Welcome to ALBANIA! 🇦🇱 | Off-Road Adventure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- We're back in Albania! It's been two years since our last visit to this incredible country and we've got plenty of exciting adventures awaiting us here.
00:10 - Leaving Macedonia
02:30 - Arrive in Albania
03:24 - Arrive in Korcë
06:02 - Lake Prespa
10:27 - Off-Roading
11:31 - Arrive in Korcë Day Two
We reluctantly left Macedonia, a country that left a permanent imprint on our lives. A country with beautiful rugged mountains and miles of unspoiled nature. A country with the most hospitable and welcoming people we'd encountered.
However, we were excited too, because Albania had also left these same imprints on our memories from our previous visit there two years ago.
In this episode we cross the border and arrive at a city in the South East of Albania; Korcë. We delve in to local byrek, known to be the best in the country and discover a natural beauty spot on the edges of Lake Prespa. This is not to be missed!
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We’re Lucy and Ben, two photographers from Cornwall, UK who’ve been living and travelling in our self-converted LDV Convoy camper van for the best part of four years. We’ve travelled all across Europe from West to East documenting our encounters with the people we meet as well as our own travels and adventures. We embrace the ethos of slow travel and minimal living, generally spending between 2 and 8 weeks in each country, getting to know each culture, cuisine and people as though we were locals ourselves as well as hiking, wild swimming and camping as we go.
We are currently on our third 7 month long road trip, travelling through the Balkans for the second time beginning in the French Alps and venturing as far East as Turkey, visiting 13 countries in between.
Our plan was simple: visit every country in Europe in our rusty tin can of a van. So far we’ve made it to 28 countries, travelling as far West as Portugal and as far East as Ukraine, having all sorts of crazy adventures in between.
Our main motivation for our travels is to capture photos and create documentary projects, so our van is primarily a vessel for our photography. We tend to focus on topics such as nomadism, traditional ways of life, the effects of recent political events and the difficulties of living in remote rural areas as well as documenting our own adventures and lifestyle on our various social channels.
We’ve had so many memorable experiences on our travels, and our photo documentary projects have given us an intimate insight into the lives of many different people and brought us together as friends.
We've visited the folk living in one of the most remote corners of Europe in the Albanian Alps, experienced the culture and traditions of the horsemen in the Hortóbagy National Park, and experienced life with Roma gypsies in their village in Romania, and there's still so much more to explore...
#shqiperia #prespa #albania
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From Rust to Roadtrip I love Macedonia and especially the people. I am so happy you were there. Why are you traveling during the pandemic. Good video. Love seeing these. Good luck. I see you are home. I think your trip is better in late late spring or summer. Sorry. I read u are from Cornwall I think that’s the best part of England. Especially western part,,
This video is from January. We are not currently travelling. Thanks for watching 😃
From Rust to Roadtrip good to here January does not look so bad. Mild winter by USA standards. It’s still snowing here lol
We love Albania too. Brought back lots of fond memories watching this video. As always a great video, nicely put together :-)
Thank you 😊 hope you are all still healthy and safe 🤞
Your video just popped up on my google discover. What a pleasure it was to watch (even though it's nearly 2am in the uk) looking forward to your next video of Albania and binge watching all your previous travels videos. I am very lucky to be married to an Albanian and getting to spend so much time in beautiful Albania, cant wait to show your videos to my mother-in-law when I'm next there. Thank you both for your amazing videos, such a joy to watch. Didn't want the episode to end.
Hey, thanks so much! That’s really cool, we’d love to be able to spend more time in Albania as it’s such a fascinating country full of hidden beauty. Do let us know what your mother-in-Law thinks! We hope she and you are all coping well during this lockdown. There’s plenty more videos of Albania to come too ☺️
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Hi both - great video thanks for sharing - the people are so nice - love the fact you ended up at a birthday party - the beauty of travel. 💕Love the drone shots - stay safe - Chris & Marianne x🚎🙏🌍
Thanks guys! Hope you’re well and safe wherever you are. That is definitely the best thing about travel- the things you can’t plan for at all! We’re particularly pleased with the drone work on this video too ☺️ Cheers!
I just cried watching this cos I miss my home country so so much!! We are the ones with the biggest hearts ♥️ lovely video and it’s very true they do not get the concept of being vegetarian cos I’m myself but back home no one gets me they always say I’m getting ill if I don’t eat meat or fish
Oh that’s so sweet! Albania is a wonderful country and we miss it every time we leave. That’s funny that people think you’re ill if you don’t eat meat! But understandably also frustrating.
