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International Romani Day

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The International Romani Day (April 8) is a day to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Romani people.
The day was officially declared in 1990 in Serock, Poland, the site of the fourth World Romani Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU), in honour of the first major international meeting of Romani representatives, 7-12 April 1971 in Chelsfield near London.
Worldwide attention:
Pope John Paul II exhorted his followers to treat Romanies with compassion and respect.
In 2003, the Dalai Lama lit a candle to commemorate the day.
In 2004, Adam Ereli of the US State Department addressed the continuing human rights abuses faced by Romanies and asked European governments to encourage tolerance.
In 2006, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, stated her concerns for growing Antiziganism and encouraged Europe’s Romani populations to act to improve their poor living conditions, the result of longstanding and widespread discrimination.
In 2009,U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of the U.S. commitment to protecting and promoting the human rights of Romani people throughout Europe.
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Bad people don’t sing.
Gypsy Proverb
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Quotes & Wishes - Complete fusion with nature Complete fusion with nature

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.
Franz Liszt
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For a time, then, we stay. For a time. Till the changes.
Joanne Harris, Chocolat
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As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.
Franz Liszt
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Happiness you pay for is to be found everywhere.
Gypsy Proverb
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