Servitko Roma ((Ukrainian Серви, Russian Сэрвы) is a subgroup of Roma people. They formed as a group in Ukraine, where their ancestors had come from Serbia. Servitko Roma are part of the Roma minority in Ukraine and in Russia, they are well integrated. Most numerous group of Ukrainian Roma. Servitko Roma's dialect belong to Ukrainian Group of Romani dialects classified by L.N.Cherenkov. Most of Servitko Roma have poor Romani and use many Ukrainian and Russian words.
Servitko Roma are Orthodox Christians. Their traditional occupations are smithing and fortune-telling. In the XIX century many young Servitko Roma also served in Cossack armies.
In our days, Servitko Roma is one of the best-educated Romani groups, they work in many areas.[citation needed] They are known as excellent performers of Ruska Roma's music and are often incorrectly considered to be Ruska Roma.[citation needed]
Well-known Servitko Roma
- Eugene Hütz, musician
- Mikhail Erdenko, violinist, music composer
- Valentin Baglaenko, singer, theatre and cinema actor
- Nickolai Slichenko, theatre and cinema actor, Romen Theatre director
- Nickolai Erdenko, singer, creator of "Dzhang" group
- Sasha Kolpakov and Vadim Kolpakov, guitarists
- Yury Ivanenko, president of Ukrainian Roma Congress, publisher of children literature in Romani
- Sergei Erdenko, vaiolinist, one of creators of "Loyko" group
- Rozalia, Radda and Leonsia Erdenko, singers
References
- "Beliefs of Ukrainian Roma as historic-religion resource" by Olexandr Belikov ("Вірування Ромів України як історико-релігієзнавче джерело", Олександр Беліков).
Links
- Roma and "Gypsies"
- The Roma: between a myth and the future
- Book of Memory in Russian
- Peoples of Romanestan Republic in Russian
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