Do you know Roma people? They were . (普遍地) known as Gypsies(吉普赛人)because they came from Egypt(埃及). For a long (时期) of time, they travelled from place to place.
Today, the Roma are living all over the world. They have kept their language and many (风俗). For example, it's important for Roma to marry other Roma and the parents usually choose the person their children will marry.
Romany is the language Roma people used in their (日常的) lives. However, because the Roma have moved a lot, their language has developed in many different ways. So, it is without (疑问) that Roma in one part of the world can hardly understand Roma from another part.
Roma music is famous around the world, as many Roma throughout history have been musicians. Their music has a great (影响) on many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz.
Roma don't usually assimilate(同化)into host countries, as governments (阻止)them from marrying the (当地的) people. They even can't travel or wear their traditional clothes. They have been (对待) as slaves (奴隶) and forced to change their names.
But today, the Roma are finding ways to live peacefully with others while keeping their own culture. "There is a will within us to continue to live as a people, "says George Kaslov, "All the other ethnic (种族) groups who came to America assimilate (逐渐地) with time going, but not the Roma. We hold out. "
