theme №1 27.10.1995 (1995)

The participants of the program are actors of the Gypsy musical and drama theater "Romen".

They talk about the history of the emergence of the Gypsy people.

Ethnographer Nadezhda Demetr takes part in the discussion.

Nikolai Slichenko talks about the existence of various Gypsy diasporas and ethnic groups, whose internal laws and rules of behavior differ from each other.

Plot: Hungarian Gypsies who decided to leave their nomadic way of life and settle in a village near Maloyaroslavets.

Interview with one of the residents of the village.

Gypsy houses.

Gypsy wedding.

Gypsy women at the train station tell fortunes for passers-by.

The participants of the program talk about cultural and historical traditions and family relationships.

Fragment of the feature film "Elusive Avengers".

Vasily Vasiliev, who played the role of Yashka the Gypsy in this film, sings a song of his own composition in the studio of the program, accompanying himself with a guitar.

Nikolay Slichenko and Lyalya Mikhay about the phenomenon of Gypsy musicality, their love of song, performance and dancing.

Professor, president of the Gypsy society Georgy Demetr about the origin of the Gypsy romance.

The participants of the program sing a song with a guitar.

The studio sings along.

Lyalya Mikhay talks about Gypsy fortune telling.

A fragment of the feature film "The Gypsies Are Going to Heaven".

Nikolay Slichenko answers a question about begging and the habit of thieving behavior of nomadic Gypsies.

Lawyer Vladimir Bobrov (from the audience) about unity before the law, regardless of nationality.

Plot: Educational and training complex for Gypsies.

Dance studio.

Children of different ages study in the studio - dressed in national costumes.

Facade of the educational and training complex of national culture 1650. School classes in a specialized class for Gypsy children.

Music, choreography classes.

A lesson in stage speech.

Dance.

Vladislav Demeter on the importance of knowing and preserving one's genealogical tradition for the Gypsies, as well as knowing one's family tree.

A story about the national costume of the Gypsies.

A Gypsy settlement.

Gypsies about their outfits.

Lyalya Mihai on the importance of headdresses for Gypsy women.

About mixed marriages of Gypsies with representatives of other nationalities.

Vladislav Demeter explains the origin and purpose of the phrase "Gypsy Baron", which is often confused with the Gypsy word "baro".

Religious confessions among the Gypsies.

Lyalya Mihai on the most terrible punishment for the Gypsies - expulsion from the camp.