#romanies

[songs-of-the-east]

"Scene of a Romani bride and family celebrating and singing during the traditional prenuptial rite of bridal kna (henna) preparation • Skopje, Macedonia"

[global-musings]

Roma from Czechoslovakia and Romania (1960's) - Josef Koudelka

[gipsylilya]

Kalderash, 1979, the USSR

[rhianna]

The Crystal Ball       A Mystery Story for Girls

At that instant her attention was caught and held by that crystal ball. Things were happening within that ball, or at least appeared to be happening.

The gleaming ball itself changed. It was grayer, less brilliant. Then, to Florence’s vast astonishment, she saw a tiny figure moving within the ball. A child it was, she saw at a glance. A fair-haired, animated child was moving within that ball. She came dancing into the center of what appeared to be a large room. There she paused as if expecting someone. The room the child had entered was beautiful. Real oil paintings hung on the wall. There was a gorgeous bit of tapestry above the large open fireplace. A great golden collie lay asleep before the fire. All this was within the ball. And the animated child too was within the ball.

Florence thought she had been bewitched. Surely nothing like this could be seen within a solid glass ball.

`  The Crystal Ball by Roy J. Snell

[songs-of-the-east]

Baxt: Photography Project by Andrew Miksys About Lithuanian Roma

[songs-of-the-east]

A Kosovo Roma Bride is Adorned with Henna.

Photo by American anthropologist Janet Reineck

[gipsylilya]

A Romani woman on the background is burning hay on which she has just gave birth to her baby. Romania, 1980.