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Now matter where You from and who You are or what You do - Stop HERE for a while and try to bring THE WALL DOWN !. The WALL of hate and missunderstanding. How is that possible that THE biggest and most peacefull (Have You ever heard about war started by Gypsies? or genocide started by THEM ?) minority on this planet is pushed from site to site without any rights to land? In this world full of excuses - democraties without demos cratos - and equality without basic quality? We`v met thousands of THEM - around the Globe - from American Romanichals to Serbian Medvedara Roma - travelled thousands of miles. It`s hard to understand how in 21 century in European Union under umbrella of Civil Rights and in educated civilized society things like that can happend.
Let me introduce and let me let You better understand
T H E G Y P S I E S / T H E ROMA / T H E ZIGUENERS / T H E GITANA !!!
Traditionally, Romnichals earned a living doing agricultural work and would move to the edges of towns for the winter months. There was casual work available on farms throughout the spring, summer and autumn months, and would start with seed sowing, planting potatoes and fruit trees in the spring, weeding in early summer, and there would be a succession of harvests of crops from summer to late autumn.
Of particular significance was the hop industry, which employed thousands of Romnichals both in spring for vine training and for the harvest in early autumn.
Winter months were often spent doing casual labour in towns or selling goods or services door to door.
Mass industrialisation of agriculture in the 1960s led to the disappearance of many of the casual farm jobs Romnichals had traditionally carried out. This, and legislation aimed at stopping travellers camping on common land and roadsides, has forced large numbers of Romnichals to abandon their nomadic lifestyle and take on a sedentary existence.
Originally, Romnichals would travel on foot, or with light, horse-drawn carts, and they would build "bender" tents where they settled for a time. A bender is type of tent constructed from a frame of bent hazel branches (hazel is chosen for its straightness and flexibility), covered with canvas or tarpaulin. These tents are still favoured by New Age Traveller groups.
Around the mid to late-nineteenth century, Romnichals started using wagons that incorporated living spaces on the inside. These they called "Vardos" and were often brightly and colourfully decorated on the inside and outside.
In the present day, Romnichals are more likely to live in caravans.
The Inclosure Act 1857 created the offence of injury or damage to village greens and interruption to its use or enjoyment as a place of exercise and recreation. The Commons Act 1876 makes encroachment or inclosure of a village green, and interference with or occupation of the soil unlawful unless it is with the aim of improving enjoyment of the green.
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 states that no occupier of land shall cause or permit the land to be used as a caravan site unless he is the holder of a site licence. It also enables a district council to make an order prohibiting the stationing of caravans on common land, or a town or village green.
These acts had the overall effect of preventing travellers using the vast majority of their traditional stopping places.
The Caravan Sites Act 1968 required local authorities to provide caravan sites for travellers if there were a demonstrated need. This was resisted by many councils who would claim that there were no Gypsies living in their areas.The result was that insufficient pitches were provided for travellers, leading to the situation whereby holders of a pitch could no longer travel, for fear of losing it.
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 removed the duty of local councils to provide authorised pitches and gave the Council and Police powers to move travellers on, subject to certain welfare issues. The official response of the government was that travellers should buy land and apply for planning permission to occupy it. However, those that did so found it extremely difficult to get planning permission, with more than 90% of applications by travellers refused.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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