Roma Texas USA
25 images Created 29 Oct 2013
Kalderasha and English Romanichel Roma communities living in Texas, USA. Dukey and his family during an Orthodox Pumana ceremony, this where a close member of the family of the deceased wears 'the dead man's clothes'. This signifies the presence of the deceased 6 months after the funeral. Kalderasha Roma originally from Romania. In Dallas. English Romanichel Roma Jean with her family, daughter Paris and son John, living in Austin, Texas
Roma came to the Americas as early as Christopher Columbus's first voyage. Roma were exported and sold as slaves along with negroes from Africa. Europe tried to solve its 'Roma problem' by deporting many Roma slaves to the Americas. In the 1920s Roma, Chinese and mentally handicapped were not allowed to enter the USA anymore. After that Roma went to South America and the Caribbean with a view to traveling north across borders, but many ended up by setting up communities in the southern hemisphere. Nowadays about two million Roma live between North and South America.
Roma came to the Americas as early as Christopher Columbus's first voyage. Roma were exported and sold as slaves along with negroes from Africa. Europe tried to solve its 'Roma problem' by deporting many Roma slaves to the Americas. In the 1920s Roma, Chinese and mentally handicapped were not allowed to enter the USA anymore. After that Roma went to South America and the Caribbean with a view to traveling north across borders, but many ended up by setting up communities in the southern hemisphere. Nowadays about two million Roma live between North and South America.
