Gypsies

Romani people the same as the Gypsies was an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to the Indian Subcontinent. Romani are widely dispersed, with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe and Anatolia, followed by the Kale of Iberia and Southern France. During World War II, the Nazis and the Ustaša embarked on a systematic attempt at genocide of the Romanies, a process known in Romani as the //Porajmos.// The traditional Romanies place a high value on the bif family. Virginity is essential in unmarried women. Both men and women often marry young; there has been controversy in several countries over the Romani practice of child marriage. Romani law establishes that the man's family must pay a bride price to the bride's parents, but only traditional families still follow this rule.