Where does the "Gypsy" culture originate from?

Question

Where does the "Gypsy" culture originate from?

Answer 1

Alexander Macedonian bring along from India .

Answer 2

Ethnically they are indians (as in from India).

No one is sure how or why they ended up leaving their country of origin and became one of most dislike "nationalities" in the world.

Answer 3

oh? esmeralda? i think they originated ffrom Northeren india. but they are really plentiful in Transylvania, yugoslavaia & Spain.

Answer 4

romania, hungary, bulgaria they were first called romas

if i remember correctly...

Answer 5

Originally, Gypsies came out of North India and Pakistan , moving North and West into Europe. I have a gypsy friend, and she's had people mistaking her for Pakistani before.

http://www.romani.org/local/romhist.html

Answer 6

Interesting that they have been able to keep their culture thru time and much travel.