Tag: romani
-
International Romani Day 2021
Gypsies somehow always captured my fancy maybe from the gypsy dances we learnt at school, with bright colourful skirts and scarves. Not to mention the reference to gypsies by English storytellers like Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie. Then one day I came across this day dedicated to the gypsies, The world Gypsy day. I…
-
World Gypsy day
One of the dance forms we learnt in our Bharatnatyam curriculum was the gypsy dance, the costume would vivid, with gold spangles, and colourful hair tassels’, a tambourine in the hand and quick beats. Most of us loved it for the sheer energy it created. Gypsies seemed exotic. Gypsies the Nomads.. Travelling in caravans, in…
Parwatisingari's Weblog 