Roma American Life

These two Roma Americans you see above are my own ancestors. They were poor beggars and also travelers The Roma Americans in history were very fundamental about Roma culture. As you can see the woman is not wearing any headscarf. The reason is it would draw to much unwanted attention. Instead Roma women would often-though not always-braid their hair back like so. The men were vey hard workers and spent most of every day making money-often through farming or begging. The woman would-as usual-stay home and take care of the children and the house. The Roma Americans were quite fond of Native American Culture and took on some of their morals and ways of craftmaking-though they never mixed bloods with any of the Native people. They were also very secretive and kept their culture hidden as much as possible do to the fact that even in America they were cruely treated and thought of. They would always change their names-usually to English-to avoid questions. When it comes to religion they were often Puritans. Puritanism is a MUCH stricter version of Protestant Christianity. The Roma Americans prefered living in old fasioned western countries. More famously and commonly in Texas, United States. Infact this Roma couple you see lived in Texas.