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- An adventure with the indian gypsies, the second movie of Raphael Treza.
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Raphael Treza can you please share a link for the qawwali "nukta yar parhaya"
Raphael Treza Far the best video ever made concerning Gypsy culture. Thank you.
Yasin Shah
Tiger Spirit i agree it is the only real documentary on the internet. Good job.
Raphael Treza Just fantastic! Such a slick, classy production. Thank you, Raphael Treza.
I never write comments on youtube. But this documentary touched me in a very special way. When I was 18 I went to India. Somewhere in Rajasthan we stopped for one night in a small town in the desert I don't remember where, perhaps near Udaipur. It was late afternoon and I decided to go for a walk by myself. After some time 2 children started dragging me by my hand into a dusty abandoned area on the side of a busy highway. It was one of these camps just like in the video. I was a little uneasy because I thought I might be being lead to be mugged. But there was something so enchanting about the people I couldn't help but find out what was going to happen. They were the most amazing beautiful people I had ever seen, all in such colourful outfits. Finally they sat me on a wooden bed and told me to wait. A very old man in a huge turban came and did a puppet show for me with dozens of people surrounding me. It was very surreal and only to this day watching this video did i get the same sensation I had that day. Thank you for making such a truly amazing documentary.
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💜💙💚💛❤..I love ur comment bro... u have lovable good heart...❤💛💚💙💜
you are welcome again any time for visit India :)
Thank you for telling this story. It reminds me of eerie and unlikely things that happened to me too. Once a Gypsy played the Bach Chaconne on his violin for me, in an attic in Hamburg. Never forgot.
I`ll bet you came back as a vegan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When the beautiful woman said " This is my husband" you can see true love! Simple but pure! I hope to experience such a real love.💜
me too
4:22
I'm in a blessed marriage- it's great!
That’s what i thought ...
Me too
Namaste~~
As a *Chinese* born and raised in *_Rajasthan_* now living in *Sri Lanka,* this documentary brings back my childhood memories.
I have watched this documentary more than 50 times and I cannot describe how much I love this. This film really needs to be a DVD. I would buy it!
Привет из Твери...
Я случайно нашла этот фильм... сейчас буду его смотреть с помощью нейронной сети,которая мне переведет текст на русский язык . Вы меня заинтересовали своим ответом и я точно хочу посмотреть что в этом фильме ☝😊
I would too. It's art, and just to be able to share the story of such people with my kids and grandkids would be amazing.
I love it, I’ve watched it so many times, I want to visit them!
U WANNA BUY DVD????
You can live a magical life too. Create it.
No agenda, no BBC guilt ridden propaganda just a pure joy to watch, an amazing piece of film.
At least someone sees the truth
I’m so sick of the BBC’s trash
Bingo....you get it....
Yes. I also live in rajasthan village & this is a rare video i can relate to our life & felt authenticity.
@Richard Carpenter If I was a snowflake I would be defending the BBC, what a fucking moron and do not waste my time with a response you cretinous fool
Travelled many parts of the world, Visited India 4 times and spent 87 days in total but still its unknown to me, Once you visit this land it mesmerizes you. Different cultures, Different food, Many Religions Different Faces, skin tones, Different clothes, Different traditions it almost impossible for an outsider to understand this land. Indeed its Exotic India. Loved your documentary Raphael
Yes and ditto USA and Brazil
If trsvel there as a man, sure. Not recommended to women though
@@alissaa2809 yeah for a.Woman it's too dangerous
@@yasirkareem4392 Goa is ok and not dangerous
❤ from India......!!! yes it is very much cultural....but nothing worry to understand..!
Love to people who will be watching this after 50 years ❤
As an Indian, I didn't know about this particular community. Thank you for making a documentary about them. Literally, RUclips recommended it to me after 9 years. If it had been recommended earlier, it would have greatly impacted my life and possibly altered its course.
Здравствуйте. Изменило бы жизнь в лучшую сторону?
As a Indian, I am very happy you visited us and made this documentary. What makes this film unique is you visited us without any prejudices and showed exactly how the tribes lives here. You should visit again soon
It came out amazing. I just watched it. It's big deal. You will see more like-minded visitors shivaji.
तुम सुंदर लोग हो! दिल का गुप्त व्यक्तित्व सबसे महत्वपूर्ण सौंदर्य है और होठों पर मुस्कान किसी भी चीज़ से बेहतर है।
@@EcoSpeeder that's good to know Michael, have a blessed day 🤝
Soy gitano español una etnia que proviene de la india hace más de 700 años
💩💩💩💩
These people have some of the most beautiful facial features I’ve seen.
Frfr
YES! so its not only me. Thanks for confirming
As a spaniard, they look very similar to us, specially the spanish gypsies, which we have lots of here in Spain. It leaves me wondering about the gypsies' history.
@@mallobag yes definitely
@@AmiPropagator ⁸
I cannot explain the way this film touched me. The people seem to be simple yet so eccentric. Perfectly executed. Congrats!
I have Romani Gypsy ancestry from Spain 🇪🇸 and Portugal 🇵🇹…I did a DNA test to research my Romani ancestry and it turns out the scholars were correct, I have genetic markers related to Rajasthani and Punjabi peoples. One day I will love to visit India 🇮🇳 ❤️
India loves you brother. You’re always welcome to our beautiful country we respect you🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍
@@Ok-up7tyyou have good heart and wise people welcome here in europa
Can’t understand why you did a research for your gypsi roots, now you know it for your whole life and you live in shame 😂
Welcome to Punjab Rajasthan 🤗
Пока я читал твой комментарий, у меня пропали часы. У тебя правильный ДНК 😂
I'm from the Himalayan region of India, and the culture here is just in such stark contrast to the one shown in the documentary! Even after being born and brought up in this beautiful country, it never ceases to amaze me. It sometimes makes me sad to think that I will never be able to experience ALL the cultures of India because of how short this lifetime is, but I hope that if there is an afterlife, I'll be born in India again!
