The Mysterious Life of Gypsy Women
Gypsies tribes living in Europe are generally considered outside European culture. The history, culture, and daily life of these people is a very interesting research topic for anthropologists.
Historians now agree that the Gypsies came from the Indian subcontinent, so they belong to the Indo-European lineage. But later they identified themselves as an Egyptian. The reason was that they wanted to increase their importance by associating themselves with Egyptian civilization.
Because they have no written history of their own, nor do they know much about their own past. Therefore, the question of the circumstances under which they migrated and why they adopted the life of gypsies has been important.
Being nomadic, these people do not live permanently, do not settle, do not own property, and do not accumulate wealth. They spoke many languages as they traveled from place to place. But their own language is called ‘Roma’ which includes many words of Indian languages.
They marry into their own people. Have very little contact with other people. Because of this, despite being in the minority, they have their own identity which they maintain. Due to their remoteness from the settlements…
