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		<title>Duty and beauty&#8230; the claim of lexical impoverishment as control &#8211; by Ian Hancock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DUTY AND BEAUTY, POSSESSION AND TRUTH: THE CLAIM OF LEXICAL IMPOVERISHMENT AS CONTROL
By Ian Hancock
© Ian Hancock, 1997, all rights reserved. Originally published in T.A. Acton and A. Mundy (eds.), Romani culture and Gypsy identity (University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield, 1997), pp. 180–7.
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Language is essentially the control of thought. It becomes impossible for us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roma Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina and &#8230;. &#8211; By Hedina Sijercic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROMA WOMEN IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND BOSNIAN ROMA WOMEN IN WEST EUROPE
By Hedina Sijercic
© Hedina Sijercic, 2007, all rights reserved.
This was a speech given by Hedina Sijercic at a conference during the Festival Tzigane Romani Yag / Romani Yag Gypsy Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 14, 2007.
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Aven saste thaj baxtale, Romnjale, Romalen, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/roma-women-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-and-by-hedina-sijercic/</link>
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		<title>Roma ande Kalisferia &#8211; Roma in Limbo &#8211; by Ronald Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROMA ANDE KALISFERIA – ROMA IN LIMBO
By Ronald Lee
© Ronald Lee, 2002, all rights reserved.
Published in Terre Sospese – Suspended Worlds: A Photo Essay of Romani Refugee Camps in Italy.
Stefano Montesi. Prospettiva Edizioni Srl. Rome. 2002.
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The North-American Vlach-Roma believe  there is a place between earth and Heaven, called Kalisferia in Romani, where the souls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roma in Romania &#8211; by Valeriu Nicolae</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROMA IN ROMANIA
Report by Valeriu Nicolae
© Valeriu Nicolae, 2002, all rights reserved
Published in The Romani Diaspora in Canada: History, Culture &#038; Equity Issues, Editor, Ronald Lee et al., 2003, Canadian Scholars Institute Press, Toronto, Canada. Required Course Reading for Spring Seminar, NEW 343H1, University of Toronto.
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How long before we kick the whole lot out? ran [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/roma-in-romania-by-valeriu-nicolae/</link>
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		<title>Roma and Flamenco: Myth and Reality &#8211; by Ronald Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROMA AND FLAMENCO: MYTH AND REALITY
By Ronald Lee
© Ronald Lee, 2003, all rights reserved
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Much has been written about Flamenco music and what contribution the Roma have made to its development and continuity. In the past, many authorities whose knowledge of Romani history and that of Spain was peripheral have stated that Flamenco is a mixture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/roma-and-flamenco-myth-and-reality-by-ronald-lee/</link>
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		<title>The Romani Goddess Kali Sara &#8211; by Ronald Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE ROMANI GODDESS KALI SARA
By Ronald Lee
© Ronald Lee, 2002, all rights reserved
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While there are many Black Virgins and Black Madonnas in the Christian countries of the Mediterranean and elsewhere, the black statue worshipped by the Roma. at Les Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue in the South of France stands out as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/the-romani-goddess-kali-sara-by-ronald-lee/</link>
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		<title>The Erasure of Romani Women &#8211; by Alexandra Oprea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE ERASURE OF ROMANI WOMEN IN STATISTICAL DATA:
Limits of the Race versus Gender Approach
By Alexandra Oprea 
© Alexandra Oprea, March 17 2003, all rights reserved
Published on www.eumap.org
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The conceptualization of race and gender as separate and even unrelated categories has perpetuated the marginalization of Romani women in the collection of statistical data.  Inherent flaws in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/the-erasure-of-romani-women-by-alexandra-oprea/</link>
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		<title>No tambourines, dancing bears or golden earrings &#8211; by Valeriu Nicolae</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NO TAMBOURINES, DANCING BEARS OR GOLDEN EARINGS
A Snapshot of Romani Life in Today&#8217;s Romania
By Valeriu Nicolae
© Valeriu Nicolae, 2002, all rights reserved.
Published in The Romani Diaspora in Canada: History, Culture &#038; Equity Issues, Editor Ronald Lee et al.,  2003, Canadian Scholars Institute Press, Toronto, Canada. Required Course Reading for Spring Seminar, NEW 343HI, University [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/no-tambourines-dancing-bears-or-golden-earrings-by-valeriu-nicolae/</link>
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		<title>The Holocaust: The Other Victims &#8211; by Toussaint Dileau</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE OTHERS
By Toussaint Dileau
Traduit de l&#8217;originale entitulée &#8220;Les Autres Victimes de l&#8217;Holocauste&#8221;
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Others were the only population besides the Jews who were targeted for
extermination on racial grounds in the Final Solution. They arrived in
Europe about the year 1300 from India which they had left nearly three
centuries before as a military population of mixed, non-Aryan origin
assembled to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kopachi.com/articles/the-holocaust-the-other-victims-by-toussaint-dileau/</link>
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		<title>Roma and Education &#8211; by Ronald Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROMA AND EDUCATION
By Ronald Lee
© Ronald Lee, June 2009 all rights reserved
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Historical Background
Until this century, Roma were basically an illiterate people. Except for a small number of individuals, most Roma and Sinti in the many countries where they lived were unable to read and write. Some did learn basic reading and writing skills but contributed [...]]]></description>
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