Thank you for showing a glimpse of a culture so well developed yet so completely hidden from others within the same boundaries! Jai Hind ❤️
Are you Naga?
@@Arthurian. No.... I'm not from the Northeast
@@Arthurian. himalayan is not north east
@@akapasokopo Exactly and he said he is NOT from the northeast.
It was refreshing to find a documentary these days that don’t have the filmmaker making it all about him. Beautiful honorable work. Breathtaking and inspiring people.
And a film maker who doesn't push his opinion.
Необыкновенно, красивые люди, не теряют свои традиции, есстественная красота. Каждый красив по своему, не стесняясь перед камерой, ведут себя расковано.👍👍👍
Пока смотрел это видео,пропали часы с руки
I can not get over how their faces are just my entire family on my mother's side. They're yugoslavian gypsies. An aunt found out they're originary from Rajasthan, a 100-200 years back. Now I absolutely believe it.
Wow, how very wonderful to find out this interesting info, regarding part of your family's ancestry. I'm sure your family are beautiful looking peoples. Rajasthan is a truly historic, majestic & stunning region in Northern India. I also have some ancestry from Northern India & Rajasthan. I'm told by many South Asian/Indian peoples, that i look very Kalashi or Kashmiri, hence my name here. The Pakistani peoples tell me i look like their peoples, especially from the North of Pakistan, so who knows! haha It's just nice to know where some of our ancestors come from. I'm ethnically diverse, so it's really good to know & be able to put some pieces of the puzzle together. I'm proud to know & i'm sure you are too. Take care.
Antient slavs/serbs where in north india and later some agaun with Alexander the great. North indians 100 milions of them have slavic r1a dnk. Also serbian language is most similar to sanskrit
@@NB-kq7lm Residents of India do not have "Russian DNA." Indians are not descendants of the Russians. Please don't spread false information. Study from reliable sources
@@applepie5921 who mentioned russians. North indians have r1a halppgrouo like most of slavs or what was old name for all slavs serbs or sorbs. In india they called them sharbs
@@NB-kq7lm Serbs have nothing to do with India. Majority of Serbs are not even genetically slavic (r1a) and ancient indo- iranians were from eurasian steppe region. Greeks had never controlled large territory of modern day India and their (greeks) kingdom in india were completely destroyed by indo-scythians
As an Indian born and brought up in a city like Delhi, I never knew about this community. Thank you for capturing it so beautifully. Makes me wonder, this is just one of the tribal cultures of one of the 29 states of India. Government recognises 705 different ethnic tribes 'officially'. I have SO much to explore in my own country.
They aren't tribals.
@@mangopudding5979 They are. Everybody is a tribal person in a tribe.
@@Wuehewnqnejejwebdbd they are not. You don't know anything.
@@mangopudding5979 can you please explain for us 'stupid' people?
@@brimleyhillmassive they are Kalbeliyas, they are Gypsies, Gypsies aren't tribals.
Bless India! I was told by a relative of mine that my Italian blood met with blood from India at one point, or that bloodline from India migrated to Italy.
it is not something alien to see a indian, I hope?
How? Please elaborate.
Ils ont l'air heureux ces gens-là. Ils vivent frugalement et respectent tout le monde. Et ils sont beaux.
"Raj found his camel." That was epic. The Indian gypsies seem to all have the charisma of rock stars!
Lol, true
What do you mean? Please elaborate.
Цыгане выходцы из Индии. Они и похожи: черные, песни и танцы похожи. Потом они ращбреличь по всему миру. Раньше к нам в Казахстан Алматы тоже много цыган ходило, приставали, просили милостыню. Сейчас слава Аллаху нет. Зато таджиков как собак нерезанных: Россияне выгнали 1 млн таджикских гастарбайтеров, так они пришли к нам в Казахстан, Алматы, ходят здоровые мужики толпами, пристают к женщинам и детям , просят деньги. Почему не борются за свои права и жизнь в своей стране? А еще непонятно откуда, много черных, грязных негров?
Elvis Presley was a Gypsy❤
Two things I've noticed while watching this. These are some of most beautiful people I've ever seen. The eyes of some of the woman are just mesmerizing. Then second thing I noticed is how happy they all are . They have the simplest life yet they are all happy and smiling. I wish I was that happy
If we go back to homesteading, we would be happy as well.
I wholeheartedly agree!!! I have never seen a people so beautiful and happy!! Even the tribe that doesn’t bathe for religious reasons! Sure, their hair was dusty and bit matted but they still shined with a beautiful enthusiasm for life!! I am sure they have suffered tragedies in their lives just like everyone else but they don’t let that stop them from living!! Everything they do seems to be some sort of celebration of life, even their clothing! They are simply a stunning people and an excellent example that you don’t need a giant pile of money to live a rich, colorful, interesting and happy life!!
Cheers
i was thinking all the same things...not only are they happy and beautiful, but there is such a great confidence in all of them. its like self consciousness doesnt exist in their culture.
@@kristimcgowandarkoscellard3126 Well said Kristi
@@billmurray1431
Thank you 🙏 Bill. I was stunned by this wonderful documentary! Knowing that a people like this exist in the world of today makes my heart smile and gives me hope maybe one day we can all have such a beautiful enthusiasm for life!!
Cheers
Hello i am from philippines, 🇵🇭 l enjoy watching your documentaries of a beautiful country of lndia.
Philipina is Tagalog, mahal Kita
Just an amazing peace of art this documentary is. Watched it the second time now. And again it brings tears to my eyes. The vibrancy, vulnerability and pureness shared here is medicine for mind and soul. Thank you so much 🙏🏼🌏🐍💃🏻🕺🏻
Best thing I've seen for ages. Makes me miss India. The most fascinating and beautiful country on this Earth.
