has no Romanipen. Sometimes a Gadjo, usually an adopted child, may be considered to be a Rom if the person has Romanipen. As a concept, Romanipen has been...

culture, a gadjo (masculine) or gadji (feminine) is a person who has no Romanipen. This usually corresponds to not being an ethnic Romani, but it can also...

Non-Romani people Technically a term for a person who does not possess Romanipen, it usually refers to non-Romanis and Romanis who do not live within Romani...

in Romani society if they have no Romanipen. Sometimes a non-Rom may be considered a Rom if they do have Romanipen. Usually this is an adopted child....

for enforcing the Romani Code (Romani: romano zakono; zakonuri) within Romanipen. It developed in the area of present-day Romania, during the times of...

(wikt:posh) – fancy, upper-class (possibly from a Romani term for money) Romanipen – the spirit of being Romani, "Romani-ness" shiv (wikt:shiv) – an improvised...

traditional Romani dishes is influenced by the Rajputs. Due to the lack of Romanipen and assimilation to Turkish culture and Islam as religion, Turkish Roma...

events, a preference for self-employment, purity taboos — part of the Romanipen — and a strong commitment to an itinerant lifestyle. They are closely...

King of the Gypsies – Multi-contextual title with different meanings Romanipen (Romani spirit) Sharon Bohn Gmelch. "Groups that Don't Want In: Gypsies...

around a set of culture principles articulated as the ‘Romanipen’. In accordance with ‘Romanipen’, the Roma are discouraged from sharing their cultural...

regard them simple as Turks (term for Muslims), because they have no Romanipen. In modern Turkey, Muslim Romani do not have the legal status of an ethnic...

The Polska Roma have maintained a very strict interpretation of the Romanipen cultural laws and practices. They are, in fact, considered the “Orthodox...

and because their interpretation of traditional Roma laws and customs, Romanipen, is regarded as lax by other groups of Roma, other Roma accord them a...