The Romany Trail – Part Two: Into Europe / Shanachie DVD-1211

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Shanachie DVD 1211 / Color, 60 min / The Romany Part II takes you to India to find what are believed to be the original gypsy families whose descendents migrated across the Middle East to Africa and Europe. In India, the familiar acrobats, bear trainers, puppeteers, actors, magicians and musicians are there, many with the same family names as European gypsies. Then its on to Eastern Europe , among the oppressed gypsy communities of then-Communist Europe, into workers’ hostels, private homes, and community streets where gypsies are found – a penetrating underground tour of a fabled people’s existence.