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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 357844, member: 2844&quot;]Even though the Calé, or main group of Spanish Gypsies, traveled through North Africa and finally ended up in Spain and Southern France, their origin is exactly the same as that of other Gypsies: India.</p><p>Like the other Gypsy groups, they occasionally mixed with people along the way, which can be seen in some of them. Sometimes the mix was forced, because they were often slaves. Spain has a long and atrocious history of Gypsy slavery, as does Romania.</p><p>One important influence in European Gypsies, whether they took the North African route or the Eastern European route, is Iranian. There are still many Farsi words in Calo and in the different Romany dialects spoken in Europe.</p><p>And there are great similarities between Calo and Romany. One of them being the obvious one, the name Calo (Kalo) which means black in both languages. Kalo is often a name given to the darker Gypsies who resemble darker Indians. I have met Gypsies in Hungary who were almost black, just like some people in India. One of my Romanian Gypsy friends was also nicknamed Kalo.</p><p>India has recognized all real Gypsies, including the Calo and Romany, as people of Indian origin, and frequently defends Gypsy rights in other countries. There are still Gypsies in India as well, and the country welcomes all Gypsies. It supports cultural exchanges between Gypsies from all continents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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