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| Toria
speaks to BBC WM's Carl Chinn |
"My
mother was born to one of the travelling Draper families. She lived
an indoor life most of the time and I was very interested in the
Romany tradition so I decided that's what I wanted to stay, and
that's what I chose to do.
I
learnt the Romany language, travelled with the Romanies and I'm
just happy to be what I am."
"Romany
is a mixture of Indian and Egyptian and all sorts of things. It's
an abbreviation of all different languages and it's very very interesting
because the Romany people are a very interesting people and adopt
different religions as well. Which ever country they are in they
adopt that religion to suit them."
Click
here to learn some Romany words
Loxton
in Somerset is where I just want to pull onto a field and live my
way of life and be left alone.
In
my home everything is gypsy-style. I love the frills and the flowers
- I just love our way of life.
My
grandmother could read hands - it's passed down but it skipped my
mother and came to me. It's called dukkering the voss - reading
the hands. So I do that and do a lot of shows and enjoy travelling
to them with the vardo's (caravans) and grys (horses).
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