What's the difference between Gypsies and Bohemians?

The differences between Gypsies and Bohemians are as follows:

1, different lifestyles

Gypsies are out of step with the way of life of other ethnic groups in their country. Non-Roma people generally have a bad impression of Roma people, and think that Roma people cannot integrate into the mainstream of society and are beggars, thieves or traffickers. During World War II, the persecution of Roma reached its climax. At that time, Nazi Germany put Roma in concentration camps like Jews for genocide, and about 400 thousand Roma were killed.

Bohemians, on the other hand, try to keep their traditional way of life and have no fixed place to live. However, in many parts of Eastern Europe, Roma live in shanty towns with poor living conditions, and there are still conflicts with residents of other ethnic groups. But in other areas, the Roma have succeeded in getting rich by relying on their own traditional culture (such as the traditional coppersmith craft of Romanian Roma).

2, the distribution range is different.

Roma mainly live in the Balkans, Central Europe, the United States, the former Soviet Union and the United States. Roma also live in Western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Bohemians are mainly distributed in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the United States.

3. Different national personalities.

Gypsies get married early, and many women get married before they are 20. Gypsy music pays attention to the use of high notes and the long-span sliding between notes. Singing is famous for its emotional richness, and Gypsies are also one of the main sources of the popular flamenco dance in Spain.

Bohemians are passionate, free and easy, wandering between the city and the countryside. Wandering all the year round, unwilling to be bound by any other laws.

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