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The Patrin Web Journal - Bosnia Refugee Roma (2655 words) |
 | The Bosnian Kalderash guestworkers were unable to live as self-employed craftsmen or traders as is their cultural economic ideal; they had like other Yugoslavs to work in factories. |
| For example, there is one Muslim war widow of 24, whose Kalderash husband was killed in the fighting, and who after a year began to live with another young Kalderash in Sarajevo briefly before her first husband's family arranged her escape to Britain. |
| This Bosnian Kalderash small community, if it finds its feet in England, can be an asset to the whole community, bringing knowledge, skills, experience and its ancient language and culture to enrich our multi-cultural society in the UK. |
| Gypsies (566 words) |
| The Kalderash spoke Hungarian and affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. |
| The Machwaya and Kalderash functioned as separate groups and had no significant dealings with each other. |
| Both the Machwaya and the Kalderash emigrated to Chicago in family groups, not as single men. |
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