There is no doubt that the Gypsies were originally pagans. I will now discuss both belief systems in order. They do not believe in anything, but they pretend to believe. According to her, there is no place to put a brand on gypsies. The second theory is much more dangerous. So, if you imagine that the gypsies (a people of Indian origin) by inertia would believe in Rama and Krishna, there would be nothing wrong with that. In India alone, eight hundred million people worship pagan gods - which by no means prevents governments from concluding diplomatic agreements with this state, and ordinary people from loving Indian cinema. Pagan religion? In today's world, this is not a crime. Let them hide it for security reasons - but still it is there. In the first case, the gypsies have their own religion. Gypsies are conformists who change religion with extraordinary ease, guided only by profit.Īgree, it's not the same thing. But they hide it, taking on the appearance of a different faith.Ģ. Such confusion is characteristic of gypsy studies. They are not framed in strict schools, since often the same author in the first paragraph tends to one system of views, and then, without blinking an eye, defends another. 5īy and large, the literature on the religious views of the Roma can be divided into two streams. They're kind of "afraid of getting fired. If they migrate to Tataria tomorrow, they will be exemplary Muslims. It is interesting, let's say, that in the Russian outback they may well be Orthodox: they go to church, devoutly baptize themselves. As noted by many researchers of gypsy life, to the question: "What faith are you?" the gypsies answered: "And which one do you need?".
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Gypsies are generally not distinguished by religiosity and are more likely to be superstitious than pious. At the same time, he does not even distinguish what faith he accepts - for him all faiths are equally incomprehensible he only looks at what is more profitable for him. Understanding nothing in the Christian faith, the gypsies usually willingly accept it, but only outwardly. The gypsies do not have a trace of religion, and if one oriental writer claims that "there are seventy-two faiths and a half in the world", meaning by "half" the faith of the gypsies, then this is not true, because they have no faith at all. In Christian lands they pretend to be Christians, in Turkey they are Mohammedans, and with Jews they are Jews.
They do not profess any religion, but follow fetishism, that is, they worship objects useful for their life: tents, carts and forges they believe like the Turks in predestination. From the quotes below, one can judge what has been written about the religiosity of the Gypsies for the past two hundred years:
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