Keith Bentley you are welcome always 😊
come to South India. Kerala.
+panisher worst place don't know Malayalam get ridiculed
clone jr ? ???they speak English as well.
no we dont.
Anyone who ever wants to make a documentary should be mandated to watch this one, and build off what they've learned from it. I've never been to India, but through the lenses of your camera, I've vicariously danced with gypsy nomads, made charcoal and sold it to a wholesaler, rocked babies to sleep in a scarf suspended by two sticks, and raced camels in a desert wasteland. In comparison, these nomadic folks who don't even have 2 nickels to rub together are far richer than I will ever be.
Beautiful. Well said.
Not true Frank. You can be free and liberate others by doing it wherever you are! It just takes courage and imagination. Much love.
Yes, Frank.....very well said!!Blessings
Agree
Amen to that Frank, I kept thinking about the joy in which they live and here I am in America living with all the luxuries I can possess wishing for a simple life like theirs, how ironic....
WoW! I'm 71 yrs old & not easily impressed, entertained, amused or inspired. But this filmhad me in a near hypnotic trance from the start. The colors. The culture. The music. The cinematic captures. The Gypsies. I've been through a fascinating & near dizzying experience! Outro blew me away.....I'm going back in & doing this again.
Thank you, Tarez this beauty of film!!
New Subscriber! I feel a binge coming on......
I rarely comment on anything, however I have three percent Gypsy blood, law and an advanced screen degree from New Zealand in film. The subjects are remarkably natural, which I am certain made it easier to document. The visual treatment is seminal, so it was a refreshing journey that you illustrated with this Work. Unusually engaging. Saved and savoured as some helpful background in my own explorations.
I have seen a-lot of documentaries made on india, being indian myself, i dont think anyone has captured it more poetically than you my friend.
Well done, the score, the visuals, your filter, the cinematography perspective. I think you've done a very special thing.
I had some bad experiences with indians that just made me sad ... it’s like your r not Indian you don’t count, I can’t even get myself to watch Bollywood any more, for some reason watching this helped cobra brought me here 😔
@@dannym6552 ok..then why u nagging here..👀😒🙏
@@dannym6552 What do you mean by you don't count?
@@dannym6552 its possible that most ppl you interacted with, are seeiing a white dude for the first time and dont feel comfortable right away. As an indian who lived in AZ NY Australia, it happens everywhere. And thats allright.
@@dannym6552 Many city people aren't that friendly, the real India is in the villages man. I'm sorry for what ever your had to face for being a white guy. This happens for anyone anywhere around the world.
What a life. I've never seen people smile like that in America. No bills, no plumbing, no rent, no people isolated in front of their televisions - sign me up!
Many live like that in the U.S they're called homeless and they openly defecate like this culture
@@Jessica-to8um One thing about these people that should threaten the conventinal american; They (the Cobra Gypsies despies being mentally managed by govt institutions! They really exhibit powerful genetic spiral intllegence...remarkable adaptation to exist in Nature's desert thrush. Aldo (Leopold) these are your dream chela (apirants)...a clan people who revel in "listnening to the land" simultaneously thriving in a Pan-centric adaptation of Rajathstans timeless hinduesque culture..including a nutri-metabolic cycle that rotates on wholesome vegetarian meals prepared on (god forbid mainstream American open pit fire kitchens) with (did you notice foodies) yummy Cha-patis (fresh ground wheat tortas) ; thee ubiquitous bread of a thousand million Indians citizens EACH & EVERYDAY in the sub continent. A clan that includes so much animal/wildlife respect & interface ...according to America's shamanic spokeman on Cultural Survival... is a clan that mostlikey free and clear of habitat depression and mental illness
Germany here. I am sure they also never had to fill out an income tax declaration
@@DevNull66 being kalbeliya is bad life if you lived such life
Na América sorrimos também e somos muito felizes, inclusive aqui está cheio de ciganos , indianos e pessoas de todos os cantos da terra, venha e veja com seus próprios olhos
These people are BEAUTIFUL! Im a Mexican from Chicago and have never been outside of the country save for Mexico. Stumbled on this documentary randomly and couldn’t stop watching. So well done and interesting/inspiring. Thank you 🙏
What a trip..
India is like going to another planet when you start from the states.
I visited twenty years ago and stayed in a village it's still one of my greatest memories and has greatly effected my outlook on life. Beautiful land, beautiful people, and the foods amazing. Thanks for sharing your experience wit the rest of us.
... When y'all were having trouble finding a cobra, i had a feeling one would show up later..
One of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen in my 60 years of life on this earth. Thank You Sir, Thank You so much!
:)
What song did you use in the beginining?
i wish he offered more insight on the bloody thing. but all he does is state the obvious on everything that goes on.
india (rajsthan) really beautiful place n lovely pepole .they r to gud ...i had beautiful experience .
Maravilloso!!!
Not even a single sad face through out the documentary, they just earn for their living and leading a happiest and wonderful life on the earth !!!
I can see how the karma sutra came into existence 😏. One of those beautiful women dancing in front of you would be intoxicating . I am american , they remind me of the American version of hippies . But without all the stupid annoying political views that alot of these american hippies have . The gypsy life seems to look to me one of you live you love you dance you enjoy you die . T R U E freedom God bless you my friends 🙏
Wild, natural and romantic. Beautyful People! A wonderful Film. Thank you!
31:00 the arranged bride doesn't look too happy : (
Makes you wonder who’s better off here!
must have missed the marriage ceremony segment, lol
Happiness, smile, trust, freedom, adaptation tops the list. Epiphany when the little kids search for their camels.
Thank you for capturing a slice of a unique culture. Very well done, including the end trail scrapbook. ❤
Namaste Ram Ram... thanks so much for this documentary. I lived many years in Pushkar, fighting for the rights of street dogs ans gypsies ... you gave me the possibility to see many of my street kids grown up... style alive... thx, tears of joy running on my face.... Krish Kutecobaba
Their are two ways to look into life, like if BBC made this, it would be like they don't have concrete roof, unhygenic, proper sanitation etc, a materialistic view
Whereas,
Raphael interacted with them, understood them, there gestures, way of living,felt them with an an open mind.
