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SUMMARY:The Honour of Sharing : the Sharing of Honour - Adriana Alexander\
 , B.A.\, PGCert\, DPSI - Independent Researcher
DTSTART:20150121T130000Z
DTEND:20150121T140000Z
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CONTACT:DJ Goode
DESCRIPTION:How does a Lovari extended family enact the sharing of materia
 l resources\, and of intangible gifts conveyed through gesture\, dance\, s
 ong and speech? How do these practices confer identity and what may they h
 ave in common with those of certain communities in Europe\, perhaps in the
  Middle East and Central Asia\, and in their country of origin – India? 
 After a brief overview of current knowledge and hypotheses regarding the o
 rigin of Romani communities\, with some comments on their distribution in 
 Europe today\, I will present points of view put forward by Romani and oth
 er authors in the ongoing debate about how the ancestors of today’s Roma
 ni communities may have fitted into the Hindu caste system.  A resolution 
 of this issue will need to be informed by new insights gained from linguis
 tics and genetics\, but also by the cultural practices and the actual reli
 gious beliefs of Romani communities in Europe and those of – perhaps rel
 ated - groups in the Middle East\, Central Asia\, and India itself. To ill
 ustrate the culture and beliefs of Romani communities\, I will show extrac
 ts from the video of a recent wedding celebrated by a Lovari family.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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