True Gypsy is Rom

From My Chillicothie Romani Familia

Copyright: Dr Raven Dolick MsD. All rights reserved.

The Origin of Gypsy

The origin of the Gypsy must be clearly defined in the world today. And though it is very difficult to define in actual definite and factual terms there is much discrepancy associated with the term today because of social stigmatism and complete misunderstandings. To the fact that now today if someone jumps in a car and travels they call themselves a gypsy. Not only is this a great disrespect to the actuality of being Gypsy it borders on the line of prejudice. So we of the Chillicothie accept the following description of who we are and what we represent to be stable and factual and erase the ambiguity wrapped around the term today.

Gypsy is not a term; it is an ethnic lifestyle with a very traceable history and subgroup.

Gypsy, Roma or even Rom are very correct names associated with this subgroup and ones that will get the blood line and practicing Gypsy an open ear to those who call them such.

So, diverse, nomadic and of an ethnic group would then be a good start in defining what it is to be Roma, Rom or Gypsy.

Throughout our history we have been comprised of many different groups of people, and we do absorb others, or outsiders, and even other cultures into our tribes as we migrated across the continents. This has created a very "universal tribe" throughout the world and our cosmology is a patchwork each with different cultures, customs and languages. So Rom, Roma, Romani and Gypsy are outgrowths of these various languages and dialects.

So despite all the differences, the Gypsy, or Roma, do still share many attributes in which they are made of 4 different tribes or nations called Natsiya’s and have a belief equal to a God and devil and polluted behavior is one that would be close to the relationship with what we now call a Devil, the Romaniya (a study in this is included for it sets the standards and enforces the beliefs that the Roma adhere to), and at the core we are a people who, because of our history and traditions, are adaptable to many changing conditions.

There is a lot of conflicting information about where the Roma and Gypsies originated and this is because they mainly migrated from the East and they were originally thought to be Turkish or Nubian by the Europeans. There is truth in the blood line that connects us to Egypt and so this is why we were called Egyptians and later even ‘Gyptian’ by the Europeans. The origin of the name "Gypsy" is rooted here.

One most popularized theory of our Chillicothie Familia is that we are from the Tribe of Abraham and descendants of his children by his second wife, Keturah. And possible scripture denotes this in The Book of Exodus concerning the migration of the Israelites.

My ancestors would say "Egypt You See?" when called this in Sicily before our family came here to the United States. Meaning "in me there is more than Egyptian if that’s all you are seeing."

One very popular belief is that we the Roma have our origins in India. But even that belief is fragmented with disagreements from our elders and not based on cold hard fact. But our history in India is worth noting and the Roma/Gypsy in India has several versions traceable through researching the Roma/Gypsy Foundation of India. And the fact of the matter, like Buddhism in India, the Roma had many sects within a common belief system and a Foundation was needed to draw these aspects together as a common thread.

 So as the Roma migrated from Egypt into what is now called India. That land had a very chaste system and the Roma were treated as the lowest of citizens. But with the regards toward Magick they were constantly called into council. After segregation, the People of India relocated the Roma into a very hard mountain land called the Punjab which is the far northwestern boarder. Even still they were consulted for healing and Magick and even those who were epileptic were considered Holy Men. The People of India again raised issues with money being given to the Roma for sharing their Magick and herbals, and this was manly influenced by the poor, for the gypsy doesn’t refuse help to any in need, and the citizens took it upon themselves to attack the Punjab and thus drove the Roma out to what is now called Romania. Though some gypsies did stay in India and was absorbed in there nationalities and became gurus but were and are still bloodline Roma."

This brought the Gypsy now into the European areas and then many historical translations of the Roma started.

So through our bloodline we can establish this time table. Over 1,000 years ago we were forced out of India after 7 very brutal attacks by their King. The next mass migration is called the Aresajipe from southwest Asia into Europe in the 14th century and then our last migration into the U.S.A. after the World War 2