The Cascarots (Basque: Kaskarotuak) are a Romani-like ethnic group from Spain who settled in parts of the Basque Country after the end of the fifteenth century.[1][2]

History

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The Cascarots are record from the fifteenth century in Spain and France, around the Basque country.[3][1][2] They are believed to be the descendants of marriages between Basques and Romani people.[4]

Historic documents mention the Cascarots living in ghettos, for example in Ciboure and occasionally entire villages such as the village of Ispoure.[2]

Name

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In some sources the name for the Cascarots is recorded as Carraques.[5]

Culture

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The Cascarots are traditionally known as good dancers,[6] with the Kaskarotak March being a particular dance seen in the Pyrenean valleys.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gómez-Ibáñez, Daniel Alexander (August 21, 1972). "The Western Pyrenees: Differential Evolution of the French and Spanish Borderland". University of Wisconsin-Madison – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c Alford, Violet (1929). "French Basques: Cascarots and Cavalcades". Music & Letters. 10 (2): 141–151. doi:10.1093/ml/X.2.141. JSTOR 726037 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ MacLaughlin, Jim (1999). "The gypsy as 'other' in European society: Towards a political geography of hate". The European Legacy. 4 (3): 35–49 [44]. doi:10.1080/10848779908579970.
  4. ^ Matras, Yaron (January 1, 1995). Romani in Contact: The History, Structure, and Sociology of a Language. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 9027236291 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Poueyto, Jean-Luc (October 2018). "Être manouche : une histoire de familles" [Being gypsy: a family story]. Ethnologie française (in French). 48 (4). Presses Universitaires de France: 601–611 [601–602]. JSTOR 44972708.
  6. ^ Alford, Violet (December 1934). "The Dance of the Gipsies in Catalonia". Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1 (3): 156–165 [163–164]. JSTOR 4521045.
  7. ^ Alford, Violet (March 31, 1932). "Some Pyrenean Folk Customs". Folklore. 43 (1): 42–60 [57–58]. JSTOR 1256456.
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