Young Gypsy girl from highly specific ethnic group in France
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The Gypsy world as a wholeóthe romanipe (ëRomahoodí or Gypsy lifestyle)ócorresponds neither to specific territorial borders nor to the present-day interweavings of nationalities in movement. Whatever the type of society, however, a kind of principle of mental extraterritoriality seems to surround the Gypsy family in its relations with others, and this apparent arrogance gives rise to a profound misunderstanding. If the Gypsies share a common way of seeing the world, their universe is marked by the diversity reflected in the multiple variations on their names. We may, for example, distinguish the external denominations which have been imposed since the end of the Middle Ages: