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Scottish Romani and Traveller groups - Wikipedia

Scottish Travellers are non-Romani groups indigenous to Scotland who live or traditionally lived a nomadic lifestyle, including Scottish Highland Travellers, ...

Scotland's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History with Nawken (Scottish ...

This lellum's mangin is naggins tae (this land's story is mine too)”. We know that Travellers have been in Scotland since at least the 12th ...

The persecution of Gypsy Travellers in Scotland - a timeline

While records show that Gypsies were initially welcomed into Scotland, the Reformation signalled a downturn in group fortunes. The first anti- ...

Gypsy/Travellers - gov.scot

The term 'Gypsy/Travellers' refers to distinct groups – such as Roma, Romany Gypsies, Scottish and Irish Travellers – who consider the travelling lifestyle ...

Gypsy Travellers - mygov.scot

They are recognised in Scotland as an ethnic group. They consider the travelling lifestyle part of their ethnic identity and culture.

Gypsies and Tinkers, Travellers and Itinerants - Douglas Archives

There are three distinct communities that identify themselves as Gypsies/Travellers in Scotland: Indigenous Highland Travellers, Romani Lowland Gypsies and ...

The Scottish Gypsies Under The Stuarts | History Of Roma - Wix.com

By 1816 the colony of Gypsies (Tinklers or Tinkers) had become settled in Yetholm. The males earned their way by mending cooking pots and utensils.

History of the Gipsies - Electric Scotland

UP to 5000 Roma are living in Scotland following a significant influx from eastern Europe in the past 10 years, according to the first ...

Gypsy Traveller history in Scotland - Iriss

In. Scotland this legal victory was achieved in 2008 and Gypsy Travellers were identified in Scotland's Census for the first time in 2011. Irish Travellers, or.

Brushing off bias: depictions of Scotland's Gypsy, Roma and ... - Art UK

Brushing off bias: depictions of Scotland's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community. Posted 14 Feb 2024, by Aila Schafer.

Gypsies and travellers - Renfrewshire Website

The term 'gypsy/traveller' refers to distinct groups (such as Romany Gypsies, Scottish and Irish Travellers) who regard the travelling lifestyle as being part ...

Scottish Cant or Scots Romani - Friends, Families and Travellers

Scottish Cant is spoken between Scottish Gypsy Traveller or Nacken people. While there is a standardised strain of Cant, localised dialects mean there are ...

Scottish Highland Travellers… - Preindustrial Craftsmanship

Indigenous Highland Travellers – In Scottish Gaelic they are known as the “Ceàrdannan” (the Craftsmen), or less controversially, “luchd siubhail ...

A road less travelled: celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History ...

Irish Travellers have their own language – Shelta (also known as Cant). Scottish Gypsies/Travellers are indigenous to Scotland. Their exact ...

The Border Gypsies | Scotland's History - YouTube

Please SUBSCRIBE, like, and click the Notification Bell: This is the story of the Border gypsies. If you would like to support the channel, ...

The Gypsy Kings and Queens of Kirk Yetholm

The first official recognition of a Scottish Gypsy leader was in 1506. King James IV acknowledged Anthony Gawin as the “Earl of Little Egypt” in ...

Commission Hears the Human Rights Concerns of the Gypsy ...

At present, Gypsy Travellers in Scotland do not have recognised legal National Minority Status, this is despite the UK ratifying the framework ...

Douglas Ross and the war on Scotland's Travellers | openDemocracy

Douglas Ross has built his political career not on bringing people together – rather, on prying open one of Scotland's oldest and deepest racist fault lines.

Scottish "Gypsy" Kingdom | Kilts-n-Stuff.com - The Celtic Croft

Town Yetholm is a small village in the Scottish Borders to the south east of Edinburgh (map) and has a fairly long history as a ceremonial location for the ...

What are the Scottish gypsies called? - Quora

Gypsy is incorrect and outdated term for Romani . Scottish Romani are sometimes known as Nawkins , they descend from Romany in Scotland and non- ...