Where Do "Gypsies" Originally Come From?

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They do not have a shared homeland or national identity. They are a people who are scattered across the globe and whose origins have always been shrouded in myth and mystery (among other reasons because they have kept no written records of their early history). Many saw them (and continue to do so in many cases) as dirty, thieving and undesirable, others as artistic, romantic and carefree. In France, they are referred to as gitanes, in Spain they are called gitanos, and in Germany, zigeuner.

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http://www.scottishgypsies.co.uk/early.html
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Where-Do-Gypsies-Come-From-72231.shtml
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/07/gypsies-arrived-europe-1500-genetic
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/american-gypsies/articles/a-history-of-the-romani-people/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_society_and_culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Romani_people
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gypsy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gypsy

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gipsy_Essex_QE1_142.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Dehodencq_A_Gypsy_Dance_in_the_Gardens_of_the_Alc%C3%A1zar.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hendrick_Avercamp_-_Landscape_with_Gypsy_Fortune-Tellers_(Hamburger_Kunsthalle).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Burgkmair_d._%C5%BD._-_Gypsies_in_the_Market_-_WGA03696.jpg
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-132941072/stock-photo-pondicherry-country%2C-india-june-15-2014-gipsy-camp-early-in-the-morning-just-get-up%2C-working%2C-family-closed-together%2C-poor-workers-without-house%2C-family-way-of-life
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/video-80359091/dna-loop-animation-with-alpha-channel/
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-132934733/stock-photo-documetary-editorial-pondicherry-country%2C-india-june-15-2014-gipsy-camp-early-in-the-morning-just-get-up%2C-working%2C-family-closed-together%2C-poor-workers-without-house%2C-family-way-of-life
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-158803001/stock-photo-indian-gipsy-girl%2C-new-delhi%2C-india
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-84627272/stock-photo-gipsy-vendors-in-a-fair-negreni%2C-romania
https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_R_165_Bild-244-52,_Asperg,_Deportation_von_Sinti_und_Roma.jpg

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