Re: The Gypsy way of Life
Ditto that. Not a gypsy/nomadic (Or the way I like to call is "Mountain people) myself but my grandparents lived their lives in the mountains and I have had the privilege to spend sometime among this sec. Their simplicity and way of living life is just incredible. How they are so looped in Nature and the repect they have for it. I just feel there is so much to learn from these people. The whole wave of sustainable living that’s been doing the rounds in US/Europe: come to think of it ties right back to the nomadic way of living. Living using what resources you have in your surrounding and making the most out of it.
I wish I could travel among these people. (I guess easy said then done for some one who hasn’t “roughed it out” for so long and traveling with these people can really take a toll for how much wonderful it may sound, it is quite difficult way fo live in this day and age).
True that the term Gypsy does originate from “Roma”, the people themselves migrated from Asia to the current Europe now. There culture and heritage is rich, but I feel they have now been caught up in the mainstream lifestyle of these countries forcing them to earn a livelihood from not so great sources. (And not to mention the fact that they are being forced to return to their countries of origin which is a oxymoron considering they are Gypsies and that term in-itself would mean they don’t belong to one place)