Great work dear !!
Both aspects are equally necessary!
Best thing is , they are very happy with their life. 🤩😌
@@amalprabhatkujur9899 NO bbc only show negative side of india always
Nope!... I belong to tribal community of Jharkhand. Atleast basic things are necessary. Rest is okay. We people can live with those odd. We have our own majboories.
Can you live this kind of life deprived from lots my resources?
Few years ago, when the Roma (Gypsy) Taxi driver in Frankfurt 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 work on this and find out how.
Since the Taxi Driver understood the language of Rajasthan, I went through the history of Rajasthan or Rajputana as it was originally called and discovered that there was a huge exodus of the tired soldiers of the army of great Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan around 1050 AD who, as the history says, fought 17 wars with Mohammed Ghauri. Most left with women folks leaving empty villages. Most Roma belong to the 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. They were taunted for staying home at the time of war.
Therefore, as a folk song of Rajasthan says, they left their native land in groups. They left from no other part of India. 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 color clothes and with huge moustache. You can see them on google by clicking “Lambada in south India ". I am from Rajasthan but live in south Indian city of Hyderabad and hence see Lambadas daily.
I was further shocked again when our Gypsy (Lambada) maid mostly understood an old Hungarian Roma lady talking in Romani about Nazi atrocities on a BBC program on TV while I understood it by reading the English captions. Apparently, the two ladies 9000 miles away now spoke same language spoken about 1000 years ago in their land of origin. We being from Rajasthan still use many of their words.
On the way to west, Roma took words from Persian like bibi and many other tongues including Greek (drost for road) and from Armenian and so on. Also, few joined them on the way from Sindh, another Indian province, now in Pakistan. They are still called Sinti within Roma and words like laklo, lakli, chavo are from Sindhi.
They somehow lost their surnames of fine Rajput warrior clans. Roma may try to find surnames like Sisodia, Chauhan, Shekhawat, Nainavat Rathore, etc. However, I found only one exception in Poland. One Roma has Mirga as surname which he said was not Polish but Roma. Rajputs have a surname, Mirdha. I am sure this must be same.
But they kept first Indian names until 19th century like Amos Bihari and his daughter Panna Cinkova, both great Roma musicians from Hungary. Panna meaning Emerald is a pure Rajasthani name not used in other parts of India. You may look in Google for “Panna Cinka . If they were not Indians, why otherwise would they have Indian names in Europe in the year 1711?
Today Roma use many of the words from Rajasthani (or Marwari) and Hindi, both of Sanskrit origin. Few are ek do trin nak(nose) bal(hair) angusth(finger) bersh(year) diwas(day), prabhat(morning), gandh( smell)sassu,sussro ( mother and father in law, from rajasthani) saalo , Sali (brother and sister in law) from Rajasthani) chora(boy) chori(girl) cior(chor, meaning thief)) gia sov, thalle, upral purano( old) dukh, kasht, tato, langhal(lame) maang, des, lajja and so on. About half are from Rajasthani and rest from Hindi both of which originate from Sanskrit. I know hundreds. There are thousands. Luis Mori, another Roma has sent me a huge list of Romani words which I match with my Roma maid's vocabulary. Sometimes grammar has changed to European style, like we would say sov gia and Roma would say gia sov. Same meaning though. Has slept. Also, all Indian languages including today's Rajasthani has two yous, one for Junior and one for senior. Romani and the language of Lambada even today have only one you which is "tu "used for Juniors and for very close ones which must have been so 1000 years ago.
Romani words are from pre-Muslim era in India and hence pure Sanskrit like hiv (him in
Sanskrit) for snow or ice is used while we in India now say barf which is Persian. Please go to the following in to see more. “Romani an Indian lost Language by Adriano, an Italian Roma from whom I have learned much and also“Roma girl from Kosovo goes to India"
All Roma had mustache which was necessary for Rajput warriors. Purity codes of Roma were till recently practiced in India like Roma breaking the plate if animal licked it. My mother used to give the plates to beggars if our dog ever licked it even once. Also, food once served on table but not eaten does not go back to Fridge or saved for eating later. That is why death rate within Roma during great European plague was so low as claimed by scholars.
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. Another common 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 a Hindu deity of Goddess kali favourite of Rajputs. The deity is immersed in water body every year like we do in India. The Vatican has not recognized this deity as it has no link to Christianity. Romani also has an unusual word & quot;trishul & quot; from Sanskrit and Hindi meaning a spear with three fingers. This spear is associated with Hindu God Mahadev or Shiva and the war cry of Rajputs Regiment in India till today is & quot; Har har Mahadev.
Please see on You tube "Dr. Ian Hancock: Keynote Address at Romani Studies Conference Dr. Hancock who is a Roma makes very scholastic analysis of Romani history from European side. He successfully dismantles myths like Roma are old Jews or from Egypt or came from within the earth. He establishes that Roma indeed came from India. However he has not said much about which part of India are they from and which language from India they speak. He only mentions "Indian Language" while there is nothing like Indian Language. We have hundreds of languages. India had hundreds of independent kingdoms. Rajputana, as Rajasthan was called then had many kingdoms too. Prithviraj Chauhan was the king of Ajmer in central Rajasthan from whose army Roma came.
He also links Romani with Sanskrit while truth is that Romani has words from Rajasthani and Hindi alone both of which originate from Sanskrit. Romani is made of languages which have Sanskrit base and not directly from Sanskrit. There are many words in Romani which none else from India except those from Rajasthan will understand like tato meaning hot. He also says Roma are Doms who burn dead bodies which is certainly not true. Doms live about 1000 miles away from Rajasthan and are dark skinned.
