About finding out of my Family tree and my Romany heritage.
There are posted a lot of information about the Travelers (Taters/Rom) on internet, these days. Information about their previous and present problems and issues in general. In particular the many facebook groups have a lot to offer, as well as the various organizations with their own facebook pages, or booklets/leaflets they send to their members. And for many, as for myself when I started to … Continue reading Sad, Disappointed, Reconciliation?
As I have mentioned earlier, when I started to figure out my own background and my ancestors, I discovered it used to be several organizations or smaller groups which represented The Travelers (Romani people). I also noticed very soon that a couple of the organizations hardly communicated with each other, or had any sensible dialogue at all in regards to how to tackle the past … Continue reading Umbrella organization? Why not?
A newly created online news paper which is about to be published, has created havoc among the Norwegian Romani (Traveler) people. The online news paper will mainly publish articles related to the minority which is called Romani people. Some of them also refer to themselves as Travelers or Tater. Although the last name is not liked among several members within these groups. They feel the … Continue reading A newly published online magazine causes havoc.
I have always known that my ancestors belong to the Travelers. Or, Romani people as they are called in the more official therm. But it was not before in my 50s I really started to look into my heritage, and to start with tracing ancestors and living relatives, or genealogy as it is called. This can be a very exciting hobby, and very rewarding as … Continue reading The more the merrier.
Nå har Romanifolkets kulturforening fått seg en wikipedia side. Romanifolkets Kulturforening (RKF) er en norsk ideell organisasjon som ble grunnlagt den 26 Juli 2021. RKF sitt hovedsete befinner seg i Bergen og foreningen har derfor Vestlandet som sin landsregion. RKF har medlemmer over hele Skandinavia, men majoriteten av medlemmene bor i Norge (2023). Formål RKF har til formål å drive med formidling av romanifolket sin … Continue reading Romanifolkets kulturforening.
Once again, the Norwegian Romani people are arguing over something petty. It seems to be no end to the arguing over any subject someone dares to bring up. It can be a book review, someone’s background (Romani enough?), news in general, or..God forbid..a new organization being founded. This time, all the above is on the agenda. And once again this happens on the biggest Romani … Continue reading No end to the Norwegian Romani bickering?
Spellmann på dromen, av Mary Barthelemy Ja da hadde jeg endelig kommet til denne boken, etter å ha lest gjennom de som lå over i stabelen. Jeg hadde virkelig gledet meg til å lese denne boken, etter at jeg kom hjem igjen fra sjøen. Og hvilken bok det er! Nysgjerrighet omkring en av mine forfedre var jo hovedgrunnen. Men også fordi jeg ville lære mest … Continue reading Spellmann på dromen.
Since the beginning of time, whenever a group of individuals, humans or animals, travelled or operated together, there would always be some sort of leadership and followers within the group. This is still a fact today, no matter what system we we live in. It be a democratic or dictatorial system, leaders and followers still exist. So it is no surprise when we learn the … Continue reading Elitism among today’s Romani Travelers.
Det legges i disse dager ganske mye stoff ut om reisende og Deres tidligere og fremdeles eksisterende problemer. Spesielt mye blir selvfølgelig lagt ut på de forskjellige facebook gruppene, samt noe i de forskjellige organisasjonene sin medlemslitteratur. Men egentlig ikke så alt for mye i media generelt. Og for en som meg selv, som er ganske ny i informasjons innsamling om min families fortid, og … Continue reading Trist, skuffet, forsoning?
Jeg er medlem av flere Reisende relaterte grupper på Facebook. Noe som mange med Tater bakgrunn kanskje er. I disse gruppene deles opplevelser, informasjon fra og til myndighetene, samt mye hjelp til å finne sine slektninger. Fra tid til annen blir det selvfølgelig diskusjoner også, som stort sett er forfriskende, og noen ganger også meget belærende. Positive greier. Jeg var nylig involvert i en diskusjon … Continue reading Er du en hel eller halv Tater? Spiller det noe stor rolle i det hele tatt?
‘What you don’t know can’t hurt you’ is an old saying, which we all know is not entirely true. One thing I do know: what you were never allowed to know can hurt quite a bit. And this is not just me. In fact, I am sure this is the exact feeling many people have, especially when they learn they have Romani (Travellers) in their … Continue reading What you don’t know can’t hurt you?
Det er et gammelt ordtak som sier…. Det en ikke vet har man ikke vondt av. Som vi alle vet er dette ordtaket en sannhet med modifikasjoner. For jeg føler faktisk at det jeg ikke visste, det har jeg nå fått vondt av. Og akkurat dette gjelder ikke bare meg, men det gjelder sikkert mange andre også tror jeg, og spesielt i forbindelse med bakgrunnen … Continue reading Det en ikke vet har man ikke vondt av?
Funny how we can find famous relatives if we look carefully enough. I use Geni.com and MY Heritage to find my nearest relatives I have lost contact with, or never knew existed. This alone is a very interesting and rewarding hobby. I have found plenty of close relatives I did not knew about. Of course, we all have some sort of relations to famous people, … Continue reading I am related to Elvis Presley.
Yesterday, April 8th, was the International Romani Day. I like to say congratulations with the day to all the Roma and Romani people out there. We know the struggle this good people have had the last few hundred years. International Romani day. Romani culture. Again, congratulations with the day. Rgds, Sailor Kai Ståle Ødegård Continue reading The international Romani day.
Today’s picture is an interesting one. Why? Because this is a picture of a flag, which most people would never ever be able to recognize. Since this Blog is mainly (except a few posts here and there) travel related, is this picture actually relevant. It is namely the Official flag of the “Travellers”. Or the Romani people. I bet many got some sort of intro … Continue reading Today’s picture.
The Traveller 