My Dad's Big Fat Gypsy Funeral: TV star Paddy Doherty offers cameras an intimate look at his extravagant final farewell for his dad - dubbed 'the father of all Travellers' With a crowd of hundreds of mourners, a custom-made coffin and a fleet of Rolls Royce cars, it was hailed as the largest gypsy funeral ever held.
The funeral of the charismatic C.N. Annadurai (died 3 Feb 1969), Madras Chief Minister, was attended by 15 million people, according to a police estimate.
Funeral tributes and wreaths are very important to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers. Often there are large processions with dozens of wagons, carts, cars, trucks full of flowers and large, extravagant personalised tributes depicting their loved ones' hobbies and interests.
For Romany Gypsies, on the final day the body of the deceased is taken to the cemetery to be buried. On the way they will pass certain landmarks that mean something to that person, stopping at each location to allow the deceased time to connect with those places before finally arriving at their final resting place.
The shortest funeral in the world occurred when Mary Desmond died early in 1920. Her family home stood up against the wall of the cemetery. Her funeral was on a bitter cold November day. The roads around her home were frozen over and the horse-drawn hearse couldn't make it.
Across the Atlantic, John F Kennedy's 1963 state funeral cost over £12 million. Hundreds of thousands of people queued in freezing temperatures to view his flag-draped casket at the Capitol building in Washington DC after his body was returned from Dallas where he was assassinated.
Women are interested in fashion that shows their sense of "shame" and their status as guardians of purity for the family. Because of this role, women are expected to cover their legs at least to the mid-calf. Married women traditionally cover their head with a scarf and tie their long hair up or braid it.
To earn a living today, gypsies might weave furniture, make bricks, resell clothing and goods, or trade horses, but employment is typically a side note in their existence. Sources repeatedly underscore the difficulty that the Roma have in obtaining regular work because employers often don't want to hire them.
Once the date for the funeral has been agreed, most Gypsies and Travellers prefer the deceased to be returned to the family for the 'sitting up' or 'wake'. This event occurs prior to the funeral and family and friends come together to pay their last respects to the deceased and to support the immediate family.
Couples marry young - girls at around 16 or 17, and boys between 18 and 19. They're not supposed to marry non-travellers but marriage to second cousins in families is common.
They observe strict hygiene laws known as Mochadi, which consist of important principles about, for example, hand washing prior to handling food or dishes, after getting dressed in the morning and before going to the kitchen. Latrines are kept at a distance from the living area.
The Roma do not follow a single faith, but are Catholic Manouche, Mercheros, and Sinti; Muslim Ashkali and Romanlar; Pentecostal Kalderash and Lovari; Protestant Travellers; Anglican Gypsies; and Baptist Roma.
She's not the only American with multiple graves. Gravestone at the Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St., Philadelphia.
The oldest burials previously unearthed, found in the Middle East and Africa, contained the remains of Homo sapiens — and were around 100,000 years old. Those found in South Africa by Dr Berger and his fellow researchers date back to at least 200,000 BC.
A standard funeral can be up to about 2 weeks after the date of death. If the body is cremated, the family can wait as long as they'd like, but most are done within a month at the latest. If the deceased is already buried or cremated, a memorial service can be held at any later date.
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Although they are dispersed, their most concentrated populations are located in Europe, especially central, eastern and southern Europe (notably southern France), as well as western Asia (mainly Turkey).
In the former Yugoslavia, one woman has had more hits over more years than just about anyone else: Esma Redzepova, also known as "Queen of the Gypsies."
Yet the dedication to cleaning – born during nomadic days when keeping wagons clear from dust and dirt on the road was a tough undertaking for traveller women – remains important. As a result, cleaning is a process that takes priority over everything else – including school.
In comparison with other studied groups from Ukraine (mainly Ukrainians but also other minorities) Djaczenko found that Gypsies have the lowest cephalic index, the widest nose, darkest pigmentation, and the most dense beard.
Wearing hair long is a tradition of resilience and representation, that resonates with many minority ethnic women including Traveller and Roma. The social realities of Traveller ethnicity has always brought attention to Traveller beoirs.
A direct cremation is generally the lowest-cost method of disposition. A direct cremation is when the deceased is immediately cremated, with no service, and the cremated remains are directly returned to the family or scattered.
Princess Diana's 1997 funeral cost between 3 million and 5 million pounds in 1997, or somewhere between $7 million and $8 million when adjusted for inflation.
LONDON — The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II cost the U.K. government around £162 million ($201.4 million), the Treasury said on Thursday. The U.K.'s longest-serving monarch died on Sept. 8, 2022, aged 96, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.