Roma cemetery in Donetsk

Roma settlements in Donetsk few.
As elsewhere in the world, the places of compact residence of Roma in the Donets Basin - the territory with its own laws and customs, where the indigenous population is Ukrainian unnecessarily tries not to look.

Roma communities, tend to be very closed. Strangers to the input ordered.
But there are places where the Roma customs before us in all its glory. This gypsy cemetery.

One of these cemeteries are located on the border of Donetsk and Makeyevka, in the settlement of the plant "Stroydetal", which is a place of compact residence of Roma.
Bury it is not only the Roma, but Roma make up a significant part of the burial.
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Graves Roma are different from the Slavic burial pomp and panache. Deaths are usually shown in their full length or at the dinner table, sometimes with cars and horses. Photos signed by the passport not only the names but also the generic nickname that Gypsies are among themselves.



The graves of the rich Roma differ from the graves of the poor a special glamor. Portraits they are usually great. They illustrate how fun and well was buried in life.



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Carefully prescribed even details such as the brands of alcoholic beverages on the table gives an idea of ​​the culinary preferences of the Roma elite.



The graves of the poor do not differ from the majority of the cemetery graves.



Generic nickname Roma usually written close to the identification plate or on the reverse side of the monument. Sometimes they sound like the names, sometimes -as criminal nicknames.



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The tradition of writing on the front of the official data and on the back - nicknames, very curious. She seemed to be evidence of the two sides of the life of the Roma people - formal and informal.



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One is struck by a very large number of graves belonging to young people. The high birth rate of Gypsies apparently compensated by the low duration of their lives. Few people lived more than 60 years.



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Monuments of wealthy Roma sometimes are real works zodcheskogo and fine arts.



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Gypsy graves in stark contrast to the poverty and squalor adjacent to the cemetery Roma settlement and homes of ordinary Roma.
Accommodation of Roma in Donetsk, usually - the most neglected and uncomfortable in the city.



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