for the nice replies, I really appreciate it, and whoever feels like they want to come and RP with us are of course welcome. Link to comment
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