Why does "gypsy woman" often appear when reading ancient British and American literature? Who can give a brief introduction?

Little is known about the origin of gypsies. About 500 years ago, Ji

Russians immigrated to Europe. They live in caravans, sell art or are occupied by others.

Bu and others make a living from this. Because they are mobile, they are often unpopular.

The original meaning of the word gypsy is "people from Egypt", however, this

This is a big misunderstanding. Gypsies-strictly speaking, they should be called Roma.

(Roma)-They have their own language, which is Roma. Linguists have noticed that,

There are similarities between the Romani language and the languages of northwest India. Gypsy belongs to linguistics.

Indo-European family. According to linguistic evidence, people speculate that gypsies may have originated from

Northern India began its migration journey in about 1 1 century. At the same time, their

Language is influenced by Greek, Persian and other languages.

There are about120,000 gypsies in the world, of which about10,000 people are distributed in

European gypsies have a unique tradition. They don't marry foreigners.

12 ~ 13 years old). Different countries have different gypsy "tribes". Although jeep

The population of saints is quite large, but they live in scattered places, just like Jews in history.

They suffered a lot. During World War II, Hitler

Send 500 thousand gypsies to concentration camps for execution. 1979, officially undertaken by the United Nations.

Recognize the Roma (that is, Gypsies) as a nation. After the cold war, Central and Eastern Europe

Gypsies are severely excluded in Europe, and their identity is not recognized.

The deposit is threatened.

Because most gypsy women are bohemian, dare to love and hate, and have outstanding personalities, and because this nation has a sense of mystery, it naturally becomes the favorite of novelists and expresses their feelings incisively and vividly. So Carmen.