How did Romani people get from India to Europe? | Romani history by a Romani person pt. 2 

Love from India brother ❤ The amount of similarities in the language, clothes, music, dances and overall culture between the Hindus of western India (Gujaratis, Sindhis and Marwaris) and Romanis is mind blowing.

Blessing to all the romanis from india

I am an Indian living in France, I always receive quite some attention from the Roma community here and as I work in the market I feel good to work around them. Two years before when I visited Andalusia I immediately felt a strong connection to the flamenco music and dance. It all makes sense now 😊 Thank you for your amazing content.

Heartbreaking what the Romani people had to go through. On the brighter side, it is astounding how resilient the Romani people are: centuries of oppression and attempts to stamp the Romanis out has not worked. Pretty soon, all Romani people will start to thrive, not just a few. Looking forward to it. Stay safe out there. 👍🙏🕉☸

Lots of love to my Romani brothers and sisters, from an Indian. I have a lot of respect to your community for holding on to your culture and language despite all the discrimination and persecutions😢🙏🏽🙏🏽

As a Croat-Australian, I'm not fluent in Croatian. But I have heard the words, "cigane", "cigan" used in reference to my mum's father (when describing in a historical aspect how his family used to refer to him) who had darker features and was often infuriated by being called it (he was denouncing that he had Romani heritage however, adamant that he was 100% Croatian). Thank you for providing insight on the word for me. I've never used it, and never will, because I refuse to perpetuate that further. The bigotry ended with him.

I stumbled upon your channel by accident and it has really made me rethink my prejudices. I grew up hearing that racism was never okay exept against the romani people. We have a lot of words for them "manouche", "gitan", "tsiganes", many are seen as synonymous with dirty, poor, thief. I grew up hearing about the romani people as dirty culturless and dangerous. It is just normal to think this where I am from and in my family. My father (who would never say anyhthing discriminatory usually) just months ago told me of the supposed innate deceiving and evil nature of "gypsies" and I just saw it as normal to hear such things. This is a very long comment but I just wanted to say that you really opened my eyes to the accepted racism and discrimition against romani people. I live somewhere with a very large romani population, most of my neighbours are in fact part of the community and I often find myself seeing them as "other" like its natural. I realise there is a status quo that must be broken. Even tolerant people are profoundly racist against romani people like its a natural thing. This is ugly and I do not want to have this ugliness in my heart anymore. There is an awful lack of empathy and education. Thank you for opening my eyes and heart and sorry for the long comment❤

as a romani person, i never really see/hear too much about this time in our history which has left me a bit less informed than i'd like to be 😅 thank you so much for this video series! very excited to see the next installments :-))

History is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Btw some of your next topic can be Cultural influence of Romani in Europe ( I have heard Flaming Flamenco dance of Spain were introduced by Romanis. And Holocaust of Gypsies ( Romani and Sinti ) during world war 2.

This channel is such a blessing. I look forward to learning more.

In Germany, we spent several semesters in school studying Hitler's rise to power, the war, and genocide. We also visited Auschwitz and a concentration camp nearby. People say they want to commemorate, to sensitize, and again and again they say they want to prevent "the repetition of history." But in reality one is very much concerned with numbers, what happened on the ground and what brutal actions went along with it. The focus is very much on the extermination of the Jews, the Sinthi and Romani people are often only mentioned in passing. One does not deal with the culture, but talks a lot about what sterotypes there were/are. I asked my teacher who Romani people are. Normands in colorful clothes, a minority was the answer. I'm glad I was able to learn more about it on your channel and get an answer after the fact as to who Romani People are: Several ethnic groups that have been able to preserve a rich culture despite repugnant circumstances. I hope that very soon people will appreciate more the great influences of this culture. I am a bit unsure with my English, I hope I have hit the right words. All I wanted to say was: thank you for helping to preserve your culture.

Finally someone pronounced Iran the correct way, Thank you brother. Everyone else pronounce it like it's an Apple product.

Indeed we Armenians, Iranians and Indians were friends and our enemies were always Turks. I am glad that the relations between Armenia and India are very good but also with Iran. 🇦🇲🇮🇳🇮🇷

As an Indian, I wish all my Romani cousins good fortune and health and long life. May Goddess Kali Maa protect you all 🙏🏻😇 Hoping to see many more interesting educational videos from you about Romani history and culture. 🤗😊

Hi! I'm from Malaysia and I've never heard of these issues before! Just wanted to thank you for opening my eyes to a whole culture that have so long been misrepresented by media (cough, Disney, cough) Always looking forward to seeing your next content!

You are our old brothers and sisters. We love you, from India.

I'm gonna comment because this is extremely important for my family. Grew up in foster care in the states. Mother passed and our grandmother was too traumatized to tell us our family history. You just explained our DNA perfectly, and validated all of our stories passed on. Thank you friend, thank you.

Living in the southern US, I know almost nothing about Romani people, thank you for helping educate about them! I always love learning about different cultures, but Romani is one of those groups that it feels like no one has any information on. Thank you so much!

