#romani stuff

[jonpertwee]

I don't talk on here much anymore about being Romani because I'm not in the culture and some people treated me Not Well for that lol. But my grandfather recently passed away and he just... didn't want to talk about it when he was alive. And I've never had a big family and sometimes I'd think about going to Czechia where my family came from or something... I feel like there's nothing for me anymore. And maybe there never was.

[cyberr-v0id]

Finding out that Elvis Presley was Romani is like. Ohhhh so *thats * why so many of my mums generation were named after his daughter. Not just because he was famous

[ariel-seagull-wings]

FOUR ENIGMAS, FOUR BROTHERS

@themousefromfantasyland @tamisdava2 @the-blue-fairie @princesssarisa

(Romani Tale)

Four romani brothers live alone in great poverty and in a small caravan. One morning, the oldest says:

“We have no work or food. I'm going out to earn a living, and when I get rich I'll come back.”

He goes walking through the forest, he goes east, he goes west... he doesn't care which way, wealth could be waiting for him anywhere! And he still doesn't know which way to go.

One day, hungry and desperate, he lays down under a tree and falls asleep. A nasal voice suddenly wakes him up:

"Hey! Lazy man who doesn't work! I'll give you gold and silver if you can answer my riddle! If you can't, you'll be my servant. Come with me!"

The romani man opens his eyes and sees a dwarf who jumps around him. The romani man decides to follow the dwarf.

They arrive at a beautiful stone and wood house. The dwarf opens a chest, where gold and silver shine:

“Answer me correctly and all this is yours: in a green house, a red mother brings up her many black children. What is it?"

The romani man thinks and replies:

“I can’t quite imagine…”

“It's the watermelon: its rind is green, its flesh is red and its seeds are black! You will be my servant! And don't even think about running away, because my revenge will be terrible!”

The romani man has to work and work, from dawn to dusk, under the cries of the dwarf, who watches and threatens him. He is very sad...

Seeing that his brother does not return, the second gypsy also leaves.

He walks for a long time and falls asleep under a tree. Soon the dwarf shakes him and makes the same speech. Arriving at the stone and wood house, the dwarf mocks:

“Find the answer or be my servant! Here is my riddle: the more four sisters run, the farther they are from the horse!”

The second brother is thoughtful. It runs through the entire brain, turns intelligence upside down, and nothing can find the answer.

The dwarf interrupts the boy's thoughts:

“What a big imbecile! It's the four wheels of the cart! You will be my slave, and don't even think about running away!"

From dawn to dusk, he works and works, the poor romani man...

Until it's the day for the third romani man to go looking for his brothers.

Like the first two, he meets the dwarf, but this time in the stone and wood house.

“For you, I have a nice riddle.”

says the dwarf, rubbing his hands together.

“Two sisters, two brothers: the first runs without ever stopping, the second drinks without ever quenching his thirst, the third eats without ever being satisfied, the fourth is always present but invisible.”

The romani man searches the memory, scans the memories and investigates the spirit... Nothing, he doesn't find an answer!

The dwarf jumps with joy:

“Dumber than the biggest ass of all asses! It's the four elements: running water, drinking earth, devouring fire, and invisible air! Come on, come on, to work! I don't care about lazy people around here, nor bums!"

The third brother wears out. He works himself to death, from sunrise to sunset, under the screams of the terrible little dwarf.

In the caravan, the fourth brother feels very lonely and upset. So he locks the door and goes down the road... He doesn't look for Mrs. Fortuna, he looks for his brothers. But first he finds three companions that loneliness had brought together. A fox, a wolf and a bear thrown out by the family for not being mean and aggressive enough. They end up liking the wanderer and accompany him down the road. However, walking tires men more than animals. And while the animals keep going along the path, the romani man stays asleep under the tree. But soon the dwarf wakes him up.

“Come to my house! There is gold and silver!”

“What good is your gold to me if what I'm looking for are my brothers?”

“They are there too!”

In the stone and wood house, the dwarf opens his chest. But the fourth romani man replies:

"It's my brothers I want!"

"Which what! You are now my prisoner, like them! Unless you answer the riddle correctly. Then, if you succeed, you will have your freedom and all my wealth! Otherwise, you will be my servant!”

"Deal!"

Answers the romani man.

“For you, I will have to make a very difficult guess, you scoundrel, who laughs at my beautiful gold and my beautiful silver! My mother has a sheet she cannot fold, my father a ball he cannot throw, my sister an apple he cannot bite, my brothers several marbles they cannot roll. Who are they?"

The young man bursts out laughing:

“You forget you're talking to a romani! We live outdoors in winter and summer! We listen to the sounds of nature, we know all the rhythms of the seasons, day and night are our companions. Do you have any idea how long I've had to dream on the grass, my head floating in the clouds? So, here's the answer to your riddle: it's about the sky, which is what covers us, the sun, which is what fixes us, the moon, which is what watches us, and the thousands of stars that play up there. , carefree and graceful as children’s marbles… Come on, pass me your gold and tell me where my brothers are!”

"No! No! You too will be my servant, and you will gain nothing!”

The gypsy gets angry, but the dwarf, despite being small, has incredible strength and starts hitting the young man.

The latter then remembers his three companions and whistles for a long time.

