Roma musicians’ raspy voices and accordions make outsiders crave more

By Lia Tamborra

A night at Rubin with impromptu band, “Gypsy Apple Strudel” (Music by Vera Bila, photos by Vaclav Mares).

“Romale, chavale. Imar hin tosarla. Romale, chavale. Imar hin tosarla. Tosarla, tosarla, tosarla. E masina imar dzal, palo svetos roma phiren. Tosarla, tosarla, phiren. Phiren, phiren, phiren.”

(Roma people, white people. The sun is rising for us. Roma people, white people, the sun is rising for us. Rising, rising, rising. The train is coming. Roma travel through the world. The sun is rising for us, rising. They travel, travel, travel).

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