Many Roma have come to Delhi and Jaipur in Rajasthan to get their DNA tested and were doubly assured of their Rajasthan roots. Also, one may see Romani Dances in India-Kalbelia 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 from some Roma stating Roma were Doms and untouchables from India and so on. This should not be true. First, there are no Doms in Rajasthan. Second, Roma who came to south still have mostly Rajput surnames or Gotra and very few Bhil (a jungle tribe, but soldiers too) surnames. Gotras or lineages dont change in India. 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. Fifth, Romani has many war related words including a word for prisoner of war as Dr. Hancock says. Only a martial clan would use and keep alive these words.
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 also gathered the above information from history of Rajasthan. For more information you can what’s app me on +91-9440805300.
Shriprakash Loya
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Baht tuke, sastipe! Zor!
Amazing. Nice job you have done.
I am from Balkan, Bosnia, former Yugoslavia. I am a Slavic but I always respected our Roma people and liked the songs they sing in Romani chib.
Sastipe. Opre Roma!
Jaldi bol subah panvel niklna h
Impressive
Man you deserve an Oscar for making this documentary
What a vibrant colourful cultural documentary I came across
Goosebumps!
By far the best RUclips video ever❤️❤️❤️❤️
The beauty of this video is that the tribe is portrayed as a cultural reflection filled with passion, joy and dignity. I loved it, it is beautiful and touchy.
Better then most National Geography films I`ve seen. Congrats from my hearth!
Pacero i agree, you need a medal for this great work
I agree, really nicely made it, he is a good movie maker.... but, need some energy in his voice hehe
I'm telling you🙌🏻🌻🙌🏻👌🏻
I can not fathom the quality of this amazing documentary. Quite possibly the BEST documentary I have ever seen or learnt anything about from any culture on Earth in a movie. The colors the vivid faces that can tell a million stories. You sir need to win some sort of Academy like award for your work. This should be shown in movie theaters!
:)
I agree
thank you for your anderstening but we still dont know how we come in
Europe and we have much teory for my pp hoo its eternal wanderer even
there is a theory that we were Alexander the Great took his army because
he was only sorry for the people of the desert that is now called a
Gipsy or (ROMA). and to thank him, we went to war and conquer the world
... because we now have the world's 250 million gypsies, thank you for
your interest in this documentary. my regards .. :)
watch Latcho Drom
Lacho Drom hem tumendje..:)
Soy de Chile en Sudamérica. Mi cultura es muy distinta a lo que acabo de ver, sin embargo es un pueblo maravilloso! Su gente, su música y danzas, asi como su estilo de vida. Y la realización del reportaje, una verdadera obra maestra, muy bien realizada, la fotografía es increíble. Felicidades Rafael, haz conseguido una hermosa película y realizado un excelente trabajo!! 🙏🙏🙏
Indians have the prettiest eyes ever. Reflects the sun so beautifully.
Indian is a nationality not an ethnicity. It's a highly mixed place.
These people are not Indians. They're of a different ancestry. Their skin is much darker than the average Indian
HotSabta they are Rajasthanis who are fair if you will see South Indians and up Bihar jharkhand oddisa Bengal Maharashtra other north Indians states people are as dark as coal
My mother and Sister have the eyes of a deer (black)... I and My father have the Tiger's Eye. Brown
@Chaudhry Vikrant ror Wrong and wrong, We didn't come from Central Asia or from Europe, if anything North Indians have only migrated outside, out to middle east and also to central Asia, the Mittani tribe of Middle east was one such, besides the findings in Harappan sites like Kalibanga and others, shows the same DNA we have now. thus confirming we just moved from Indus valley to Ganga valley in the east. and the people in the Indus valley were the same as us. Stop already with this Aryan Invasion theory.
I'm Indian and I assure you that I have not seen this level of Filmmaking and especially the background folk pieces of music which you have used are remarkable. I want to remark one more thing they are the those who are keeping our culture and tradition alive in this so-called modern world as well. Hatts to this tribe and the Hatts off to Rajasthan. 👏
Oh wow you are an Indian? So am I.
Yes Sir, the music used within this documentary is amazing! I have watched this countless times & every time i watch it, i dance. I love it & i love the Rajasthani Kalbeliya peoples. Their culture & way of life is priceless. My best wishes to you.
I'm Russian and I don't know why I'm watching this video, but I like it.👍👍👍
Namaste🕉️ Grosser Dank an dich, von Herzen. Ich habe ihn bis jetzt nur zu einem Drittel geschaut, doch ich muss dir einfach jetzt schon meinen Dank aussprechen. Diese Farben, diese Bildschärfe, die Einstellungen, die Musik, ich liebe diese Zigeuner, das ist ein wundervoller und zauberhafter Film. So, jetzt muss ich sofort weiter schauen.......❤....... Ich bin seit 8 Jahren Reisender, da würde ich gerne mal hinfahren....aber ja, ist schon bissel viel Wasser dazwischen...😊😅😂
This documentary is absolutely fascinating. I could not stop watching it. It captured my eye and mind. Narrative, music, photography, dances, expressions, beautiful faces, women are absolutely gorgeous. This is a true freedom. The kids have a much happier childhood riding camos, hunting and catching snakes, than our kids living as prisoners and not allowed to be kids.
I love how Indian people dance all the time, a pure expression of life joy! Shows all it takes to be truly happy: family, heritage, and creativity.
Eh I feel like Europeans dance more
@@AKu-xs5vg no we don't unfortunately. India is magic
No we don't.
India is as diverse as Europe, maybe even more. So while Kalbeliya dance a lot, many other ethnicities don’t dance outside of functions or dance less
The people, their cinnamon color; the colours around them, lifestyle and everything just got my attention. They look so happy, so full of energy.
Raphael you’re gotten a super documentary and got to be the first among them. Wow! Congrats!
What a masterpiece!
