Love knows no borders, no nation, no skin color - in an ideal world. In reality, love can overcome many things, but when it comes to marriage, things are much more complicated. The very expression of a mixed marriage suggests that something happened that, according to tradition or prejudice, does not go together.
Gavro Nikoić (55) comes from a Roma family that has been living off music for generations. "School friends came to me, because my mother was dear to them and with her they could light the first cigarette and drink coffee without anyone defending them. That was the case then, "Gavro said.
"But some friends also came because of me, because they sympathized with me and tried to get in touch with me.
"At one point, I meet my future wife on the Adriatic, at sea. She came to the restaurant where I played. Our relationship began and shortly after that we decided to get married. We encountered a lot of resentment from our families. Me because she is not a Roma woman, and she because I am a Roma woman. For me, hers said that we would not last long, that I was with her only for the benefit, and mine complained that she was not a Roma woman but a gadjovanka, as mine already say about women who are not Roma women. "
Gavro Nikolic says that he and his wife divorced after 17 years of marriage. He told us the reason, but respecting privacy, we do not want to publish it. Only this much - it's not about any prejudices.
Link: https://www.dw.com/sr/kad-si-u-braku-s-nekim-ko-nije-na%C5%A1/a-60332594
