Comments on: Multani gypsies in Uzbekistan

By: saber

saber — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:15:14 +0000

i will admit we do originate from the indian subcontinent, over the years we have moved all over the world. we try to teach our kids about our history, traditions and culture. ok emphasis on education is not much but we certainly know how to make money, and we teach the children how we were persecuted. Our history is very important to us. What people fail to realise is why we left India and Pakistan. We were treated like 3rd rate citizens, we were all hindu once but we were of low caste (daljit) some converted to being christians and some became travellers. but no matter what our curse still follows us to this day.we were cursed by one of our elders as he was betrayed and killed by our people. Before he died he cursed us to never be accepted no matter where we go

By: Dr.Aftab Wattoo

Dr.Aftab Wattoo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:00:07 +0000

I came to know about these lolly that they centuries ago came from Multan,when i visited Samarqand and Bukhara last year.
It was told to me by the Ex-Director of the Medical Institute when i visited Samarqand state medical institute.Uzbeks call them Lully or Multani

By: Jaffar

Jaffar — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:58:33 +0000

The gypsies do come from Pakistan/India/Punjab/Multan and are spread all over the world.
I came to know a few in Finland. They are known as “Mustalainen” (Black people) in Finnish and amoung each other they call themselves as “Kaale”/
Ankhaan = Eyes, Kanna = ears , Pani, koni, Prah(Brother) to name few.