I’m ashamed to admit that I had assumed the Roma were from…. Romania.😅 Thanks for all the enlightening content!!

Thank you You seem to be a good historian and story teller. Your comments about Romani immigration into Persia/Iran brought to mind the Zorasterians in India who originally were Persians. In college at BYU in Utah during the 1980s my favorite college roommate Ratan was from Bombai India and was a Zorasterian priest at the Mormon majority BYU campus. I learned so much from him about other cultures. So one religious cultural group fled Persia to India in the 7th or 8th century, then another minority entered Persia from India in the 10th or 11th century interesting

Amazed by the volume of information in your content. Pleasantly shocked by the Romani connection with Hindu/Indian past. Great going! Love from India ❤🎉

Thank you for using the right Indian map🙏 Means a lot to us. Loving your content.

3 years back, I searched lot about Roma. RU-vid algo is superb. Can't express in words how much I feel for Roma brothers (& Girmitiya as well).

Thanks to social media and internet that people are learning more about Romani people, their culture and where they come from. We may be miles apart but our genetics remains the same. From one Bharatiya to another, keep growing brother ✌️

Just a friendly suggestion: Please keep a list of your references and sources somewhere in the description box. Would help out everyone

Hey brother, you make great content on the culture and heritage of the Romani people. Keep it up. And here's wishing you more and more success in this endeavour with huge numbers of subscribers. Love and blessings from your Indian cousin ❤

This channel is a blessing! I don't have any personal connection with Romani culture, but I love European history and this part of it is shamefully ignored by most.

Thanks for the video. I had watched lot of videos on Romani people but hardly found something by a Romani himself/herself. Very interested to watch your videos in future

Hey brother, I'm also Romani and I love your videos, I recently gave my class in Germany an educational presentation about our people and I was inspired by your videos, for example when you mentioned in a video that Disney has a lot of clichés about us people I was very surprised that the class unfortunately didn't know Roma and immediately connected it with Rome Italy, but in the end they learned a lot, thank you for making such educational videos. Ov Sasto ❤

This is a great channel, very much needed during these days to popularize a part of history that is rarely, if ever, taught in public schools and universities. Coming from Italy, I was lucky enough to get in touch with the history of Roma people through DeAndré (a famous songwriter), however the country is still plagued by ignorance and misconception. Maybe through media like this, that plague will be cured at least for younger generations. Thanks for your work, and keep it up!

I'm Armenian and am learning so much from you! I love our connection in history and would love to know more loan words that connect us

Thank you, Florian, for this history of the Romani people. I look forward to learning more. 💙❤💚

I´m from the Balkans and I´ve never understood the dislike of Romani people and during high school did a presentation of the persecution people were forced to face during the past centruies. I´d really glad there´s you and other creators popping up and educating people. With globalization and migration comes diversity and people are getting a lot more accepting but we need to be aware of our history and how to be better.

I've been waiting so long to hear the Romani history told by a Romani person. Thank You so much.🙏🏽❤

Absolutely fascinating to learn about the origins and development of your culture , thank you so much for sharing . I am a Maori New Zealander and have met a few Romani people and have superficially learnt that there is so much about the Romani people that has been buried for far too long under centuries of brutal oppression . It is people such as yourself who help teach the world that there is so much life and a vibrancy found in you and your people and that your story deserves to be heard

Didn't know about this my friend. God bless you all Nice episode. ...from India

at this point, ur channel feels like a gift from God. pls do more of these, I really want to see more. also, really heartbreaking what the romani went through. Atleast they're pretty happy now

So nice and interesting your topics are. I have heard several times from many Romani people that they have their roots in India. More power to you. Keep your culture, heritage and music alive. These are what makes humans connect with each other. Lol from India 🇮🇳 ❤❤❤

Such a sad and tragic history; and so often untold. Yours is one of the best supported and credible account of the history. Thank you for this research and information presented in a cogent comprehensible vlog.

Thank you so much for the information, Florian!

Love from India to Romani people ♥️

You have an intriguing way of telling your peoples story. I am from Denmark, and I don’t think I have any ties to Roma people. But I like history so you have gotten yourself a new subscriber. I actually don’t know how I found you. You only have 30.300 subs as I write this. But I know I am staying ❤

Whats interesting is that "Athinganoi" was also used earlier by the Byzantines to refer to a group of heretics that were descended from Greek settlers in India who were also known as fortune tellers and had strict taboos against people touching members of the opposite sex. It's possible the Roma at the time got the name because they were confused with the earlier group.

❤❤❤ another great video that I’m going to rewatch a dozen times while looking up maps and stuff! Thank you, I can’t wait for next week’s video

Really glad I found this channel

I found your channel by accident and am so glad I did! Please, never stop doing these videos. They are very very important, especially in this day and age!

Great job on this, I can't wait to see the next episode!

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge ❤

Such an informative video! Thank you so much for you hard work, definitely looking forward to your next upload!

Thanks so much! I’ve always wanted to find out about the history of the Romani. Your video is so enlightening!

