In Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Romany, the words for counting from 1 to 4 are identical. Romany, an Indic language, has nothing to do with Romania, or Rome: It belongs to the Romany nation (often ...

PRAGUE -- It’s been a tough year for the Roma. In countries across Europe, including the Czech Republic, there is growing hostility to Romany communities. Prague’s 11th annual celebration of Romany ...

The Czech capital, Prague, is hosting the Khamoro World Roma Festival, a celebration of Romany culture from across Europe. The festival was founded in 1999 by a couple from Sarajevo who wanted to ...

SKOPJE, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, September 27 (UNHCR) - Esma Redzepova Teodosievska is known around the Balkans region as the Queen of Roma Music. A Roma born in Skopje with Jewish, ...

They wrote to her: “You’re a gadžovka (a non-Roma woman). You’ll never be one of us. It’s not in your blood.” Singer and musician Júlia Kozáková never wanted to be anyone else. As a non-Roma artist ...

Roma musicians in the Balkans are renowned for playing exuberant brass band tunes at weddings. Now the brash, electric keyboard-based party sound known as ‘tallava’ is making an impact outside the ...