Thank you.
This must have been a privilage to join those beautifull people on their yourney!
♥️
Its called no shower.
@@fatloser7244 dumb racist..
@@euxxxavier Mean
Que povo espetacular!!! Registro maravilhoso!!! Obrigada Raphael. Muita sorte pra você e sua equipe.
Here once again, I find myself watching & enjoying fully this masterpiece & I never tire of it, as it's absolutely incredible viewing!
In my next life, if this is to be, I wish to be reborn right here, with all of these amazing & beautiful human beings surrounding me! My new Kalbeliya family!
Namaste🙏✌
i dont think ive ever seen so many people smile before.
they genuinely look happy all the time...truly mesmerizing.
I was going to say much the same - so many happy eyes! Unlike us with our stressed out 9-to-5 jobs. Admittedly we have a lot of technological luxuries because of those jobs but boy do we ever pay a spiritual price for them.
This was a FANTASTIC film! I am pasty white Europeanized Roma Gypsy, and did not even know there were still Gypsies left in India, tho I knew the region they derived from. Thank you for showing me what my distant ancestors must have been like hundreds of years ago before they traveled through so many countries. Beautiful to see how these people look, dress, dance, and their ways of life. This was extremely enlightening, and I love how they welcomed, trusted and included you. Very brave and bold of you to have likewise trusted back, and taken this wonderful footage and stayed with these people. Both parties very open-minded and curious! Proud to be Roma!
Yes bro Roma people are our brothers we Indians love you
Roma's are Indian tribe too.💖so much unfold history...
@@karmandhillon5044 we're all one tribe. all of us. Amazing documentary
@@raybusa3211 gypsy are from scityians turcic iranic aryans from middle east went in iran steppe after in india back to europe with turcic selciuk india is not they home but israel est iran iran central asia east europe where scityians they father settlet dachae and masaget
@@raybusa3211 india south east asia is only cousin not brothers central asia middle east is origins of gypsy semitics
Amazing! I feel like I just met the coolest people on the planet. So vibrant and free and content. And the video was created with a level of honesty, appreciation, and gentle art that I'm not sure I've ever sen before.
I don't know why this video popped up in my feed. I almost didn't bother clicking on it. I am so glad I did.
I live in a big house in Canada have big car, kids have education, luxury lifestyle but don't have that smile and enjoyment in life even after so much resources. 🎉🎉 i just Loved these people .. ❤❤
I enjoy this documentary every time I watch it. To think they are capable of finding joy in the simplest of things is amazing. They are role models for the rest of the world! This will always be my favorite.
yes somethings probably we couldn't have on our society
If it's so wonderful to and live like this...
You said what I was thinking!
Ariel hhh
I'm n indian🇮🇳. Just learned abt them from doc. Grt
This dude is still liking comments after 6 years
Haha he liked your comment! What a fabulous polite person
Lolz.. everyone is funny and sweet here..
Nomadic Hindu people from Rajasthan, Punjab (North India) migrated to various European countries (mainly Romania, Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria) around 13th/14th century, who named them Roma (Gypsies), and also to northern Africa.
Slim build, simple, honest, carefree, jovial. Great dancers, musicians, and singers.
Uneducated, yet the lady understand and said "have fewer children so that you can feed them well and take good care of them".
Impressive documentary.
this was so beautiful i cried, still crying - i am so grateful and thankful to G-d for these people.. G-d bless them and keep them safe.
Their lives seem glamorous and colorful but they are really tough people. I don’t think many of us would last a day.
I thought the same. I would not survive for long in this dessert
haha, I wouldnt be there in the first place
Not a day, I can't live there even for 1 minute.
Wow everyone thank you so much for the likes 😊!
True
As a Romani this is what should be on TV not that uneducational crap on TLC. Also the facial features are astonishing similar/familiar like looking at long lost cousins, it's kinda wild. Thank you for this
I love their faces. the most beautiful people in the world.
I agree. This is the Real Deal! Such a beautiful culture!
Do u face problem living there in europe? like racism and discrimination?
Yeah but they are nearly black,, on the eye colour shows similarity but still cool
@@Shivam-tn9xe yes ,roma people are detested all over the Europe ....
Colorfully Breathtaking! These people are wildly free.Their love for color and distinct fashion flavor is evident in their way of dressing. Music and dance seems to run deep in their veins, from the elders down to the toddlers. Such a magical journey through the eyes of a camera. Thanks for the invite ❤
They are seriously good looking colourful and so free spirited.
Just lovely to see
they have a faith a genuine humanity about them and they look so happy. Amazing how people live
I am from Rajasthan, I knew about Kalbeliya tribe but not in such detail.
Your documentary about them is amazing, mesmerizing. I enjoyed every second.
Thank you man for this video. Love from Rajasthan
Привет Вам из Твери👋👋👋😊... я там живу.. именно из моего города тот самый Афанасий Никитин 👋👋😊😊
28:28 famous moment
This is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. The people seem so happy. As I sit here alone in my American home, with family that hasn't called me in years. I envy these people.
Go there, spend some time with them. It might not be the most physically comfortable experience but they will embrace you as one of their own.
Same here, I know exactly where you're coming from
Hey G, I know what you are going through and what it feels like. I am personally from Kenya and if it's okay with you, we could exchange contacts and check up on one another every now and then via WhatsApp. Let me know.
Sell your things and roam around world . Visit thailand , india , nepal , vietnam . Cheap and real
I can call you 😢
Raphael! What a wonderful work you have created here! What a celebration of sight , sound and beauty. These are some of the most beautiful people I have ever seen! I’m from America and I just hope our American society never touches them! Not that I want to change places with them, I’m happy where I am, but their purity would be ruined by our society! Thank you again and God bless these beautiful people!!
What a handsome joyful people. Watching this actually made my smile. They are wild free and beautiful
Raphael, you have the gift of bringing out the beauty in people. Your subjects feel comfortable around you and then you manage to bring out their coolness...
