Romani people in Brazil

Romani people in Brazil
Total population
	≈ 800,000
Related ethnic groups
	Iberian Kale

Last updated August 10, 2024

The Romani people in Brazil (Portuguese : Ciganos no Brasil) are known by non-Romani Brazilians as ciganos (Portuguese: [siˈɡɐ̃nus-ˈnuʃ] ), or alternatively by terms such as boêmios, judeus (in Minas Gerais) and quicos (in Minas Gerais and São Paulo), in various degrees of accuracy of use and etymology as well as linguistic prestige.

History

A 2012 government report indicates that they arrived in Brazil in the second half of the 16th century, after being expelled from Portugal. They were sentenced to prison in Portugal, requested to be exiled instead, and were ultimately sent to Brazil (some were first sent to Africa). The report also indicates that most Romani men in Brazil today "live from trade and the women engage in palm reading".^[2] At one time, they traded horses but now, deal in used cars and other goods.^[3]

Demographics

The 2010 census data indicates a population of 800,000 ciganos,^[2] or 0.4% of Brazil's population; there are concerns in Brazil about lack of public policy directed at this segment of the population. The Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality estimates the number of ciganos in Brazil at 800,000 (2011). Many still speak the Romani language.^[3] A 2015 report by the United Nations stated that the Roma (Cigano) community who seemed to be "highly invisible" in Brazil. "They are still largely stereotyped […] as thieves, beggars or fortune tellers."^[4]

The 2010 IBGE Brazilian National Census encountered Romani camps in 291 of Brazil's 5,565 municipalities.^[5] It is the second largest Romani population in the world, after the United States. The first Brazilian president (1956–1961) of direct non-Portuguese Romani origin was Juscelino Kubitschek, 50% Czech Romani by his mother's bloodline. His term was marked by economic prosperity and political stability,^[6] being most known by the construction of Brazil's new capital, Brasília. Nevertheless, Brazil already had a president of Portuguese Kale ancestry before Juscelino's term, Washington Luís who was trained as Lawyer became a career politician, and later focused on historical studies in Brazil.^[7]

Notable Romani Brazilians

Juscelino Kubitschek – 21st President of Brazil
Washington Luís – 13th President of Brazil

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References

↑ "Falta de políticas públicas para ciganos é desafio para o governo" [Lack of public policy for Romani is a challenge for the administration] (in Portuguese). R7. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012. The Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality estimates the number of "ciganos" (Romanis) in Brazil at 800,000 (2011). The 2010 IBGE Brazilian National Census encountered Romani camps in 291 of Brazil's 5,565 municipalities.
1 2 BIBLIOTECA, Bruno Lindbergue -. "Gypsies in Brazil". basilio.fundaj.gov.br.
1 2 "BRAZIL: Roma women and families say 'We exist!' - Woman News Network (WNN)". 4 April 2011.
↑ "UN rights expert urges Brazil to introduce measures to 'fulfill promises of equality' for minorities". 25 September 2015.
↑ "Falta de políticas públicas para ciganos é desafio para o governo". R7. 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
↑ "HOMENAGEADOS › JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK". Centro Cultural Oscar Niemeyer (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 February 2015.
↑ "Juscelino Kubitschek | Brazil: Five Centuries of Change". library.brown.edu. Brown University Library. Retrieved 7 July 2017. The future President was thus raised by his mother, a schoolteacher of Czech and Roma descent.

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[1] "Falta de políticas públicas para ciganos é desafio para o governo" [Lack of public policy for Romani is a challenge for the administration] (in Portuguese). R7. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012. The Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality estimates the number of "ciganos" (Romanis) in Brazil at 800,000 (2011). The 2010 IBGE Brazilian National Census encountered Romani camps in 291 of Brazil's 5,565 municipalities.

[auto-2] 1 2 BIBLIOTECA, Bruno Lindbergue -. "Gypsies in Brazil". basilio.fundaj.gov.br.

[womennewsnetwork.net-3] 1 2 "BRAZIL: Roma women and families say 'We exist!' - Woman News Network (WNN)". 4 April 2011.

[4] "UN rights expert urges Brazil to introduce measures to 'fulfill promises of equality' for minorities". 25 September 2015.

[5] "Falta de políticas públicas para ciganos é desafio para o governo". R7. 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

[6] "HOMENAGEADOS › JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK". Centro Cultural Oscar Niemeyer (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[7] "Juscelino Kubitschek | Brazil: Five Centuries of Change". library.brown.edu. Brown University Library. Retrieved 7 July 2017. The future President was thus raised by his mother, a schoolteacher of Czech and Roma descent.

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