Cascarots Explained
The Cascarots (Basque: Kaskarotuak) are a Romani-like ethnic group from Spain who settled in parts of the Basque Country after the end of the fifteenth century.
History
The Cascarots are record from the fifteenth century in Spain and France, around the Basque country.[1] [2] [3] They are believed to be the descendants of marriages between Basques and Romani people.[4]
Historic documents mention the Cascarots living in ghettos, for example in Ciboure and occasionally entire villages such as the village of Ispoure.[3]
Name
In some sources the name for the Cascarots is recorded as French: Carraques.[5]
Culture
The Cascarots are traditionally known as good dancers,[6] with the Basque: Kaskarotak March being a particular dance seen in the Pyrenean valleys.[7]
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Notes and References
- MacLaughlin . Jim . 1999 . The gypsy as 'other' in European society: Towards a political geography of hate . The European Legacy . 4 . 3 . 35–49 [44] . 10.1080/10848779908579970.
- Web site: The Western Pyrenees: Differential Evolution of the French and Spanish Borderland . Daniel Alexander . Gómez-Ibáñez . August 21, 1972 . . Google Books.
- French Basques: Cascarots and Cavalcades . Alford . Violet . 1929 . . 10 . 2 . 141–151 . 10.1093/ml/X.2.141 . 726037 . JSTOR.
- Book: Matras, Yaron . Romani in Contact: The History, Structure, and Sociology of a Language . January 1, 1995 . John Benjamins Publishing . 9027236291 . Google Books.
- Poueyto . Jean-Luc . October 2018 . Être manouche : une histoire de familles . fr . Being gypsy: a family story . Ethnologie française . 48 . 4 . . 601–611 [601–602] . 44972708.
- Alford . Violet . December 1934 . The Dance of the Gipsies in Catalonia . Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society . 1 . 3 . 156–165 [163–164] . 4521045.
- Alford . Violet . March 31, 1932 . Some Pyrenean Folk Customs . Folklore . 43 . 1 . 42–60 [57–58] . 1256456.