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i have seen it for 4 times already and still watching it never get bored. it is one of the best documentaries that i ve watch it
I stopped watching him,once he revealed his leftist liberalism stand......to bad...
Raphaël Treza you're Rock man
This is wonderful movie without doubt
You should be Professor of Cross Cultural understanding
You deserve your own Nobel with this Documentary
One of the best works I have seen from content creators. I can feel the time and your interests you have spent to make this beautiful detailed documentry. Even though I belong to Punjab (neighboring state to Rajasthan) I had no such knowledge but glimpse of their lifestyle.
I was born and brought up in this region. All the things that this documentary have shown is true and many of these stuff i have done in my childhood. This documentary brought back my childhood memories like collecting the honey from bee's nest, riding camels and collecting wood from forest etc. But now circumstances have changed drastically but still you can find these things easily in western part of Rajasthan. Really nostalgic.
Sunil beniwal you had a lucky chilhood :) this documentary is amazing and the people of your country too. Bless you!
westernization dude...i too had nearly same upbringing but my kids are forgetting this language in race of learning english..
What a fun childhood you had.The children look so happy and free.
@ Sunil Beniwal by due respect , I am an Indian too and your name suggest that you belong to Baniya or Jats society. and in this documentary they are showing Kalbeliya nomads, those who lives in wildness and moves around Wildness. you could have live around them in your vicinity. But you cannot claim to be one of them. as to my knowledge Beniwals are not nomads, I am trying to clear the facts. just being an indian, you cannot claim to be one of them.
@Redwoodrebelgirl Hallo, I understand that you think I am trying to underline Sunil (Male Name) statement. u are right he did not mentioned he is one of them, but he is trying to be a part of the narrative in the Documentary. That is the Fact which I do not agree with him, since in reallity, Kalbeliay Nomads are poorest section of the society and as in the Documentary in beginn showned, that caste System has been abolished in india, but in truth Rajasthan is one of those state in India, where Caste Base Crime are at highest, they rank each year among the top 3 out of 29 states in india. And let alone living in that region, does not give him insight of the life of this peoples. so one cannot claim or compare to have live the same experience as they do(For Example: One cannot compare His Life experince living as White Person in USA with the one of Afro-Americans living in 60s in USA, just because that white person was living in the same cityor vicinity). and apart from that, if he belongs to those community like Jats, as his surname suggest, then these people practice Crime in thousands every year against low society Kalbeliya or Dalits. and this are Facts!!!!
Just because this documentary is a good one showing Kalbeliya Lifestyle, no one who do attrocities to them should walk away saying to have known them or their Lifstyle when in reality this people make their day today life horrible. I can go on listing the problems they face in the society their, but it will not end.
I am explaining this to you since I belong to a minority community in my country(india) and experience personally what it means.
My Grandfather use to have a big property alongside our family graveyard, open Land outside city boundary and each year such Nomads use to travel and camp on his Land for free for few months and move on. but still I wont claim that I know them as this Documentary trying to show us. In reality if People in india belong to upper or higher class then these Nomads, then they ignore them as if they do not exist........ this is the truth.
This documentry shows full respect to the locals, which set it apart from others. Great author, great job!
Ye Luo agree.
Even I as an Indian did not know how beautiful these people are
India is surely a diverse country
It is breathtaking .I watched this Documentary 3 times and it gives me a sense how beautiful humans are when they are not controlled by an evil mind controlling System that we have now in most of the world!Yes evil mind controlling that uses humans as parasitic hosts to suck the life out of them.Basically this describes life in the Western world that charges rent,tax and debt to enslaves the people and that destroys the Planet in the process.The ones that do that consider them-self superior but are in realitythe dumbest of the dumbest without any understanding and wisdom.
@@ashimohta6279 ROTFLOL
IDK exactly where you were living but if have a chance then take a look at your surroundings within 10 KM to know more.
Can you name a few documentaries that are disrespectful to the locals?
My mother was a fortune teller cuz she hung out with gypsies in eastern Poland as a teenager after the big bloody war.
These gypsies have a marvelous, creative culture. I would love to see them up close ! 💟
Thank you so much for this amazing and colorful documentary! I enjoy every second and for sure not one time! Love
this was a refreshing change from all the sad documentaries I've been watching lately. Even their dogs are happy!
You will find tens of millions of happy people. If you manage to cut the crap of what India is projected by motivated lobbies in the west, you will always find India as incredible and nothing like it ever anywhere. It takes 12 years minimum to explore major Indian culture, places, cuisines, arts, history, mysteries, wonders which can beat 7 wonders of the world and last but the best - Culture of universal consciousness. A ray of hope and a lost history full of wonders - right from a manuscript dated thousands of years back on how to build an airplane and fly to all the way to deep techniques of meditation and achieving the otherwise impossible unity with the universe through enlightment. Not the advertised theoretical absurd enlightment but the real one. You name it and you will find it.
This is also a sad docu . LooK at how you live and how they live. They are happy infront camera life but not in actual life. They just hide their personal problem behind closed doors just like the rest of the world.
@@zigs666 before that, look at how u see things. U seem to try hard to see negativity but can’t see the positive side that the above comment mentioned.
@@zigs666 you are negative. Rich people have more problems.
Con destructores como esos no quedará nada sobre la tierra la humanidad es la peor plaga que existe en todo el mundo!!!!!
The women have such unique beauty. I really enjoyed this documentary. What a wonderful way to live life
Living in the middle of nowhere, those ladies impeccable manicure, makes me feel embarrassed 🙈 👍🏻😊
Men too.
So much to say about this episode...the amount of joy and community in this the world could stand to take some notes. Thank you for taking the time to complete.
Such a beautiful masterpiece Rafa. You transport your viewers to your stories locations... beautiful!
Is it weird to watch this and feel homesick even though I'm not indian and have never visited the country? What a facinating culture.