Thank you for making this series! I've been curious about romani history but it's been a bit difficult to find thorough and coherent sources to learn from.

This is so eye opening! I can’t wait to share these videos with my students.

incredible video from start to finish so concise so exact thank you so much for this Florian

This is wonderful! Thank you so much for posting these videos. I have always wanted to know about Romani history. Didn’t find a lot of information on the internet either. They really should teach us about all this and more in school ( talking about Romania at least because we weren’t taught this here). This is amazing. Thank you!

I haven't heard a RU-vidr refer to syncretism in a long long time. Florian got my subscription!

Thank you so much for helping me understand more deeply about our culture‼️ You are helping me put so many pieces together, so thank you. Wishing you love & light 💚✨ keep up the great work. ✌️😁

This is so useful, thank you so much! Roma is the largest minority in Hungary and we don't learn about their history and culture at all in school. Makes me so deeply sad

Thank you so much for this, and your whole channel. I was doing family history research and recently found out my great grandma who left germany in the 1930s was Romani, but my family never talked about it and a few actively tried to hide it. I've been trying to research more about what her life may have been like, or in general about the romani people and what she left behind. but when you don't know where to start, so many of the resources in a basic google search are either biased, rife with slurs, or are just full of misinformation by non romani authors. Thank you for the fact that this channel is reliable, informative, and just all around well produced and well done. I definitely know that at least for me you're making a massive difference by making these.

I love your videos! I can’t wait for the next one, even if it’s going to be very dark and probably make me sad. I still want to learn because your history shouldn’t be erased. Thank you for educating!

I love your channel. I've always been fascinated by your people. I can't wait for more videos and information. 😊

My DNA shows the migration patterns. It’s very fascinating. My family Romani ended up in the Caribbean due to expulsion.

A very excellent video! Lots of research & effort went into this video : it came out superbly !

Thank you for your history lessons, Florian! Very interesting

Good to see you with RU-vid channel. This becomes the layer of our connection.❤ India, bihar

This is great info, I am learning so much and really enjoying your approach. Please keep sharing! :)

Very informative!! I love learning more about other cultures and histories! Excited to see more videos in the future!

Here I go commenting for the algorithm again! I love your channel btw, it's quickly become a favorite. What an amazing wealth of knowledge.

I would like to know your story some day. Where your immediate ancestors are from, where did you grow up, and what prompted you to learn so much of your history.

SO interesting!! Bless you Florian

This is such valuable work you're doing! Thank you for this channel and telliing your history.

id crawl over broken glass for long form videos from you... thank you so much for your efforts!

Greetings from India my brother ....Happy to learn something new

Thanks for making these Romani history videos, brother so interesting to listen to.

Can’t wait for the next episode!

Thank you for educating us!

Thanks Florian! As others have suggested, a list of your sources and references would be a great addition to this fantastic work you are doing. I shall definitively go to bed tonight much more enlightened about this part of our common human migratory history.

Awesome content, thank you

Thank you so much for making more lengthy videos I love watching I wish you had a podcast! ❤

So informative. Thank you!

Thank you for educating us! I can't help myself but say that you're very cute~ 🥰

Nice to see a youtube video about Roma where the comments section isn't a bigoted, hateful cesspool. You're incredible in what you do Florian 😊

you are great. Im learning so much: thank you

another amazing video! i love that you explain how historians know things from the language and genetics of romani people

Love and blessings from India. Be safe and prosper...

I really love your channel,I look forward to learning more from you♡

Thanks for sharing your video with us appreciate it 💐

Thank you so much for making these videos, you are awesome It is wonderful to learn more about your amazing people and culture The world has viewed and portrayed you so horribly for such a long time, it is a real blessing to finally see more positive conversations about the Romani people We all have so much to learn from and about you Many blessings to you and your family ❤

Thank you for your research. Such an interesting topic.

That was really interesting, I love learning about this kind of stuff.

Most fascinating. Thank you for enlightening us

I'm learning a lot thank you florian for your work 💓💓

Very interesting, I didn’t know you could track migration from languages! You always have the most informative videos.

Few weeks ago I was in Nis, South Eastern Serbia on my way to Bulgaria exploring history. Walked into a local super market in Nis where i spent a day, just when I left after paying, a security officer caught at the door thought that I left without paying. When I showed him receipt, he apologised and after few words he said that he took me for Romani while I am English speaking Pakistani/punjabi. There I was told by an Imam in a Mosque. There's 2k Roma people in that area, Muslims from Ottaman time but most converted to Orthodox Christians. Ever since, my urge to dig more about roma has multiplied and your channel got me more into this. I'm history lover and for a year I have been touring Balkans, already covered Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria and planning to tour Albania, Croatia and Bosnia in Oct/Nov.

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much for sharing this

You summarize extensive and deep research and study in accessible easy to understand segments. Bravo!

I love your videos, looking forward to more of them

Thanks for the information, brother. It's sad to hear about your suffering. Many Indian working in Europe. Hopefully you can join with them

Very interesting thank you!

Wonderful video pal❤️