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Marushiakova, E. A., Popov, V. Z. Gypsy Court in Eastern Europe: Researches, Mystification, Discussions

Abstract: Ethnic gypsy court is one of the central and mostly developed topics in gypsy researches nowadays. It was discussed during a number of discussions in scientific literature, however, experts still do not have a common opinion about the nature of this phenomenon, its conents, functions and origin. The purpose of this particular article is to disaprove some scientific myths and ethnologists’ views on the ethnic court based on field materials collected over a 30-year period in Central, South East and Eastern Europe. The authors of the article describe the expansion of the institution of gypsy court among different ethnic and territorial gypsy tribes in the aforesaid reginos as well as provides the definition of gypsy court, its participants and court decisions.

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cultural research, gypsies, gypsy court, gypsy slavery, service nomadism, expansion among ethnic tribes, matchmaking, bride stealing, gypsy dialects (romani), myth about gypsy barons.

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