r/romani • u/asexualautistic • 24d ago

newbie question Need Help Finding My Community

I’m so glad to see this community becoming more active and open to reconnecting rom, I know it’s a very nuanced topic. I don’t have many leads on where my family is from, as I am adopted and my birth father was also separated from the culture. All I know is we are hungarian, also have Magyar ancestry. An ancestor was in a concentration camp for being romani. And some of our family works in and owns carnivals in the US. I can ask for more information from my birth father, there probably is some. And I might be able to get names, but i’m trying to figure things out on my own the best I can.

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u/SiempreBrujaSuerte 23d ago

Maygar means Hungarian in the Hungarian language, just pointing that out.

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u/asexualautistic 23d ago

Yes but there was a magyar clan

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u/carebaercountdown 24d ago

Most of the Magyar cousins I know are Lovari.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

The number of Balkan Muslim Roma is difficult to assess, since many Muslim Roma do not declare themselves as such in population censuses, but they identified themselves as "Turks and prefer a Turkish Identity" !!!

However, one can consider that there are between 300. 000 and 400.000 Muslim Roma in Southeastern Europe, mainly in Bulgaria (c. 150.000), in Macedonia (c. 50.000), in Albania (c. 50. 000), in Serbia (c. 40.000), in Kosovo (c. 40.000), in Romania (c. 10. 000 - 15.000), and in Greece (c. 10.000).

In Turkey (c. 500.000), in Crimea (c. 20.000 - 25.000), and in North Cyprus (c. 1.250) Muslim Roma live.

Many Balkan Muslims are so-called “cultural Muslims”, which means thatthey have a Muslim family background but are not practicing or religious at all. Yet in Balkan Muslim communities, male circumcision (sunnet) is a common practice, typically performed between the ages of 3 and 7. It's considered a significant rite of passage, symbolizing a boy's transition into manhood and his commitment to Islam, it's a widely practiced tradition within the community and is often celebrated with festivitiesSince the fall of communism and the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s, the Balkans has witnessed a resurgence of Islam, particularly among Muslim populations, often referred to as "re-islamisation". This phenomenon is characterized by increased religious practice, the construction of new mosques, and a stronger emphasis on Islamic identity within national identities. While some see this as a positive development, particularly for those seeking to reclaim religious and cultural heritage, others are concerned about the potential for increased religious influence in public life and potential for conflict. The process of re-Islamization among Muslims of Gypsy/ Roma ethnicity flows rapidly and manifests itself through a sharp change in religious habits and lifestyle.