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26th November is the national day of the Catalan Romani people.

The date commemorates the arrival of the Romani people to Catalonia, as the first written document that references it was signed on the 26th of November of 1415.

This document was a safe-conduct that Alfons V Duke of Girona (and future king of Catalonia-Aragon) granted to "Tomàs of Saba, son of Anthony of Saba from India", who had to cross Catalonia on his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (Galicia).

It's one of the earliest documents about the presence of Romani people in Western Europe.

Romani people have been part of Catalan society for 600 years. The Romani people here and in all Europe have suffered racism, genocide, persecution, and social inequalities. We paios have to pledge to do better in the future, starting right now.

Sastipen tali, salut i llibertat. 💙❤💚

How to protest when you have much to say but censorship doesn’t let you say it?

Since the 19th century, Catalans have sang this song:

Volem pa amb oli, pa amb oli volem (x3) Si no ens el donen, si no ens el donen no callarem!

Volem pa amb oli, pa amb oli volem (x3) Si no ens el donen, si no ens el donen els el prendrem!

It means:

We want bread with oil, we want bread with oil If they don’t give it to us, if they don’t give it to us, we won’t shut up!

We want bread with oil, we want bread with oil If they don’t give it to us, if they don’t give it to us, we will take it from them!