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The name Gypsy (Gyftos = \u0393\u03cd\u03c6\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2) sometimes used for the Romani people was first given to them by the Greeks, who supposed them to be Egyptian in origin.[11] Due to their nomadic nature, they are not concentrated in a specific geographical area, but are dispersed all over the country. The majority of the Greek Roma yet are Hellenized and Orthodox Christians who speak the Romani language in addition to Greek,[12] or the Romano-Greek language, like the Finikas Romika.[13] There are several other Dialects spoken by the Roma In Greece, as the Agios Athanasios-Balkan Romani,[14] the Parakalamos-Romacilikanes,[15] or the Volos Sevlengere Roma.[16]Mostly Muslim Roma who live in Western Thrace adopted a Turkish Identity and speak Turkish and the Xoraxane dialect[17]Sedentary Roma Groups from Serres  region, believe their Ancestors was once taken from Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517 to work of the Land of Turkish Feudallords in Rumelia.[18] Also in Evliya \u00c7elebi’s Seyahatname  of 1668, he mentioned that the Roma from Komotini (G\u00fcm\u00fclcine) swear their Ancestors came from Egypt.[19]Banyan merchants came once via Indo-Roman trade relations and settled there for a while in Roman Egypt, so their Ancestors must be Doms in Egypt.[20][21][22]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Migration to Turkey[edit]During the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, different Muslim Turkish Roma groups from Greece, like the T\u00fct\u00fcn\u010dides (Tobacco traders\/workers)[23] or the Sepet\u010dides (Basketmakers)[24] moved to Turkey, and called M\u00fcbadil Romanlar[25]Settlements[edit]The Roma in Greece live scattered on the whole territory of the country, mainly in the suburbs. Notable centres of Romani life in Athens are Agia Varvara which has a very successful Romani community and Ano Liosia where conditions are poorer. Roma largely maintain their own customs and traditions. Although a large number of Roma has adopted a sedentary and urban way of living, there are still settlements in some areas. The nomads at the settlements often differentiate themselves from the rest of the population. They number 200,000 according to the Greek government. According to the National Commission for Human Rights that number is closer to 250,000 and according to the Greek Helsinki Watch group to 300,000.[12]As a result of neglect by the state, among other factors, the Romani communities in Greece face several problems including high rates of child labour and abuse, low school attendance, police discrimination and drug trafficking. The most serious issue is the housing problem since many Roma in Greece still live in tents, on properties they do not own, making them subject to eviction. In the past decade these issues have received wider attention and some state funding.[12]On two occasions, the European Committee of Social Rights found Greece in violation of the European Social Charter by its policy towards Roma in the field of housing.[26][27] Furthermore, between 1998-2002, 502 Albanian Roma children disappeared from the Greek Foundation for children Agia Varvara.[28] These cases were not investigated by the Greek authorities until the European Union forced an investigation, which only led to the recovery of 4 children. The children who were sold were presumably sold to human traffickers for sexual slavery or organ harvesting, according to a report submitted by the Greek government to the European Commission.[29][30]Religion[edit]The majority of the Greek Roma are Orthodox Christian like the groups Medvedara (Bear-leader), Katsiveli, Fitsiria, Mandopolini etc., and have taken a Greek identity (language, names) while a small part of them, the Erli\/Erlides (Greek: \u0395\u03c1\u03bb\u03af\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2), and Tourkogyftos are Muslim Roma concentrated in Western Thrace have adopted Turkish identities.[31]Notable Roma from Greece[edit]  Manolis Angelopoulos, singerKostas Hatzis, singer and musicianIrini Merkouri, singerChristos Patsatzoglou, Greek international football playerVassilis Saleas, clarinetistEleni Vitali, singer and composerSotis Volanis, singerLazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek international football playerZafeiris Melas, singerGiorgos Giakoumakis, Greek international football playerSee also[edit]References[edit]^ “Roma”.^ Kampouris, Nick (9 April 2019). “Premier Tsipras Hosts Roma Delegation for International Romani Day”. Greekreporter.com. LV: Nick Kampouris.^ “Greece NGO”. Greek Helsinki Monitor. LV: Minelres.