Gabor Roma – Interested about Roma or Gabor culture and traditions? Perfect, than come and meet the Gabor Roma of Transylvania in their very own community. This custom arranged tour will be the most authenthic inter cultural experience you can have in Romania and will also take you behind the invisible wall of self segregation inside a one of the most interesting yet authentic ethnic group of Europe, theRoma.

 We will visit a Gabor Roma family in their home in a nearby village of Sighisoara were we can have just a coffee as a pretext for learning about the unwritten laws of arranged marriages tradition, rituals, women`s role in the family life, Romani language, dress codes of the Gabor Roma and many more.

If you are in for a more profound experience, a traditional Gabor Roma lunch can be arranged with this family and even a live Gabor music and dance session can be arranged too.

 The Gabor Roma of Transylvania are considered the aristrocrat caste of the Romanian Roma due to their commitment in preserving sacred traditions and marrying exclusively within their own ethnic group as a protection measure against integration in the more and more uniform society of the XXI century.

Link: https://www.yourguideintransylvania.com/gabor-gypsies/

On the 9th of January in 1968 TV Zagreb screened a short documentary film titled as “Devaluation of a smile”. The documentary was dedicated to Arif Heralikj, a miner who decorated the 10 Dinar bill in the times of former Yugoslavia. What many don’t know is the fact that Arif never gave his permission to use the picture and to print it on a bill, and an even less known fact is that many people don’t know his name, and also that he was of Roma nationality, he was often confused with Alija Sirotanovikj.

Heralikj raised his voice against the state and demanded compensation which he never got. He passed away in poverty and poor mental health which was the result of his fierce clash with the state.

This documentary was screened just once on TV and never again due to pressure from the state which claimed that the screening was a mistake, and the editor of the film program quit his position right after the screening of the film.