Lives of gipsy travellers celebrated by museum
A CELEBRATION of gipsy traveller heritage and culture is being held for one day only at the County Museum.
The special event, called "Gipsies - who are ya!"on Sunday has been put together by the Worcestershire County Council Museum Service and the Worcestershire Gypsy Roma and Traveller Partnership.
Visitors will be able to see one of the country's largest displays of gipsy caravans, meet wagon painters and restorers, watch musical entertainment, displays of dance and demonstrations of traditional crafts.
Sue Pope, the county council's education and outreach officer, said: "This is a really exciting event where we have opened our doors and embraced the wider community and partners to jointly organise something that celebrates the lives and achievements of Worcestershire's gipsy, Roma and travelling communities."
Sergeant Allie Webster, gipsy and traveller diversity adviser for West Mercia police, said: "By working together the force can learn more about the gipsy and traveller communities and can help promote wider tolerance and understanding within non-traveller communities.
The event will take place between 11am and 5pm. Normal admission prices to the museum apply. For more information e-mail Sue Pope at spope@worcestershire.gov.
advertisementuk or telephone the County Museum on 01299 250416.
The special event, called "Gipsies - who are ya!"on Sunday has been put together by the Worcestershire County Council Museum Service and the Worcestershire Gypsy Roma and Traveller Partnership.
Visitors will be able to see one of the country's largest displays of gipsy caravans, meet wagon painters and restorers, watch musical entertainment, displays of dance and demonstrations of traditional crafts.
Sue Pope, the county council's education and outreach officer, said: "This is a really exciting event where we have opened our doors and embraced the wider community and partners to jointly organise something that celebrates the lives and achievements of Worcestershire's gipsy, Roma and travelling communities."
Sergeant Allie Webster, gipsy and traveller diversity adviser for West Mercia police, said: "By working together the force can learn more about the gipsy and traveller communities and can help promote wider tolerance and understanding within non-traveller communities.
The event will take place between 11am and 5pm. Normal admission prices to the museum apply. For more information e-mail Sue Pope at spope@worcestershire.gov.
advertisementuk or telephone the County Museum on 01299 250416.
Labels: Gypsy, Gypsy Caravan, Gypsy Culture, Museum, Roma, Travellers, UK
posted by Allie @ 8:53 AM
1 Comments:
At June 24, 2008 8:58 AM ,
Anonymous said...
My name is Lisa Marie Smith and i am a Gypsy. When reading the article i was happy that Gypsy and Traveller culture is being recorgnised. Not enough is done to premote this and by not doing so no one is going to understand why we live the way we live. There is alot of predudis because people don't understand us or are not willing to understand us. Gypsies and Travellers have been here for hundreds of years and will be around for many more. Life would be alot more simple if people would just exept us for who we are. I no people have sterotypes as does everyone of people and things that are not known or farmillior to them but there is good and bad in any community if people would just take the time to listen.
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