We have been to Sarandë and Vlorë on our last trip to Albania, we filmed some videos there too, it was amazing! What a beautiful coastline Albania has, we explored it all last time but this time we decided to stick inland and see the beauty of the mountains ❤️
Love your videos, and love you guys too! Thanks for sharing, they are all stunning cool.
Thanks for the video. Lovely to see Albania while holed up at home. It's a wonderful country I've very much enjoyed visiting - you brought back happy memories.
That’s so nice to hear! We think it’s nice to provide a bit of relief from the constant virus news and the boredom of lockdowns right now, plus it’s keeping us busy making these videos! So glad you enjoyed it 😄
Amazing video thank you guys for visiting my country:)
Thank you for being such a welcoming country full of lovely people. We can’t wait to come back again! ☺️
smashed it guys, i visited Albania several years ago now whilst i was in Corfu, only spent a day there but was a real eye opener. The town we sailed to which the name of has escaped me was extraordinary many new buildings a lot of them had been partially destroyed by putting chains around the pillars and removing them with JCBs and the like, so there was a lot whilst still standing where totally unusable. We did go on a coach excursion which took us to some amazing places, but the are decades behind the rest of the world, but slowly catching up. Amazing place to explore. as i was watching you walking around the Bizarre i had google street view open on my other screen walking around with you LOL. keep up the great work.
The wife has just told me it was Vlore we visited, and the excursion we went on was to Byllis Archaeological Park. she has an amazing memory lol
Oh beautiful, what an interesting story! We’ve also been to Vlore, spent a bit of time there on one of Albania’s last remaining wild beaches. Balkan people have a habit of destroying things or burying them with concrete, such as in Bulgaria. Terrible shame, but the nature in these countries, particularly Albania is unparalleled! We’ve never made it over to Corfu though as there weren’t any ferries sailing during the winter. Thanks for watching!
Lake prespa is nicer than ohrid! Wow,
Thank you very much for visiting Albania I really appreciate and you guys you are amazing all your videos are amazing worth of watching I am Albanian but I live in Leamington Spa UK and I'm glad you guys visit Albania my homeland thank you very much🙏🇦🇱🇬🇧🇦🇱🇬🇧🇦🇱🇽🇰🇦🇱🇬🇧
Thanks so much! We just love Albania, you must miss your home country very much as it’s a wonderful place 🇦🇱
Thanks for the adventure.... Stay safe for future travels. Cheers!
Hey thanks, so glad you enjoyed it! We particularly love this one as Albania has a special place in our hearts and you can see why now! Hope you’re staying safe 🤙
Bad night 3 hours sleep then your video popped up. Wide awake and the whole day is brighter. I think you attract lovely people to you and certainly at the right time, your are my good luck charms. Going to watch again through caffeinated eyes now. ☕ 🌞
Clive you’re too kind! I’m glad we could brighten up your day. We think the same thing to- you get back what you put out into the world, got to build up those karma points for when you really need them! 😄 We just loved filming this video and it contains everything we love about Albania 🇦🇱
Thanks for the video - you are so positiv and inspiring. I was in Albania some years ago and hardly everybody spoke negative about this wounderful country. One of my favourite places to travel (sadly not now).
Thank you for watching. It’s such a magical country isn’t it. We can’t wait to return when all this chaos is over!
Lucy's face is gorgeous even when she can't find the pumpkin byrek 😍
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Great watch as always. Currently stuck in Italy and half considering Croatia, maybe Albania as our eventual escape route. We'll see.. You mentioned stopping for people expecting the bus - we did it in Morocco a few years back, then ended up driving them and their shopping home and spending the rest of the day with them :) Do it!
Thank you! Wow hope you’re coping with the lockdown over there! Will be a great relief when we can all get on the road again. That sounds like quite an adventure! We have picked up one or two people on our way and it’s always interesting haha
@@FromRustToRoadtrip can't complain, we're staying on an olive farm and helping out here and there. Frustrating not to be able to explore the area, but we've got loads of space and views and sunshine. Take care guys!
Sounds lovely! Same to you ☺️
Love it! Stunning shots and scenery. Captured lovely
Thank you both! 😃
Two years ago, when the Roma (Gypsy) Taxi driver in Bucharest to my amazement almost understood my conversation with my wife in the native tongue of Rajasthan, a north western state in India, I decided to spend time on this and find out how.
According to records, Roma left north west Indian around 1050. From no other part of India did Roma leave. They were the tired soldiers of the army of great Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan who fought 17 wars with Mohammed Ghauri.
