Princes Amongst Men

Journeys with Gypsy Musicians

• Author(s): Garth Cartwright,
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Pages: 309
• ISBN_10: 1852428775
  ISBN_13: 9781852428778
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Social History , Music / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional , Music / Genres & Styles / International , Music / Genres & Styles / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Travel / General , Travel / Europe / Eastern , Travel / Essays & Travelogues ,

Description:... Weaving historical fact, mythic tales and contemporary voices, Princes Amongst Men recounts a Balkan odyssey in search of the secret history and culture of Europe's greatest musicians - the Roma Gypsies. On his wild and affectionate Journey, Garth Cartwright wanders through the ruins of post-Communist Serbia and observes Roma refugees from the Kosovo conflict. He attends a Gypsy wedding in Macedonia, conveys the tragedy of Romania in the aftermath of Ceaucescu, scours Skopie for opium, charts the Euro-Asian beauties so prominent in Bulgaria, almost marries a Gypsy princess in Kocani and witnesses the flery celebrations that mark Ederiezi, the Night of the Gypsies, In an impoverished Bulgarian Gypsy ghetto. Cartwright's engagement with Gypsy communities bypasses cliche and overturns prejudice to return with the true story of the Gypsies' Balkan blues.