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Gypsies, Roma, Travellers: An Animated History

ERIAC - European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture

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Individual Resource

Levels and forms of education

Primary Education

Lower Secondary Education

Upper Secondary Education

Resource type

Audio-visual materials (photographs, videos, movies, audio files)

Historic approaches concerned

Cultural History

Historic period

Without temporal focus

Countries or areas concerned

Global, Cross-regional, Europe

Languages

English

Description

Europe is home to 10-12 million Roma, yet many Europeans are unable to answer the basic question, “Who are the Roma?” The remarkable history of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in Europe, beginning over 1,000 years ago, tells a story of diversity, creativity, and survival.

Keywords

Roma history

Roma sinti

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