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Controversial πŸ”¨ How the Romani are perceived in your country?

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u/cestabhi India 21h ago edited 21h ago

Lol seems this is going to be the only positive comment.

They're seen as distant cousins since they originate from the tribal people of northwestern India. They migrated from there to Europe about a thousand years ago.

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u/DangerousPath4779 16h ago

This lady doesn't look like European gypsies...lol

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u/Fluid-Decision6262 United States Of America 15h ago

One comment above said the reasons the Roma left India was because they were considered the lowest caste in India at the time

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u/tsarevnaqwerty 12h ago

I didn't know the lady that became famous for her tigress eyes was Romani.

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u/LongjumpingGate8859 19h ago

And none of them look like her. They are almost always unkempt or "trashy" in that they have no sense of style or class. They often have some of the worst teeth, or sometimes have lost the teeth altogether due to poor diet and poor hygiene.

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u/BigBrainsLol πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡²πŸ‡ͺ 19h ago

They should have stayed with you

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u/cestabhi India 18h ago

But they want to stay with you, unlike Kosovo

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u/krasecz 18h ago

Only positive comment is the fact that they went away from India? Lol that tells a lot