#proudgypsytraveller
Violet Cannon # Pro ud G yp syTrave l ler B ig Fa t G y p sy We dd ing! G yrat i n g D a n ce rs !
te rm which in fact covers a h uge
Commun ities. Th ese commun iti es a re
v a ri e t y of people. Th ree of th ese
at th e h elm of th e proj ect, sh ar in g
co m m unities are protected un der th e
th eir memories an d th eir ar tefa c ts
Race Relati ons Ac t, wh ich mean s th at
with us so th at we can sh are them
t hey have proven th ey h ave separate
with th e wider population .
a nd di st in ct lan guage, culture an d D o d g y D re s s S e n s e ! Rude! I gno rant !
custo m s - Romany G ypsies, Irish
Two ex h ibits are star tin g on Satu rday
U ni n te lli ge n t ! Wan derers! Co nmen!
Trave l le rs an d Scottish
13th August at D on caster Museu m
G rab b i n g ! S u p e r R i ch!
Gy p sy Travellers.
an d Sun d ay 16th October at DARTS with a workin g title of Su i tcas e U n de r
We have two Lifestyle Travellers.
The Bed, build in g on th e idea t h a t
The se a re people wh o ch oose to
most G ypsy an d Traveller people h ave
P ro u d , L oya l, Tra d i t io nal , Wo o den
a do p t a lifestyle, but are from
a suitcase of memories stash ed aw ay.
Va rdos ( t h e t ra d i t i o nal Ro many ho rse-
a no t he r commun ity, usually wh ite
d ra wn wagon s ) , Re s pect f ul , L uck y
Bri t i sh. Th ere are New Travellers an d
T h e proj ect is gettin g a ch an ce to
Hea t h e r, M y s te r i ou s.
Ba rge e s, an d f in ally we h ave Econ omic
blow off some cobwebs an d air o u t
Trave l le rs, people wh o h ave to travel
th e smell of moth balls, an d th en
I n my ex p e r i e n ce , p eo p le o f ten have
fo r e co nomic purposes. T h ese people
listen with a warm glow as we h ea r
ver y ex t re m e v i e w s a bo ut the gy psy
ca n a l so be from any backgroun d . Th e
stories of valian t sold iers, mot h ers
a nd t ra ve lle r com m unit y.
t wo m o st common are Travellin g Sh ow
doin g with out, run away brides,
Pe o p le an d
magical powers an d h aun tin g.
Or m ay b e :
C i rcus People. We see th e fash ion s of times gon e by
I’d l i ke to co r re c t my f i rst m i st a ke :
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i t’s ‘ G y p sy a n d Trave l le r Co m m uni t i e s’.
The Pro ud G ypsy Traveller proj ect
an d h ow th ey h ave ch an ged . O th er
Alw ay s wi t h a c ap i t a l ‘G’ a nd ‘ T’, a nd
i s t a ki ng a look at th e h istories an d
commun ities took our styles: the
a lway s ‘co m m u n i t i e s’. It ’s a n um b re l l a
i nt ri ca ci es of G ypsy an d Traveller
sovereign s th at were mimicked w ith
Photography: Violet Cannon ©2016