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The Church of Cheese: Gypsy Ritual in the American Heyday
The Church of Cheese Gypsy Ritual in the American Heyday Author:Carol Miller "With the intensity of first-hand experience, the author describes the euphoria of being together, the happiness of parties with a happy Saint, the baptisms and formal engagements, 3-day weddings, the holiday food and candles honoring the Dead Ones, the feeling and passion of song, the divinity possible in dance. During the Seventies and Eighti... more »es, money and travel were easy, fortune telling clients abundant, and the Machvaia Roma had time to have fun, to create a bounty of good luck, luck being made by good times. For the past century, the ancient ritual events concerning the Sun and Moon, purity, the sanctity of health and sacred bloodlines have proved an effective barrier against America, American custom, and all Outsiders. But then things changed . . . "« less