Most Roma belong to fine Rajput warrior caste and others were farmers called Jat who also were in the army. While the great king was keen on continuing battles, many soldiers did not want to fight more wars and stayed at home. For a Rajput staying at home during war was a stigma. Even women folk taunted them for staying home at the time of battles.
Therefore, they left their native land in groups. Some went west and are called Gypsies or Roma now and some went down to south India where they still are in their red and yellow colour clothes and huge moustache. You can know about them on Google by clicking "Lambada in south India".
I was further shocked again when our Gypsy (Lambada) maid understood a Hungarian Roma lady talking in Romani on BBC program on TV while I read the English captions. Apparently the two ladies 9000 miles away spoke similar tongues prevailant about 1000 years ago at their place or origin.
On the way to west, Roma took words from Persian like bibi and many from other tongues including Greek (drost for road) and Armenian. Also, few joined them on the way from Sindh, another Indian province. They are still called Sinti within Roma and words like laklo, lakli, chavo are from Sindhi.
They somehow lost their last names of fine Rajput warrior clans. Roma may try to find surnames like Sisodia, Chauhan, Shekhawat, Nainavat Rathore, etc. But they kept first Indian names until 18th century like Amos Bihari and his daughter Panna Cinka of Hungary, both great musicians, Panna and Bihari being Indian first names. Why would Europeans take Indian names in 1764 if they were not from India? You may look for " Roma Musician Panna Cinka and her father Amos Bihari on Google.
Today Roma use many of the words from Rajasthani, Hindi and of Sanskrit origin. Few are ek do trin yak nak bal angusth bersh diwas sassu sussro saalo Sali chora chori cior(chor) gia sov kammes thalle upral purano maal dukh, kasht, tato, langhal(lame) maang, des, lajja and so on. I know hundreds. There are thousands. Sometimes grammar has changed as per European style . Like we would say sov gia and Roma would say gia sov. Same meaning though. Has slept.
Romani words are from pre-Muslim era in India and hence pure Sanskrit like hiv(him in Sanskrit) for snow or ice is used not barf as we use today. Please go to the following in TH-cam to see more. “Romani an Indo Aryan Language” by Adriano, an Italian Roma and also “Roma girl from Kosovo finds her roots in India”
All Roma had moustache which was necessary for Rajput warriors. Purity codes of Roma were till recently practiced in India like a lady not entering the kitchen during few days of the month and Roma breaking the plate if animal licks it. My mother used to give the plates to beggars if our dog ever licked it even once. That is why death rate within Roma during great European plague was so low as claimed by experts.
Roma had also carried our proverbs like "while choosing a daughter in law, believe your ears more than eyes” meaning reputation of the girl's family was more important than her beauty. Would native Europeans choose a daughter in law? Another proverb is "If the road is crooked, you can't walk straight."
Roma eventually lost their religion, quite understandably but Sara kali of southern France is Rajput deity of Goddess kali. The deity is immersed in water body every year like we do in India. The Vatican has not recognised this deity as it has no link to Christianity.
Please see on TH-cam "Dr. Ian Hancock: Keynote Address at Romani Studies Conference, UC Berkeley" who makes very scholastic analysis of Romani history. He gives authentic details of entire history and how Europeans first found in 18th century that Romani was an Indo Aryan language when some European students went to India.
Many Roma have come to Delhi and Jaipur to get their DNA tested and were doubly assured of their Rajasthan roots.
Also, one may see on TH-cam " Kalbelia Dance" of Rajasthan which is same as Flamingo dance of the Roma. Even the dress of the dancers are same.
As a student in the US during seventies, I saw some slightly brown students speaking language somewhat familiar to me. They said they were new Roma migrants to the US from Spain but I did not know about Roma at that time.
I have received many mails stating Roma were Doms and untouchables from India and so on. This may not be so. First, there are no Doms in Rajasthan. Second, Roma who came to south have mostly Rajput surnames and very few Bhil (a jungle tribe, but soldiers too) surnames. Third, down trodden and timid would not venture leaving home to travel thousands of miles and fourth, Doms are very dark even for Indian standards while Roma are not.
There should be no doubt that Roma are our lost pral and Pena (We would say pra and behna) Hats off to them to keep the language and culture alive even after 50 generations while humanity in the entire world now melts away in two generations.
I am in contact with many European Roma from whom I gather some new facts time to time. I have gathered the above information till now from history of Rajasthan, originally known as Rajputana.
