The way of life of gypsies

In their daily customs, there are two important concepts-purity and impure. For example, a woman's skirt accidentally sweeps into a man's bowl, so that bowl of vegetables will inevitably be dumped; In the convertible where they wander all the year round, there are always three buckets of water, one for washing food, one for washing face and the third for washing feet. If someone makes a mistake carelessly, they will be punished. It has its own court. When a person or a family has a dispute lawsuit, there is no trial prison. Punishment can kill a person, but it can't deprive a person of his freedom. Serious criminals classified as "unclean" will be excluded from the tribe. An isolated gypsy, the value of survival is almost zero.

Fortune-telling is a traditional occupation of gypsies, especially gypsy women. Nowadays, there are few traditional gypsies with mysterious crystal balls. Fortune tellers mostly use special gypsy fortune-telling cards to tell people's fortune. Most gypsy fortune tellers can play a "good hand": they turn a deck of cards around in their hands, wave a stack, throw another stack with their backhand, and then let you draw a few cards from it.

For centuries, the traditional occupation of Gypsies has been "bearing people". They buy cubs from people who specialize in poaching, then pull out bears' teeth and sharp claws, and then train them to perform various performances. But today, there are not many people still engaged in this old industry. Most people prefer to take "government asylum" as their occupation-receiving relief subsidies from the Social Security Bureau. For them, this is not as shameful as begging, but a job given by God. During the socialist period in eastern Europe, due to the planned economy, Roma had fewer obstacles in employment. However, after the transformation of Eastern Europe into a market economy, the unemployment problem of Roma has become more and more serious. At present, a large number of Roma in some countries live on social welfare, but this has deepened the discrimination against Roma and created social hidden dangers. For example, when social welfare reform was carried out in Slovakia, there were riots in Roma settlements.

In June 2004, Hungary elected the first Roma member of the European Parliament, Ms. Lívia Járóka. At the same time, seven countries in Eastern Europe launched the Decade of Roma Inclusion in 2005, aiming at improving the lives of Roma.

Roma get married very early, and many women get married before they are 20.

Roman music pays attention to the use of high notes and the long-span sliding between notes. Singing is famous for its emotional richness, and Rome is also one of the main sources of the popular flamenco dance in Spain. On June 19, the French government sent nearly 100 Roma (Gypsies) back to Romania, their country of origin. This is also the first time that the government has expelled a large number of Roma since French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a speech on public safety at the end of last month and expressed his readiness to take strict management measures against Roma and other groups.

According to French media reports, the Roma repatriated on June 5438+09 boarded the plane from Paris and Lyon respectively and will arrive in Bucharest, Romania, later that day.

According to the plan of the French government, about 700 Roma living in France will be repatriated to their countries of origin Romania and Bulgaria before the end of this month.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy held a special meeting at the Elysee Palace on the 28th of last month to discuss the domestic security situation and introduced a number of measures to regulate the residence of Roma and other "sojourners". Interior Minister Hortefeux announced at the meeting that the French government will ban the residence of half of the illegal Roma and other "sojourners" within three months. Some Roma can choose to accept "voluntary repatriation" and get compensation from the French government after being banned from staying by the government.

The French government's centralized repatriation of Roma has aroused doubts from the international community and its domestic opposition parties. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights expressed concern about a series of security measures recently taken by France involving specific ethnic groups. The European Commission reminds France to abide by the principle of free movement of people within the EU. Romania's foreign minister also expressed concern that mass repatriation of Roma might lead to xenophobia, while the French opposition party accused the government of racial discrimination.

However, the French Presidential Palace and the Ministry of the Interior stressed that the purpose of the government's rectification measures is to crack down on criminal activities, not to target specific ethnic groups. On September 4th, 20 10, tens of thousands of people from all over France took to the streets to protest against the new policy recently adopted by President Sarkozy's government, forcibly expelling Gypsies from the country and taking other security measures for Gypsies. Other European cities, including Belgrade and Rome, also saw people marching outside the French Embassy in support of the Gypsies. Many human rights organizations, anti-racist groups, trade unions and left-wing parties have demanded that the French government stop this policy.

The authorities confirmed that people marched in the streets all over France 135 towns, which was the largest protest in France in recent years. In the capital Paris alone, the police estimated that there were 12000 demonstrators, including many gypsies, and local residents also came out to support them. Organizers claimed that the number was as high as 50,000, accounting for half of the national demonstrators.

The crowd waved flags, held banners and protested slogans. Some people beat gongs and drums and shouted slogans, demanding that Sarkozy take back his life, stop oppressing Gypsies and implement inhuman policies.

The police said that there were no violent clashes throughout the day. Participants in the demonstrators said that they expressed their views peacefully and hoped that the government would listen to their voices instead of confrontation.

Demonstrators criticized Sarkozy's sudden decision to expel Gypsies from the country in order to improve his reputation and prepare for re-election in the 20 12 election year, and also to divert people's attention and downplay other problems facing France, such as the controversy caused by the reform of the pension system and the government's spending cuts.