Servurja Roma (Ukrainian Серви, Russian Сэрвы) is a subgroup of
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
. They formed as a group in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, where their ancestors had come from
Serbia
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History
Servitka Roma were formed in Ukraine from Romanian and/or Serbian Roma who immigrated to the country in the early seventeenth century. In addition to Ukraine, they are disbursed in the European part of Russia. Ritualism is partially borrowed from the Slavic population.
Traditionally, they were engaged in trade and exchange of horses,
blacksmith
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ing,
fortune-telling
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. For some time, young servants served in the Cossack troops.
Today, the Servitka are one of the most educated Roma ethnic groups with a wide range of professions. Noticeably, they distinguished themselves in the musical field. Servitka are often confused with chaladite roma; in the artistic environment, these two ethnic groups are similar. In the publications of Ilona Mahotina and Janusz Panchenko, six subgroups of Servitka are distinguished, which have some differences in language and culture: Tavrichans, Zadnipr'ans, Poltavans, Voronezh (Xandžar'a) and Volga Servitka and Kylmysh. These studies also note the so-called city Servitka, whose ancestors were sedentary, at least from the end of the 19th century.
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Well-known Servitka Roma
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Eugene Hütz
Eugene Hütz (; born Yevhen Oleksandrovych Nikolaiev-Symonov, September 6, 1972) is a Ukrainian-American singer, composer, disc jockey and actor, most notable as the frontman of the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.
Early life
Hütz was born i ...
, musician
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Nickolai Slichenko, theatre and cinema actor,
Romen Theatre
Romen Theatre () in Moscow, Russia, is the oldest and the most famous of Romani theatres in the world. The theatre is a key object of Romani culture in Russia, and from the moment of its foundation in 1931, it has been a centre of attraction for ...
director
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Sasha Kolpakov
Aleksandr Alexandrovich Kolpakov (; (born 15 February 1943 in Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian guitarist, singer and composer.
Biography
Coming from a ''Servo'' family, a group of Romani people found mos ...
, guitarist
See also
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Romani people in Ukraine
The presence of Romani people in Ukraine, locally referred to as the ''Tsyhany'' ( ), was first documented in the early 15th century. The Romani maintained their social organizations and folkways, shunning non-Romani contacts, education and value ...
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Ruska Roma
The Ruska Roma (), also known as Russian Gypsies () or ''Khaladitka/Xaladytka Roma'' (; ), are the largest subgroup of Romani people in Russia and Belarus, with smaller remnants of the group living in Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, the United States ...
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Polska Roma
Polska Roma are the largest and one of the oldest ethnolinguistic groups of Romani people living in Poland. Many Polska Roma also reside in North America, Switzerland, Great Britain and Sweden. Some can also be found in Lithuania, Belarus, and Ru ...
References
* "Beliefs of Ukrainian Roma as historic-religion resource" by Olexandr Belikov ("Вірування Ромів України як історико-релігієзнавче джерело", Олександр Беліков).
External links
Yanush Panchenko, Mykola Homanyuk. (2023). Servur'a and Krym'a (Crimean Roma) as indigenous peoples of Ukraine// Etnografia Polska, 67(1–2). p. 155-173.
The Roma: between a myth and the future ''in Russian''
Romani groups
Romani in Russia
Romani in Ukraine
Roma (Romani subgroup)
Ethnic groups in Ukraine
Ethnic groups in Russia
Serbian diaspora
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