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Excellent video, really well edited and good music too. Thanks so much for sharing your travels 😀
Thanks for watching 😃
Thanks for another lovely video of your travels whilst we are all trapped indoors. Here's to more cool traveling when this is all over! Stay safe and keep well.
Thank you and fingers crossed it’s sooner rather than later!
I remember some years back going on a flotilla sailing holiday around the Greek islands and we were warned whatever you do if you get into difficulty don't land over there, said the leader pointing to Albania. Thumbs up for the videos guys
Haha brilliant! Greece thinks it’s so much better than the rest of the Balkan countries, it’s a rivalry they’ve had going on for centuries 😂
Well thanks I really enjoyed that great seeing places I'll probably never get to and great help for you from nice people stay safe
Thank you for watching 🙏
Thanks for another great post ! Oh goodness I remember the chaotic roads of Albania in your last trip ! It was scary 💩 !!!!!
Aha wow you’ve been with us a while then! Yes the roads are crazy but they just keep us coming back for more 😂 Plenty more of that to come in future videos 🇦🇱
From Rust to Roadtrip yes I have been with you guys for a while ! The Albania vlogs really stick with me , such scary roads ! I shall brace myself for the oncoming vlogs 😂! Beautiful vlogs as always
Amazing! Thanks so much 😁 Albania does test our van and it’s a wonder the van actually made it home this time 😂
"Oh poor doggy" my reaction when i go to Albania too
Love u guys❤
what a POOR and shallow statement, since 'poor doggies' are in large numbers everywhere in the world, including wherever the f... you come from.
Hello my dears, again a very nice Video. I really appreciate being able to accompany you. I Love each of your Videos and l'm really looking forward to a new one. Have a good Time and remains healthy. 👍👍
Thank you 😊
I really enjoy watching your travel adventures! Thanks for sharing. Cheers
Thank you! So glad you enjoy watching them 😄
Love your posts....
Thank you ☺️
Love it.. I have just changed the gearbox in my old van. Nightmare of a job, but nearly done now. Van is getting closer to completion.. Just hope I can go out in it..
Wow that’s dedication! Don’t think we would go that far with ours. Saying that, we did change the fuel pump once and that was a bugger. Hope you can get out on the road soon!
Thanks once again for bringing us along on your travels, lovely folk attract lovely folk :) .
Thank you for joining us! The people in Albania are some of the loveliest we’ve met for sure ☺️
Beautiful #wanderlustdelicacies
Beautiful photography which you guys do so well ! 💜
Thank you! You’re so kind ☺️❤️
From Rust to Roadtrip you really do beautiful shots and I think you put a lot of effort into filming and drone shots and editing!
Another epic vlog amazing 👍🏴🏴🏴👍
Thank you 😊
@@FromRustToRoadtrip we love how your vegetarian yet to experience cultural experiences you will try the meals even if it's meat 👍
Haha we try to be as open-minded as possible, Ben is vegetarian mostly because he’s against factory farming and for environmental reasons so he’s open to eating a bit of meat now and again so as not to insult people’s hospitality. I’m veggie for those reasons and the fact that I simply don’t like meat, so I have to politely decline even if it means offending them- I just can’t do it 😅
you should go to north of Albania you will love it more
Keep following our journey as we will visit the north in a few videos time 😃
so cool how that "random" family showed up to save the day. =)
You could also carry a portable battery starter.
There are several low-cost and highly portable options available.
Definitely something we need to invest in for the future! Although then I guess we wouldn’t have encounters like these... 😅
Nice one, Hope you bought those jump leads. 👍
We did indeed! From a man in the street selling various mechanical items on a sheet on the ground
You guys should go visit vlora and Sarandë especially Ksamil it’s our Bahamas 🇦🇱
no lock down there i see, or was this before the lock down keep safe from uk
This video is from January, but Albanian is currently in lockdown as is everywhere hence why we’ve returned to the UK for now
Great channel ❤️
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It's me who just commented on your IG post ( @kyle_hndrx ) and im so glad you do long format vlogs !
Hey, pleased you found us! Hope you enjoy the content
Sorry. More. I notice your voice over narration, I think is is very good, emphatic and absorbing. I would think maybe for voice over work too, which can be remote. Subtle accent too, very intriguing.
Hello, when did you record the video?
This was back in January ☺️
Yep - more layers of excellence, like you have a film crew with you. Exudes joy and presence, like you just belong there.
"The battery's flat, what shall we do?"
