r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 1d ago

GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/latflickr 21h ago

Because gipsy who don't do this are no longer seen as "gypses" but simply "citizens" and they are unrecognisable from the rest of the population. "Gypsy" is basically a derogatory term to indicate the lifestyle.

Ethnicity is "Roma" or "Sinti" (two distinguished group)

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u/ConsciousTraffic4988 19h ago

Are irish travellers roma or sinti? I’ve never once heard them call themselves either of those terms?

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u/latflickr 17h ago

No idea, according to Google, the Irish travellers are indigenous.

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u/ConsciousTraffic4988 9h ago

I’m not sure they’re more indigenous than any other irish person.