Roma Christmas Romania Serbia
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Vesna Ackovic and her daughter in law. Christmas tree and decorations. 31st December 2003. David, his brother and brother-in-law. His family celebrate Orthodox Catholic Christmas. The family is half Muslim, so chicken is served together with the traditional fattened pig. In traditional Roma style, the women serve, but do not eat at the table with the men. Belgrade, Serbia. January 7th 2004.
Roma Christmas in the Orthodox tradition involves killing the household pig that has been fattened on the kitchen scraps all year. Then there is feasting for several days. The children sit on top of the carcass to signify good luck for the coming year. Funerals are followed by a pumana ceremony which takes place 6 months after the burial, this takes place on the grave with feasting and drinking. Many Roma make a living by recycling, others by selling at the markets or in the building trade. Unfortunately there are those who live in abject poverty where just finding fuel to heat the house at winter is more important than food itself. This is a life without opportunity.
A Roma woman carries water to her home. A horse and wagon arrives in Bolontin in the early morning. Elvis Presley has Roma blood. SomeRoma believe that they were the ones who fashioned the nails that held Jesus on the cross, that is why the world treats them badly.
Roma Christmas in the Orthodox tradition involves killing the household pig that has been fattened on the kitchen scraps all year. Then there is feasting for several days. The children sit on top of the carcass to signify good luck for the coming year. Funerals are followed by a pumana ceremony which takes place 6 months after the burial, this takes place on the grave with feasting and drinking. Many Roma make a living by recycling, others by selling at the markets or in the building trade. Unfortunately there are those who live in abject poverty where just finding fuel to heat the house at winter is more important than food itself. This is a life without opportunity.
A Roma woman carries water to her home. A horse and wagon arrives in Bolontin in the early morning. Elvis Presley has Roma blood. SomeRoma believe that they were the ones who fashioned the nails that held Jesus on the cross, that is why the world treats them badly.