Baraki Mahala Veliko Bulgaria

Roma gypsies living in the 'Baraki' area - named after the barracks which were built many years ago after a landslide. The Roma still live there, whilst their neighbourhood is surrounded by modern housing developments containing non-Roma population. They call this modern housing 'Orange County'. In Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria..Roma Gypsies left India 1000 years ago. Often nomadic. A collection of tribes with their own languages and culture, pushed by the Ottoman empire towards Europe, used and sold as mercenaries, slaves, prostitutes. They endured 500 years of slavery until mid 19th century. A million were killed in the holocaust. Hundreds of thousands exiled and refugees from kosovo. Many Eastern Europe Roma come to the west seeking a better life. They are shunned, marginalized, excluded. Both indigenous and foriegn Roma, whether European citizens or not, lack the opportunities of others, living on the periphery, in the brunt of racism, often deported back to their countries of origin.

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Roma gypsies living in the 'Baraki' area - named after the barracks which were built many years ago after a landslide. The Roma still live there, whilst their neighbourhood is surrounded by modern housing developments containing non-Roma population. They call this modern housing 'Orange County'. In Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria..Roma Gypsies left India 1000 years ago. Often nomadic. A collection of tribes with their own languages and culture, pushed by the Ottoman empire towards Europe, used and sold as mercenaries, slaves, prostitutes. They endured 500 years of slavery until mid 19th century. A million were killed in the holocaust. Hundreds of thousands exiled and refugees from kosovo. Many Eastern Europe Roma come to the west seeking a better life. They are shunned, marginalized, excluded. Both indigenous and foriegn Roma, whether European citizens or not, lack the opportunities of others, living on the periphery, in the brunt of racism, often deported back to their countries of origin.