I know what you mean.. Something feels right about this.
We are all part of the same thing. It would make sense that pieces of our humanity are reflected in each other's cultures.
In a past life you might of been from India.
Don't chat shit bro, if you are so passionate about them why don't you swap lifes with them.
Then please come visit chandigarh, jaipur , mumbai and Lucknow also in this video only poor people are shown 🙄
How is it they all look like Gucci models?! They are stunning! - This documentary has changed my life for sure, thank you Raphael.
Those looks only come from the fact that they don't interbreed with foreign peoples or people that are racially dissimilar to them. Due to their isolated location they have bred themselves to the Pinnacle of their genes outward characteristics. Probably also due to the fact that Gucci looks for people with those facial features.
What a rich documentary! I watched it all with a smile on my face, and at the end it left me with a warm heart. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful culture with the world!
Such joy and happiness! An amazing journey with some of the coolest and happiest people I've ever seen! Thank you ❤
every time I watch this it brings tears to my eyes and makes my heart full.
:)
+jonathan rowe :) Which exact aspect make u cry bro? just curious! :)
+Nitin Jadhav the way these people live, the fact that they have never seen a white face... it's just a beautiful video. Brings tears to my eyes is just a figure of speech
+Nitin Jadhav you see how happy these people are but in America the things you own end up owning you people buy crap to make himself happy but happiness comes from within
+jonathan rowe I know, I stay in india, there are 2 Types of "India" .
I am fr the part where I chill with white faces everyday working for a fortune 500 company, drive a good car,play football, and live a good city life .
And other Type where my grandparents are from are yet to see foreigners , and is not that developed or have any luxuries .
you got to visit both parts to experience true India.
Also each Indian state have their own unique culture , language , food n clothing styles .
I just happened across this and I feel so incredibly honored that I was able to take part in watching this masterpiece! What a beautiful people - inside and out. Thank you for making this for everyone to see. ❤️
Namaste.
Ive always loved dancing and i love India too. Such inspiring and resourceful people who dont need capitalism and false happiness, its straight from their heart. Excellent insight into the kalbelyia, beautiful souls inside and out. I love the history behind the Romany gypsies. Subscribed.
First video I watched of this channel. Everything was so well done, playlist and videos of normal life create a beautiful atmosphere. Subscribed
The horse trainer deserves an entire documentary on himself.
Yea. Titled. "Do not treat your horse like this"
That’s what I thought... interesting 😊
Lmaooo nah fr
Hahaha
@@BelindaTN it's normal nothing wrong In it 😝😁
You know why this is so awesome?? Because it is pure expression. It isn't mitigated by money, marketing, corporations, media, etc like our culture is in America. It is just so much raw creativity and life!!
You are so correct well put sir!
So very true Sir! It's an incredible journey, with these most interesting Kalbeliya peoples. So glad that you enjoyed it, as we all did. Take care.
There no culture in America, that just bussines.
In seguito avrà sicuramente pagato per l'ospitalità
kind advice, its good to be innocent but not naive. i was there 3 weeks before covid lockdown. i spent my christmas week in the desert and these people are motivated by only one thing when they see foreigners or tourists : its money.
you see these poses they strike, each time you want to take a picture take out money first, no filming or camera without showing the bank note. thats why they they naturally will strike poses because its business.
its expensive to just to see a show of these dances as all desert dance show agents and tours prey on them and want to keep exclusivity.
I love this documentary! I love these people, they're so much more alive and comfortable in their skin than anyone I've met including myself. I've watched this video a dozen or more times over the years and next time it pops up I'm gonna watch it again, and again, and again!
4 out of 4 stars. My compliments to you. This is a real documentary.
They are probably the most photogenic people I have ever seen.
nope
They do flirt with the camera, and probably the audience wherever they grace their presence.
@@gunter27910 yes.
Pienso igual.
@@gunter27910 You are so wrong and jealous!
I have lived my whole life in Rajasthan, but never knew about them in such detail.. it's probably true that you forget to appreciate the beauty of what you see everyday.
yes sometimes we forget to appreciate the culture around us
I did after 3 years in hawaii. Barely even went to the beach anymore lol
भाई इतना झूठ पूरी जिंदगी राजस्थान में और आपको पता नहीं जोगी कौन है, intention ka mamla babu bhaiya
@@the_loda_lassan bhai sabko pata nahi hota even i am from gujarat still didn't know much about them।
Y'all are ridiculously beautiful!!!
One of the best documentaries I have ever seen!! Thank you so much for this.
🏆Award winning vid. 🏆Culturally evocative soundtrack/ beautifully melodic rhythms interwoven with equally expressive artistic indigenous clans. 🏆One of the best YT vids I've seen in awhile. AMAZING DOC! ❤✌
Third time watching this video over several years. My life with my husband is a comfortable one but yet i envy what they have as a community together. We have lost that in our western society. They seem to be truly happy. Thank you for your filming.
I'm a gypsy located in Romania and i found it interesting to see my *roots*. Thank you Sir.
Cool huh
Pre-Date (Peesh daad) Aryan cultures and names all over the world
@@xodemoon7593 stop with the aryan nonsense
@@ruperslayz actually aryans are the locals of north most part of india, even im aryan like many of indians. Aryan is also a very common indian name. The aryan that Hitler claimed is not aryan at all actually, including the swastika, which is also taken from Hinduism, and its a holy symbol here only a little different from na*i swastik. Orignal Aryans are actually tall , brown, and have han asian features, they have their community in leh, that is near Himalayas. India's one of the race is indo aryan, that is majority of north indians.
The only Gypsies I have ever heard of are Romanians or in Romania so this documentary was certainly interesting
So much hard work for this movie document and vlog, congratulations. Love from India
I randomly came across the documentary and I'm glad I did... from music to filming to story telling everything is perfect. I loved every of second it.