Yenish people
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Yenish people
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#4Other links https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/threatened-minorities_n... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Z3X7yTiDQ https://www.equaltimes.org/the-cultural-genocide-committed https://historum.com/t/the-yenish-yeniche-people.127900/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariella_Mehr
Is your name related to Mariella Mehr?
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#5The song 'Move Along', by Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy, about Gypsies / Irish Travellers, is very affecting:
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#6Other links https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/threatened-minorities_n... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Z3X7yTiDQ https://www.equaltimes.org/the-cultural-genocide-committed https://historum.com/t/the-yenish-yeniche-people.127900/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariella_Mehr
Is your name related to Mariella Mehr?
No and I didn't even notice. I just learned about her and thought her background was interesting, not to mention tragic. I wonder if anyone here has read her memoir?
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#7Reminds me a bit of the Cagot people who lived around the border region between France and Spain. These people where hated, discriminated and prosecuted for more then a thousand years while people had forgotten what they ever did to deserve this. Already in the 16th century the Pope published a edict saying let bygones-be-bygones and forgave them for whatever perceived crime. Historians don't believe they where ever responsible for this perceived crime and that the Pope probably knew this but forgave them anyway in a hopeless attempt to stop the discrimination.
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#8We have some people of the road in Geneva. I'm not sure if they're Yenish or not but the usually arrive at the beginning of Spring and leave at the end of the Summer.
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#9We have some people of the road in Geneva. I'm not sure if they're Yenish or not but the usually arrive at the beginning of Spring and leave at the end of the Summer.
Where do they go in winter?
That being said, a nomadic lifestyle sounds so interesting and romantic. Too bad most nomads are heavily discriminated against.
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#10Reminds me a bit of the Cagot people who lived around the border region between France and Spain. These people where hated, discriminated and prosecuted for more then a thousand years while people had forgotten what they ever did to deserve this. Already in the 16th century the Pope published a edict saying let bygones-be-bygones and forgave them for whatever perceived crime. Historians don't believe they where ever…
I didn't know you actually had to "do" something to deserve to be discriminated against and persecuted. Generally you just need to "be"