Quote: Roma in gipsy language mean 'man'. Bahatale, mean hapiness.
There is a joke of gypsies, Serbian teach them to lie and steel, and they teach Serbian to sing and dance. :)
Branka, if you can find a popular song: 'Kosava sa Dunava' in gipsy. This is really very popular song we stole them :)
Dear Sava, Wished to edit my previous response, but accidentally I deleted it :( . Couldn't find original "KOSHAVA FROM THE DANUBE". Even though this quoted saying is popular in Serbia, somehow it can't work out. There, where the rest of the world (including Serbs) have an attitude, Gypsies have a NATURE. And in my opinion, NATURE IS OLDER THAN ATTITUDE. Gypsy man/woman when loves - LOVES, and when OWNS - OWNS . I.e. MY MOTHER SPENT OVER 50 YEARS TO TRY TO TEACH HER HUSBAND (and her kids) how HER LOVE IS MOST GENEROUS AND UNCONDITIONAL IN THIS WOLRD. This very intelligent woman spent all of her energy to NEVER FAIL TO JUSTIFY any of the paces of one .... rather .... egocentred and not too sensitive male being. Her bravurous manipulations ........ (she went so far to almost destroyed her health at all !!! . just to CREATE ENOUGH POWERFUL BILL FOR HIM TO NEVER LEAVE HER!!!!!!) .... those bravurous manipulations are very well deserved for my absolute luck of illusions. She killed any of my wishes to have a romantic dream. She is very deserved to feel dizzy even to think I'd ever have a daughter. OMG!!! Seems, beside all my efforts, still I didn't forgive her (and not only to her, she is a true lamb comparing with some other cases I was cursed to get to learn) . If she was Gypsy - she could OWN her man, but under a very strict conditions. We consider them as a skilled cheaters etc .... but their honesty is much beyond our false, so called civilized, "performanses". No one in this world can sing and dance Gypsy musics. There, where other sing and dance, THEY LIVE. The difference is more than big. And profound.
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