Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
-like ethnic group from
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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who settled in parts of the Basque country after the end of the fifteenth century. Cascarots are descendants of marriages between
Basques
The Basques ( or ; eu, euskaldunak ; es, vascos ; french: basques ) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians. Bas ...
and Romani people.
History
Historic documents mention the Cascarots living in
ghetto
A ghetto, often called ''the'' ghetto, is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially as a result of political, social, legal, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished t ...
Ispoure
Ispoure (; eu, Izpura) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre and historically has a high percentage of inhabitants of Cascarot descent.Alford, Vio ...
.Alford, Violet (1929) ''French Basques: Cascarots and Cavalcades.'' in ''Music and Letters 10''
See also
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Romani people by country
The Roma people have several distinct populations, the largest being the Roma (Romani subgroup), Roma and the Calé, Iberian Calé or Caló, who reached Anatolia and the Balkans in the early 12th century, from a migration out of the Indian su ...
* Agote, a minority that may be related to Cascarots