"Go to a stranger's birthday party of course"
"Great idea we'll have them drive out here and jump the van"
"Brilliant"
It would be more remarkable if it didn't happen. Give me six 2 digit numbers (
Aha thank you! Our ethos for this trip (and I guess travelling in general) was just to say yes to everything and see where it gets us! And we end up with some pretty remarkable travel stories as a result.
We always say that Lucy is the lucky one and Ben has all the bad luck! People always tell me I should play the lottery so I’d choose 13, 14, 15, 21, 25 and 45 😛
I’d never thought of doing voiceover work, I wonder if there’s a market for it? Despite living in Cornwall/France for all of my life I have a curiously well-spoken South East England accent 🤷♀️
@@FromRustToRoadtrip I just notice voices for some reason, I could easily place yours in commercials or travel shows (duh). I was thinking you could make it a remote part time career, in isolation. Anyway, just throwing seeds, can't hurt right now. 🤗
When you back guys
Lets see if we can do this again without attracting the trolls. Regarding the battery-trix. It works great on an old diesel engine/vehicle like yours, due to the function of the combustion of the diesel (compression, no electric spark, no regular ignition, mechanic fuel injection). The only danger really is that one might burn the alternator (it is constructed to run with a load - the battery ). But on most older vehicles, just the lights and/or a fan might be enough load. Once started, an older diesel engine will often run without neither the battery nor the alternator connected.
A petrol engine does not work the same, if You disconnect the battery on such an engine, one of three things might happen. The engine shuts off (due to ignitions, fuel-injection and or other electronic systems shuts off). The alternators diods/cars electronics burns up (due to an overcharging alternator) OR at best, nothing. It is however never a good idea to do it on a vehicle with a petrol engine - and the newer the vehicle the more of a no-no it is (back in the old days it was a common trix to see if the alternator charged).
I am sorry to have been a part in "polluting" your comment field by responding to these trolls. :)
Otherwise, yet another great watch/video from the - for many - unknown Balkan. I hope to take a similar way down south of Europe one day. Take care and lay low. One day everything will be back to normal again :)
Thanks for the explanation! That’s good to know for us and probably a lot of other people out there too. Think we’re getting to understand the different workings of petrol and Diesel engines now!
Glad you enjoyed the video! We cant wait to be back out on the road making more ☺️
Lovely video as always - just became a patreon, but everyhtings gone to fuckery with mixed accounts - anyway hope you recieve some moneys - keep up the good work xxxxxx
Oh thanks so much! That’s very kind of you ☺️ We don’t seem to have received a notification but perhaps you could email us with your email address so we can check it’s all gone through? fromrusttoroadtrip@hotmail.com
Thank you again! 🙏
@@FromRustToRoadtrip dropped you a line on Instagram :)
Did I catch that right? Did you say a video upload took you 2 hours and it was slow? When I was at the end of the Ardnarmurchan Peninsula on the Scottish west coast, a 15 minute upload took 19 hours!!! Even a four and a half minute quickie took 7 hours! Internet speeds there are glacially slow. So...if you ever do a van tour of the Scottish Higlands and Islands, keep you vlogs to about 2 minutes or you'll be trapped in upload hell!
Haha good tip! It sounds like Scotland has maybe the slowest internet speed in that case 😂 Still 2 hours is a lot when you’re paying by the hour at an Internet cafe on an extremely tight budget.
We’d love to visit Scotland one day though! Annoyingly it would take less time to get to Spain from where we live in the UK 😂
Shaking camera is really annoying.
Mercedesland
The best cars are in Albania 🇦🇱
Two years ago, when the Roma (Gypsy) Taxi driver in Bucharest to my amazement almost understood my conversation with my wife in the native tongue of Rajasthan, a north western state in India, I decided to spend time on this and find out how.
According to records, Roma left north west Indian around 1050. From no other part of India did Roma leave. They were the tired soldiers of the army of great Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan who fought 17 wars with Mohammed Ghauri.
Most Roma belong to fine Rajput warrior caste and others were farmers called Jat who also were in the army. While the great king was keen on continuing battles, many soldiers did not want to fight more wars and stayed at home. For a Rajput staying at home during war was a stigma. Even women folk taunted them for staying home at the time of battles.
Therefore, they left their native land in groups. Some went west and are called Gypsies or Roma now and some went down to south India where they still are in their red and yellow colour clothes and huge moustache. You can know about them on Google by clicking "Lambada in south India".