^ Hancock, Ian F. (2005) [2002]. We are the Romani People. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p.\u00a070. ISBN\u00a0978-1-902806-19-8: \u2018While a nine century removal from India has diluted Indian biological connection to the extent that for some Romani groups, it may be hardly representative today, Sarren (1976:72) concluded that we still remain together, genetically, Asian rather than European\u2019{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: postscript (link)^ Mendizabal, Isabel (6 December 2012). “Reconstructing the Population History of European Romani from Genome-wide Data”. Current Biology. 22 (24): 2342\u20132349. doi:10.1016\/j.cub.2012.10.039. PMID\u00a023219723.^ Sindya N. Bhanoo (11 December 2012). “Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India”. The New York Times.^ Current Biology.^ a b c K. Meira Goldberg; Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum; Michelle Heffner Hayes (28 September 2015). Flamenco on the Global Stage: Historical, Critical and Theoretical Perspectives. p.\u00a050. ISBN\u00a09780786494705. Retrieved 21 May 2016.^ a b Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo (1999). World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. p.\u00a0147. ISBN\u00a09781858286358. Retrieved 21 May 2016. Roma Rajastan Penjab.^ \u0160ebkov\u00e1, Hana; \u017dlnayov\u00e1, Edita (1998), N\u00e1stin mluvnice slovensk\u00e9 rom\u0161tiny (pro pedagogick\u00e9 \u00fa\u010dely) (PDF), \u00dast\u00ed nad Labem: Pedagogick\u00e1 fakulta Univerzity J. E. Purkyn\u011b v \u00dast\u00ed nad Labem, p.\u00a04, ISBN\u00a0978-80-7044-205-0, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016^ Makris, A. (22 October 2013). “Roma in Greece: Tough Life, Segregation and… Crimes – GreekReporter.com”. Greekreporter.com.^ a b c “Hellenic Republic – National Commission for Human Rights”. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.^ Sechidou, Irene (2005). “Finikas Romika: A Greek Para-Romani variety”. Romani Studies. 15: 51\u201379. doi:10.3828\/RS.2005.3. S2CID\u00a0143406618.^ Friedman, Victor (January 2012). “Balkan Romani: The Dialect of Ajios Athanasios\/Greece (Languages of the World\/Materials 481) (review)” (PDF). Romani Studies. 22 (1): 76\u201385. doi:10.3828\/rs.2012.5.^ Matras, Yaron (2004). “Romacilikanes\u2014The Romani dialect of Parakalamos”. Romani Studies. 14: 59\u2013109. doi:10.3828\/rs.2004.3 \u2013 via ResearchGate.^ “Roma traditional craft: basket weaving \u2014 \u041f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0430\u0445\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u043d\u0434 “\u0420\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0442\u043e\u043a”“. www.rozvitok.org. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2022.^ Adamou, Evangelia; Arvaniti, Amalia (2014). “Greek Thrace Xoraxane Romane”. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 44 (2): 223\u2013231. doi:10.1017\/S0025100313000376. S2CID\u00a0143602944.^ Zachos, Dimitrios (2011). “Sedentary Roma (Gypsies): The case of Serres (Greece)”. Romani Studies. 21: 23\u201356. doi:10.3828\/rs.2011.2. S2CID\u00a0144321480.^ Robert Dankoff (1991). “The Earliest Text in Balkan (Rumelian) Romani: A Passage from Evliya \u00c7elebi’s Seyah\u00a2a@t na@meh” (PDF). Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society. Fifth Series. 1 (1): 1\u201320.^ Salomon, Richard (1991). “Epigraphic Remains of Indian Traders in Egypt”. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 111 (4): 731\u2013736. doi:10.2307\/603404. JSTOR\u00a0603404.^ “India-Egypt trade during antiquity”.^ “Indians used own cooking pots in Egypt during ancient Indo-Roman trade”. The Economic Times.^ “Figure 3. The Roma tobacco workers who live in Ortak\u00f6y\/Be\u015fikta\u015f with”.^ “Sepe\u010dides \/ Sevlengere Roma” (in Turkish).^ “Unutulan M\u00fcbadil Romanlar: ‘Topra\u011f\u0131n kovdu\u011fu insanlar’“ (in Turkish). 7 February 2021.^ “La Charte sociale europ\u00e9enne” (PDF). Coe.int. Retrieved 21 May 2016.^ “La Charte sociale europ\u00e9enne” (PDF). Coe.int. Retrieved 21 May 2016.^ Mariam, Nicky (29 August 2013). “Agia Varvara Children Still Missing | GreekReporter.com”. Greekreporter.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.^ “Hopiema” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.^ “Children, Racism and the Greek State |”. 2ndcouncilhouse.co.uk. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.^ “Roma \u2013 Sub Ethnic Groups [Rombase]”.External links[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/romani-people-in-greece-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Romani people in Greece – Wikipedia"}}]}]