They follow various aspects of life of the travelling, or gypsy, community in Britain. The most extravagant of these are the weddings and first communions.
In this series, two travelling cultures are documented: Irish Traveller and Romany Gypsy. Their historical similarities lie in their shared desire to roam and to live free lives in caravans. All of these details, fascinating really, are merely background to the modern and intriguing way of life as shown in the documentaries.
Many of these terms are in fact misrepresentations, and only surface observations. This brings me to one of my favourite sayings: differentβbut equally valid.
Moving on, let us start with the dress. For weddings and communions females tend to have an utter obsession with hoop skirts, chiffon, sparkles, the colour pink, and tiaras. The dresses often far outweigh their wearer. The bridal party is no less attention-grabbing. LED lights and animatronic butterflies integrated into dresses are not unheard of. Party and street wear? More synthetics in smaller quantities than you can imagine.
On your sister, friends, they would be deemed slutty. However, all of these people are not of the same culture as you or I may be, neither are they a sub-culture. They are of their own culture, and have been for hundreds of years. They predate the reign of the current Royal family, and the dynasty before that. This comes from assimilation, voluntary or involuntary. We certainly would not make such snap judgements about a Papuan tribe in New Guinea, or others living in isolation in Brazilian Amazon, but that is because they are so obviously and completely different.