I was further shocked again when our Gypsy (Lambada) maid understood a Hungarian Roma lady talking in Romani on BBC program on TV while I read the English captions. Apparently the two ladies 9000 miles away spoke similar tongues prevailant about 1000 years ago at their place or origin.
On the way to west, Roma took words from Persian like bibi and many from other tongues including Greek (drost for road) and Armenian. Also, few joined them on the way from Sindh, another Indian province. They are still called Sinti within Roma and words like laklo, lakli, chavo are from Sindhi.
They somehow lost their last names of fine Rajput warrior clans. Roma may try to find surnames like Sisodia, Chauhan, Shekhawat, Nainavat Rathore, etc. But they kept first Indian names until 18th century like Amos Bihari and his daughter Panna Cinka of Hungary, both great musicians, Panna and Bihari being Indian first names. Why would Europeans take Indian names in 1764 if they were not from India? You may look for " Roma Musician Panna Cinka and her father Amos Bihari on Google.
Today Roma use many of the words from Rajasthani, Hindi and of Sanskrit origin. Few are ek do trin yak nak bal angusth bersh diwas sassu sussro saalo Sali chora chori cior(chor) gia sov kammes thalle upral purano maal dukh, kasht, tato, langhal(lame) maang, des, lajja and so on. I know hundreds. There are thousands. Sometimes grammar has changed as per European style . Like we would say sov gia and Roma would say gia sov. Same meaning though. Has slept.
Romani words are from pre-Muslim era in India and hence pure Sanskrit like hiv(him in Sanskrit) for snow or ice is used not barf as we use today. Please go to the following in TH-cam to see more. “Romani an Indo Aryan Language” by Adriano, an Italian Roma and also “Roma girl from Kosovo finds her roots in India”
All Roma had moustache which was necessary for Rajput warriors. Purity codes of Roma were till recently practiced in India like a lady not entering the kitchen during few days of the month and Roma breaking the plate if animal licks it. My mother used to give the plates to beggars if our dog ever licked it even once. That is why death rate within Roma during great European plague was so low as claimed by experts.
Roma had also carried our proverbs like "while choosing a daughter in law, believe your ears more than eyes” meaning reputation of the girl's family was more important than her beauty. Would native Europeans choose a daughter in law? Another proverb is "If the road is crooked, you can't walk straight."
Roma eventually lost their religion, quite understandably but Sara kali of southern France is Rajput deity of Goddess kali. The deity is immersed in water body every year like we do in India. The Vatican has not recognised this deity as it has no link to Christianity.
Please see on TH-cam "Dr. Ian Hancock: Keynote Address at Romani Studies Conference, UC Berkeley" who makes very scholastic analysis of Romani history. He gives authentic details of entire history and how Europeans first found in 18th century that Romani was an Indo Aryan language when some European students went to India.
Many Roma have come to Delhi and Jaipur to get their DNA tested and were doubly assured of their Rajasthan roots.
Also, one may see on TH-cam " Kalbelia Dance" of Rajasthan which is same as Flamingo dance of the Roma. Even the dress of the dancers are same.
As a student in the US during seventies, I saw some slightly brown students speaking language somewhat familiar to me. They said they were new Roma migrants to the US from Spain but I did not know about Roma at that time.
I have received many mails stating Roma were Doms and untouchables from India and so on. This may not be so. First, there are no Doms in Rajasthan. Second, Roma who came to south have mostly Rajput surnames and very few Bhil (a jungle tribe, but soldiers too) surnames. Third, down trodden and timid would not venture leaving home to travel thousands of miles and fourth, Doms are very dark even for Indian standards while Roma are not.
There should be no doubt that Roma are our lost pral and Pena (We would say pra and behna) Hats off to them to keep the language and culture alive even after 50 generations while humanity in the entire world now melts away in two generations.
I am in contact with many European Roma from whom I gather some new facts time to time. I have gathered the above information till now from history of Rajasthan, originally known as Rajputana.
Shriprakash Loya
shree709@gmail.com
Thank you for the insightful and fascinating message, you really have done your research and it’s incredible interesting to read! Romani heritage and culture is complex yet very interesting to us as it’s such a mix of languages and cultures spread across so many countries yet with one origin. We were talking about creating a photo documentary project that traces the Roma from Europe all the way back to their roots in India by meeting people from the many countries in which they have settled. Perhaps with your help and knowledge we could realise this project some time over the next few years?
We’ll save your email address if that’s alright with you, and thank you again for taking the time to write this out for us!
@@FromRustToRoadtrip I would be too delighted to help in any manner. Yes, you may send the mail to me anytime.