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  • Laetitia dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia gets ready with her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia gets ready with her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia and Luis wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia gets ready with her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia gets ready with her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Father and uncle in tears of emotion during the wedding ceremony. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_052.JPG
  • Laetitia dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Laetitia gets ready with her third carnival party wedding dress. Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_045.JPG
  • Laetitia's and Luis's wedding, Baptistes, Ales France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_041.JPG
  • Prayer mass au Chapiteau. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
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  • Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
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  • Baptiste Family wedding Tarascon, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga arrives and dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga proving her honesty in the traditional proof of the mouchoir. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Getting married in church, the bride and groom both in white. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_018.JPG
  • Prayer mass au Chapiteau. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
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  • Prayer mass au Chapiteau. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
    roma_born_again_christians_005.JPG
  • Prayer mass au Chapiteau. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
    roma_born_again_christians_002.JPG
  • French Manouche in northern France, celibrating a Roma Catholic christening for two young girls in their family. The numbers of Catholic Roma are dwindling as many are poached by the quickly expanding Evangelist movement.The Born Again Evangelist religion presents itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden
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  • French Manouche in northern France, celibrating a Roma Catholic christening for two young girls in their family. The numbers of Catholic Roma are dwindling as many are poached by the quickly expanding Evangelist movement.The Born Again Evangelist religion presents itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden
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  • At the hairdresser. Baptiste Family wedding Tarascon, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_033.JPG
  • The wedding party lasts long into the early morning. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_031.JPG
  • The wedding party lasts long into the early morning. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The Mouchoir is raised high in celebration. La Ganga arrives and dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga proving her honesty in the traditional proof of the mouchoir. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga before the wedding with her friends and sister, in her bedroom. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_014.JPG
  • Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The bride with her bridesmaids nieces and family around her, prepare her first white wedding dress, the train all but filling the room. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_005.JPG
  • The bride with her bridesmaids nieces and family around her, prepare her first white wedding dress, the train all but filling the room. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
    gitan_wedding_celebration_002.JPG
  • Municipal housing Marseille. Racist grafitti adorns the walls. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Municipal housing Marseille. Racist grafitti adorns the walls. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Reyes family living in the Bario Arles. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family playing rhumba music in their caravan whilst on holiday. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family buying and selling garlic at the market to make a living. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family buying and selling garlic at the market to make a living. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family buying and selling garlic at the market to make a living. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family children playing in housing estate playground area. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family evening in their home. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Born Again Christening. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
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  • Prayer mass au Chapiteau. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
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  • Born Again Christening. Roma Evangelist 'Born Again Christians' assemble under the big top of a huge marquee, in a disused aerodrome. Many Roma are christened here, wholly submerged under water to purge their vows, to be literally born again.  Thousands of Roma have been poached from the Catholic church to become evangelists; a religion presenting itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden. August mid summer, Saone, France
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  • French Manouche in northern France, celibrating a Roma Catholic christening for two young girls in their family. The numbers of Catholic Roma are dwindling as many are poached by the quickly expanding Evangelist movement.The Born Again Evangelist religion presents itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden
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  • French Manouche in northern France, celibrating a Roma Catholic christening for two young girls in their family. The numbers of Catholic Roma are dwindling as many are poached by the quickly expanding Evangelist movement.The Born Again Evangelist religion presents itself more as a fanatical overbearing culture refusing to take on board many of the old traditional Romani ways. Concepts of luck and fortune are replaced by god fearing destiny, traditional music and dance cast aside, whilst drinking alcohol is forbidden
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  • Reyes family wedding, Arles, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The Mouchoirs are raised high in celebration. Baptiste Family wedding Tarascon, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Gitan children in a church during the wedding. Baptiste Family wedding Tarascon, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • From the hairdresser to the church. Baptiste Family wedding Tarascon, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • At the hairdresser. Baptiste Family wedding Tarascon, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga arrives and dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga arrives and dances in her third carnival party wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Dancing in her white wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Dancing in her white wedding dress with her uncle Manitas de Plata the famous guitarist. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Dancing in her white wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga proving her honesty in the traditional proof of the mouchoir. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Getting married in church, the bride and groom both in white. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga at home with her family at home prepare her first white wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga at home with her family at home prepare her first white wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Wearing the carnival party wedding dress the bride and groom dance the night away. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Wearing the carnival party wedding dress the bride and groom dance the night away. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The wedding couple and the Mouchoir is raised high in celebration. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The wedding couple and the Mouchoir is raised high in celebration. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The wedding couple dressed both in white coming from the church, in their splendour arrive at the Salles des fetes. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The bride with her bridesmaids nieces and family around her, prepare her first white wedding dress, the train all but filling the room. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The bride with her bridesmaids nieces and family around her, prepare her first white wedding dress, the train all but filling the room. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The bride with her bridesmaid niece has her hair done at the coiffeur hairdresser. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The bride with her bridesmaids nieces and family around her, prepare her first white wedding dress, the train all but filling the room. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • Saone France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Camoing site ourdes France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Traveling near the swiss border. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Municipal housing Marseille. Racist grafitti adorns the walls. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family swimming in the river. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family playing rhumba music in their caravan whilst on holiday. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family buying and selling garlic at the market to make a living. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family evening in their home. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • The Baptiste family evening in their home. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • A double celebration for two brides. Reyes family wedding, Arles, France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • La Ganga at home with her family at home prepare her first white wedding dress. La Ganga's and Mingo's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpellier French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The bride with her bridesmaids nieces and family around her, prepare her first white wedding dress, the train all but filling the room. Kaly and Alain's wedding, La Paillade and Figuerolles, Montpelier France. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live and breathe to the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. The wedding day is the most important of the brides life, where she moves from a girl to womanhood, where her honesty is tested by the elder women of her clan, with the mouchoir. She will typically have three wedding dresses, white for her religious faith, a special robe of honesty to match the mouchoir, and an over the top carnival outfit. The groom's outfits will match the brides. Thousands will attend a big wedding which can last until almost daybreak.
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  • The Baptiste family. French Gitans, in the south of France, are full of spirit. They live as strong communal families with everyone looking after the children, living and breathing the rythmns of rhumba and flamenco music. Any chance to celebrate brings song and dance together with 'palmas' hand clapping. Some work the markets, others doing building, cleaning or maintenance work. Some live in municipal apartments others in caravans. They most often live within their own communities, distrustful of outsiders, and  experience problems of innercity life, and of racism. Roma people have suffered a history of racial persecution for centuries. Though mainly sedentary living in houses and apartments, they are still viewed from the outside as 'Les gens de voyage'. Many will holiday, take seasonal work or go to religious festival in their caravans, coming back to their house over for the rest of the year. Southern France
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  • Magali and Rebecca collide whilst clearing up the dishes at the Baptiste family home after dinner. Ales, France 1995
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  • Magali and Rebecca collide whilst clearing up the dishes at the Baptiste family home after dinner. Ales, France 1995
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