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Language[edit] According to the 2011 census, there are 245,677 people whose native language is romani, this represents just under 40% of the ethnic population. However, this number has shrunk to 199,050 according to the 2021 census [75] results, representing just over 33% of the ethnic population.
practices which may even come from different religions. As a Romani imam in Bulgaria said: “We are God-fearing and obedient people and that’s why we celebrate all the holidays. I am an imam but I celebrate the St. Basil and the day of St. George and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Easter. When they come to me, I
Most Romani people are Christian with a significant Muslim minority in areas formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire. However, some historians describe our religious beliefs as an overlay of Christianity or Islam and an underlay of Hindu Shaktism, our original religion before coming to Europe.
POPULATION: 12-15 million (estimate) LANGUAGE: Romani dialects; also the language of the host country RELIGION: An underlay of Hinduism with an overlay of either Christianity or Islam (host country religion) INTRODUCTION. The Roma people originated in India.
An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, the Roma originated in the northern Indian region of Punjab thousands of years ago. There are conflicting estimates on the timeline, but Britannica estimates...
Oct 22, 2013 · They are now widely recognised as one of the EU’s largest minority groups with an estimate of more than 10m Roma living in Europe. The term “Roma”, first chosen at the inaugural World Romani ...
Nov 20, 2014 · Our origins, according to historians, to linguistics, but also to some genetic studies recently, are traced back to northern India centuries ago. And their migration to Europe apparently happened in several ways. But there is an assumption that one first destination was Persia.
