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Sept 80 James Mason

Gypsy and daughter

Imotsko polje

This gypsy family was camped on Imotski field. The man was cooking a chicken in the pot and watching his daughter. There was an older boy, a teenager, who was shy about being photographed. The man was very friendly. During the Yugoslav era Gypsies, or Roma, were officially treated with respect. The average citizen was not always civil, but many were. I wonder how they are faring now. During the war they seemed less traumatized than other refugees. Perhaps it was because they didn't feel dislocated the way the other ethnicities did.

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Guest 08-Oct-2007 22:24
Its basicly the same. But now they have their organisations that encurrage then to go to school and blend in with the rest of the population.