Soon, the fox advances against the dwarf and knocks him down, the wolf bites him cruelly and, with a single paw, the bear throws him through the air, but so high, so high that even God sees him passing by and is amused. So high, so high that he gets lost in the folds of the sky's sheet, the sun burns him and the moon laughs in his face...

As for the four brothers, they took all the treasure and, with the bear, the wolf and the fox, they walked away with their heads in the clouds...

[thatnerdhex]

I honestly love "Running" more just due to the vastly better (imo) lyrics and melody. But the vibes are very similar.

[tboyemo]

Tapping the "your support and solidarity and care for Jews and Romani people and BIPOC should be more powerful than your hatred of nazis" sign so fucking hard rn.

Bcs u should support Jews and Romani people and BIPOC more than u hate nazis and some of u it is very clear that u couldn't give a shite about Jews and romani or BIPOC. You hate nazis but you've forgotten nazis aren't just generalised bigots or bad people and they have an ideology which targets "undesirables" and people who ate racially seen as inferior or less than. Only part of combating white supremacy and fascism is hating nazis and a lot of it is helping communities effected by white supremacy and fascism and listening to and understanding us.

[lexxieannie]

give me a dick grayson with absolutely no records.

he comes to bruce with a passport, baptismal certificate (each in a diffrent language), and a stuffed elephant.

he’s got no medical records, no birth certificate, nothing. family history is word of mouth and Bruce “i need to be prepared and in control of every possible situation” Wayne is terrified.

[riversaremeanttobefollowed]

We all know that the reason why Bruce Wayne isn't religiously Jewish is because dc are cowards, but also because many of the community itself is cowards. I personally believe it comes from a lack of knowledge about what it even means to be religious because most of the community is Christian or culturally Christian. So as someone that would probably be considered not religious by Christians, but Religious by most other Jewish people, I think that Bruce Wayne fits in this section of being Jewish.

Bruce can't go to the Synagogue often because of the whole being Batman stuff, but he still goes on the high holidays when he can. He celebrates with the Kane family as well! And Kate would obviously understand if he couldn't come because she's Batwoman! Give me a Bruce Wayne says Yiddish curses. Give me a Batman that has a bunch of Chanukkiot that are just so pretty because they are rich and definitely have a ton. Give me Batfamily shabbat dinners when they are able to. Rest days on Saturday for the Jewish members when they are more members in the Batfam to make it work (and it being a mitzvah when he does have to be Batman on Shabbat because its a mitzvah to save a life). Give me Mezuzot on every entryway. Give me a Bruce Wayne who inherited his mother's seder plates and actually uses them. Give me a Bruce Wayne that says stuff like kein ayin hara before giving good news! Give me a confused Dick Grayson when Bruce insults him (its actually a compliment, but to ward against the evil eye you will say the opposite of what you mean) and then Bruce having to explain after he realizes that Dick has no idea why he just insulted him. Give me a Batman that follows Jewish values (more than he canonically does)

Just because someone ins't actively involved within a wider community of that Religion doesn't mean they aren't Religious! Or at least don't give me a culturally Jewish Bruce Wayne that doesn't do any of this. Thats just you stripping away all the Jewish parts of him.

Bruce Wayne is Jewish and you can't just ignore that

[salllltie]

Day 7: Favorite Human

Shinigami!! she is so pretty and absolutely hilarious. her cackling when she fights is adorable. she might be a witchy emo with too much eye make up

[flowerbloom-arts]

To be made an Other.

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I was looking at an old post and a certain line still hits me so I decided to make it a dedicated comic.

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[Text; This system wishes all Rroma a great International Romani Day]

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Happy International Romani Day from Mod Luxray, this blogs resident Rroma!! Me mangav tut! Dja devlesa!!

[glamfellens]

sorry 4 always complaining but i am so over "the gods arent real" reveals . why are u so opposed to faith and the belief in something u cant comprehend fully but still devote urself to anyway. is that not a form of love. yawn.

[t4tails]

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@themousefromfantasyland @professorlehnsherr-almashy @the-blue-fairie @obufalo @gravedangerahead

"Umbanda emerged in the early 20th century, at the same time as samba, co-creating Brazilian identity based on the mix of African, indigenous and European religious cultures. Umbanda practitioners believe that a spirit can be incorporated in the body of a medium – a congregation member who communicates between the world of the spirits and living human beings – in order to offer spiritual consultations, or charity, to the congregants. In accordance with the teachings of French spiritualist Allan Kardec, the lower spirits are rewarded for their charity with an evolutionary step up the ladder of reincarnation. A medium enters a state of trance though ritual music, surrendering to a spirit while dancing. Next to the walls of the temple, separate tables covered with cards and jewellery boxes are set for conversations with the spirits. One by one, mediums interrupt their dance to sit down for a consultation, to share tips of love affairs and planning for the future."

[skullmoss]

i don't think solas would even consider romance with lavellan if lavellan were a city elf origin, honestly.

with each dragon age game the city elves/non-dalish elves continue to get buried in favour of the dalish elves, ignoring the actual interesting nuance between two different groups of a diaspora that had once been present in origins and da2.

[imperiuswrecked]

gotta turn asks off for now, my head hurts too much. after this I dont think there's a single thing the mcu could do to make me hate them more. they've finally broken me. gonna focus on stuff that i actually enjoy than think about this for another moment.

[karandashulik-25]

A CARD GAME

So confusing LOL