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Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2012 The gypsies have figured out a way to sell smoke. I suppose they are masters of psychology and by convincing superstitious people that their smoke is beneficial, they can trade a few seconds worth of smoke for food … Continue reading
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Transylvania, Romania 2012 The wonderful smell of freshly plowed earth filled the air. Lumbering oxen slowly pulled wagons loaded with hay down winding roads. Gypsy families uprooted their camps and hit the open road. It was springtime in the country. … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 Gypsies drive their cattle through a Saxon village. When communism fell, the German government welcomed the Saxons to return even though their forbears had settled in Romania a thousand years ago. I’m sure it was a heart-wrenching decision … Continue reading
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Gujarat, India 2003 They traveled in the cab of a goods hauling truck. They’d stopped on the side of the road and so had we. I don’t remember why we stopped, but in no time I was pointing my camera … Continue reading
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Yaroslavl, Russia 2009 These gypsy girls were begging in front of a church in the shopping area of Yaroslavl. Apparently a passerby told them to get away from the door of the church. This angered the girls and insults (sounded … Continue reading
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Bukovina, Romania 2012 The boys have gathered branches pruned from apple orchards and are hauling them home to be used as firewood. It may not look like they are having fun, but I’ll bet they are. Just working outdoors with a … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 A Gypsy man wanted to show us his horses. We agreed and we waited on the village street. He turned one horse loose and held tightly to the bridle of the other. The horses expressed their happiness by … Continue reading
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India: on route to Agra or maybe it was somewhere else…2004 It’s rare to see buskers like these with their ‘pet’ animals. I’m guessing they are gypsy men as keeping ‘dancing’ bears used to be common among gypsies where ever … Continue reading
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Bhuj, Gujarat State, India 2005 I often go out early in the morning when I am traveling. I just wander. Sometimes I get lucky and meet people like this young Rabari girl. She was searching for something useful in the ubiquitous trash that … Continue reading
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Morocco 2003: Jemaa El Fnaa Marrakesh It was the heat of the afternoon. The square was as empty as it ever gets. A woman has rushed over to have her fortune told and she sits with a worried expression as … Continue reading
