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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2192251, member: 2844"]To avoid slavery some leaders of Romani kumpanias introduced themselves on entry in Eastern Europe as Counts of 'Little Egypt', who had to flee their country because they were Christians.</p><p>There were slight variations to this story, but the purpose was always to be accepted and not enslaved. They never pretended to be wealthy merchants.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately they couldn't avoid slavery for long. Centuries of slavery had a negative effect on Gypsy/Romani culture in countries like Romania and Spain.</p><p>British Romanichal were sold as slaves in the early days of North American colonization.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 18th century Dutch authorities took it a step further. They executed Gypsies simply for being Gypsy.</p><p>Fortunately many provinces didn't obey government regulations and many Gypsies were hidden and employed by church authorities and by farmers. There are even records of them working on the restoration of Medieval churches.</p><p>Because some Dutch Sinti groups could survive in freedom, their culture is still pretty close to the original Romani culture of centuries ago. The region where I live is one of the regions where Sinti were sheltered, and in spite of the holocaust, when many Dutch Gypsies were murdered, we still have an important Sinti community here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2192251, member: 2844"]To avoid slavery some leaders of Romani kumpanias introduced themselves on entry in Eastern Europe as Counts of 'Little Egypt', who had to flee their country because they were Christians. There were slight variations to this story, but the purpose was always to be accepted and not enslaved. They never pretended to be wealthy merchants. Unfortunately they couldn't avoid slavery for long. Centuries of slavery had a negative effect on Gypsy/Romani culture in countries like Romania and Spain. British Romanichal were sold as slaves in the early days of North American colonization. In the 18th century Dutch authorities took it a step further. They executed Gypsies simply for being Gypsy. Fortunately many provinces didn't obey government regulations and many Gypsies were hidden and employed by church authorities and by farmers. There are even records of them working on the restoration of Medieval churches. Because some Dutch Sinti groups could survive in freedom, their culture is still pretty close to the original Romani culture of centuries ago. The region where I live is one of the regions where Sinti were sheltered, and in spite of the holocaust, when many Dutch Gypsies were murdered, we still have an important Sinti community here.[/QUOTE]
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