It's just after 16:oo and I'm in the British Library, surrounded by books covering Romany poetry, song, and recipes. I hadn't thought to include anything in the education pack that concerns traditional Romany food until I stumbled across a compilation called Medicines, Music and Meals by Robert Dawson. Given my particular interest in food and cookery, it's all the more strange. That aside, food is so often a defining feature of a culture and it might be worth asking some of the people whom we are interviewing what food they think of as being Romany.
A key element of the pack that I have wanted to include from its inception has been information on Romani. As I've been familiarising myself with Romany history, I've also been learning more about the evolution of Romani as a language. Romani has been key to charting the origins and migration of the Romanies, you see. Not having any mention of it in the pack would be entirely remiss, so earlier this week I began making enquiries as to how best to approach this. Nothing has come of it yet, but hopefully I'll have some responses soon.
Really, it has been a quiet week for me, immersed in books, punctuated by the odd visit to a website. Maybe next week there'll be more to report.
- Daniela
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