The history of the Roma is rich and long. About their origin and migration Roma scholars say that it has been much researched, and the fact is that Roma come from India for which there are many documents. Their exodus began during the attacks of Sultan Mahmud Ghazni about 1,000 years ago (sometime around 1018).
This was noted by the famous professor and historian of Roma history Dragoljub Ackovic.
Otherwise, Ackovic emphasized other periods related to Roma history. It is a historical fact that during the third voyage of the sailor Christopher Columbus in the period 1498-1500 there were four Roma (two men and two women) on board.
In fact, it marked the period when the first Roma to step down on South American soil.
According to Professor Ackovic, there are more than 1 million Roma in Brazil today. The number of Roma in other South American countries and Latin America is also high, but according to Ackovic, the number of Roma in Brazil is impressive.
Interestingly, in 1955, Juscelino Kubitschek was elected President of Brazil, a Czech immigrant by birth and a Roma by mother.
