- Early modern history[edit]. Gypsy Family in Prison, 1864 painting by Carl d´Unker. An actual imprisoned family in Germany served as the models.
- Gypsies were known for their skill as metalworkers, tinsmiths, woodworkers, carpenters, blacksmiths, horse traders and trainers, and in associated occupations.
- However, you may know them by their more colloquial name, gypsies. For many, the word “gypsies” conjures up specific images and characteristics.
- Our English name of Gypsy stems from the word Egyptian, as many believed that their darker skin tones indicated an Egyptian origin.
- Related Who are gypsy people, and what is their history?
- Gypsy history remained unknown for centuries, largely because they had no written language, and strangely enough, they had forgotten where they came from.
- Who are the Gypsies and what do they believe? The term "gypsies" refers to an ethnic group of people called the Roma or the Romani (also spelled Romany).
- The Banjara people, numbering around 2,274,000 in India,[20] are Gypsies,[21] who claim that they, too, are descended from the Rajputs, and that many of their...
- There is a TV show, My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, that is often set in WV. I don't know why they picked an isolated and poor state like WV, but they did.
- Gypsies are a mysterious nomadic people. Their culture is amazing and original, and the gypsy faith combines the echoes of religions around the world.
