Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Culture in Dorset (Traveller Month)

A worthwhile educational event in Borough Gardens, Dorchester, today. Here are some photographs I took. I'm thinking of buying a small gypsy caravan. Just the job for writing in Greece.

Storytelling:

Music and Traditional Songs of Deportation
On guitar, the (retired) Chaplain to the Travelling Community

Reading the cards:

Working with wood (making clothes' pegs):

Horse-Drawn Caravans

Snug, with wood-burning stove

If you want to buy a gypsy caravan, here's the number to call (cost £2000-£4000?)

I couldn't afford a caravan (and the transportation costs to Greece), so bought two books instead:

Compare: Roma Music and Culture in Northern Greece

Who are the Roma people? Euronews

In the UK, "Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers are recognised ethnic minorities under the Race Relations Act" (Travellers' Times, Summer 2014.

This event is being hosted by the South West Dorset Multicultural Network in partnership with the South West Alliance of Nomads, Magna Housing, Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust, Weymouth
College and the Dorset Race Equality Council with the support of Dorchester Town Council.

It seems that traditional caravans are more acceptable than the modern variety.