International Romani Day 2019
I am not aware of ever meeting a gypsy. All I have seen is photographs and I have always found the distinctive apparel, hairstyles, makeup, and jewelry to be impressive.There have been anecdotal accounts related to me by various others regarding interactions with gypsies but I don't place a lot of substance to anecdotal evidence being a child of the scientific method I prefer to evaluate the "evidence" for myself.
The gypsies are also known as the Romani who are their people referred to by the name they prefer. Their language is called Romany and I try to differentiate between the two out of cultural respect.
Today was set aside in 1990 at Serock, Poland to celbrate the Romani culture and take note of those issues with which they contend in society.
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Gypsy
So I'm back to the velvet underground
Back to the floor that I love
To a room with some lace and paper flowers
Back to the gypsy that I was
To the gypsy that I was
And it all comes down to you
Well, you know that it does, well
Lightning strikes maybe once, maybe twice
Oh and it lights up the night
And you see your gypsy
You see your gypsy
To the gypsy
That remains
Her face says freedom
With a little fear
I have no fear
I have only love
And if I was a child
And the child was enough
Enough for me to love
Enough to love
She is dancing away from you now
She was just a wish
She was just a wish
And her memory is all that is left for you now
You see your gypsy, oh
You see your gypsy
Ooh ooh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Goodness strikes
Maybe once, maybe twice
And it all comes down to you
Ooh oh, and it all comes down to you
Lightning strikes
Maybe once, maybe twice (oh)
I still see your bright eyes, bright eyes
(And it all comes down to you)
Stevie Nicks
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