Gypsies of Transylvania - the project Mona Simon

Mona Simon - documentary photographer from Germany. Several years ago, she took a series of photos in one of the historical regions of Romania, to show how the local Roma live there.

The man is running, it tinsmith, a very common profession. A woman with a child sitting next to him on the street.





Gypsies of Transylvania live by their own laws. A little girl had just knocked five, and she was a bride. At 13 it will be given in marriage to a neighbor boy. Everything has already been decided.



Many Romanian Roma are Caldarari (tinsmith), which means working with copper.



In school the Roma children are not given, and zealous desire to learn all no one likes. Mostly taught at home everyday things, primitive writing and reading, account. That's enough to live with their point of view.



Romanian public of the Party of Roma communities. But in Transylvania Roma we are more than confident that their culture is very important and has ancient origins. In fact, they adore their traditions. Prior to 1818 the Romanian Gypsies were slaves officially or Romanians, or the state. Now there is a division of the Transylvanian Gypsies into castes, they even dress up, depending on which of the caste belong. There Kelderari - tinsmiths, are respected, there gichitori - gadalschitsy there chershetori - beggars. In the fall caste by birth, the transition from caste to caste impossible, native only to the Roma one caste. But as it usually happens, sometimes rules are broken, and then there are the scandals in the family.



Two sisters, aged 13. The girls left school in the fifth grade, do not study, sitting at home, cook, help with household chores, waiting for suitors.





Roma traded by the roadside.



The more expensive the house looks and richer, the more affluent are considered Gypsies. So they do their best to look like a house can be richer and more grotesque.

However, the house is almost no work:





Not only old people work. Old age is respected here. Here is an elderly couple, whose numerous offspring. Grandparents treated kindly, fed and protected.



The most an old couple in the community. Both of '83.

In general, in the Balkans, Roma very much, I can even say that they are most prevalent there. They all ethnic, some marry the natives. For example, in the same Bulgarian Roma over 60% of the mass of the population (with most of the living without passports and official statistics and percentage terms - a purely personal view of many indigenous towns and villages in Bulgaria) and are tight and densely populated outlying regions ( Ghetto is not just the area of ​​residence), where the locals do not even want to meddle. Emir Kusturica shot films about the mass of Serbia and Yugoslavia, there is also a lot of Roma. The most curious thing that the Roma, even though they have common features, everything - is very different. It's like a separate world, and separate humanity from different nations. In Romania, the Roma officially 2, 5%, no one likes to live alone and are almost anti-social way of life.

Well, and in addition a few photos from the traveler who posted photos of the Romanian Roma community in his blog. Same with comments.

Gypsy village Glod, where the film "Borat." And you said that this was happening in Kazakhstan.



On the blog author attacked the local gypsy, who immediately without further ado began to beat his bag on his head, and he barely escaped, having, however, is that something to shoot. Roles of Kazakhs in the movie "Borat" performed local Roma. For this local barons gave them a beating, scolding them for their venality. Any people with cameras here then simply hate and banish.



The author managed to explain to the local authoritative baron that they have no relation to the film crew, who took it to the store.



One minute before Roma nearly killed the photographer, but for a bottle of soda ready to kiss and love. It is highly developed division into castes. If a store is included Baron (by birth), he is the unquestioned authority, can do whatever he wants.



Despite the fact that the Roma rebuilt huge houses, they do it for the status. And they themselves are living in tents, which are near.





The atmosphere in the house is not so luxurious.

On machines do not drive, mostly prefer horses and carts.





Gypsy



Gypsy with child

Living apart, sell, wondering, beg, steal. They are arrogant, Addictive, valyazhnye and very unreliable, according to local residents. At any time, may boil and strike, for example. Even children.



Roma children