Roma Gypsies Bulgaria
74 images Created 15 Oct 2010
Bulgarian Roma Gypsies formerly residents of an infamous municipal building tower block without windows, in Yambol, which was the bone of controversy for many years. The building was knocked down in September 2010 and its residents forcibly evicted. The municipality refused to rehouse them. They live adjacent to the old building in homemade squats. Their shacks are surrounded by a vast municipal estate housing non-Roma.
In Veliko Turnov, other Roma live in 'Baracki' named after the barracks which were built many years ago after a landslide. They are surrounded by modern housing developments containing non-Roma population in 'Orange County'. Other Roma communities live in Fakulteta Mahala, a Roma Ghetto on the outskirts of Sofia and in the woods near Sliven.
Roma Gypsies left India 1000 years ago. They were often nomadic just so they could find work, these days most are sedentary. Their origins were from a collection of tribes with their own languages and culture, pushed by the Ottoman empire towards Europe, as camp followers to the huge Islamic army. Once in Europe, they endured 500 years of slavery until the mid 19th century. A million were killed in the holocaust. Hundreds of thousands exiled refugees from kosovo. Eastern Europe Roma come to the west seeking a better life. They are shunned, marginalized, excluded wherever they go. Indigenous, foriegn, whether European citizens or not, Roma lack the opportunities afforded to others. They live on the periphery, in the brunt of racism, often deported back to their countries of origin.
In Veliko Turnov, other Roma live in 'Baracki' named after the barracks which were built many years ago after a landslide. They are surrounded by modern housing developments containing non-Roma population in 'Orange County'. Other Roma communities live in Fakulteta Mahala, a Roma Ghetto on the outskirts of Sofia and in the woods near Sliven.
Roma Gypsies left India 1000 years ago. They were often nomadic just so they could find work, these days most are sedentary. Their origins were from a collection of tribes with their own languages and culture, pushed by the Ottoman empire towards Europe, as camp followers to the huge Islamic army. Once in Europe, they endured 500 years of slavery until the mid 19th century. A million were killed in the holocaust. Hundreds of thousands exiled refugees from kosovo. Eastern Europe Roma come to the west seeking a better life. They are shunned, marginalized, excluded wherever they go. Indigenous, foriegn, whether European citizens or not, Roma lack the opportunities afforded to others. They live on the periphery, in the brunt of racism, often deported back to their countries of origin.