Monday, July 2, 2012

Casamento cigano x casamento gadjo

Curiosidade serve de inspiração para vários mitos sobre o matrimônio cigano


Noivos ciganos usam branco ao selarem união / Shutterstock


Muita gente tem grande curiosidade sobre o casamento cigano, por isso existem várias histórias absurdas em torno do enlace. Por esse motivo, vou contar um pouco desse grande evento, porque para nós, ciganos, ele é um dos acontecimentos mais importantes na vida.

O que parece ser mais estranho para aqueles que não são ciganos (gadjos) é que a noiva deve ser vendida ao pai do noivo, depois de acertado o dote.  Na verdade não se trata de submissão ou da mulher ser uma mercadoria, muito pelo contrário: a filha cigana é considerada a joia mais rara na família.

As diferenças entre os matrimônios ciganos e os gadjos não param por aí. No nosso caso, a família do noivo é responsável pelo pagamento de um bom presente à família da noiva, de um vestido branco e outro vermelho para o ritual do casamento, do enxoval e de toda festa. 

Durante a comemoração, a família da noiva não tem obrigação de ajudar e nem de servir a mesa, tudo deve ser feito ou custeado pela família do noivo, exatamente ao contrário dos casamentos gadjos.

A festa de casamento dura de dois a seis dias e todas as ciganas usam os seus melhores vestidos e joias. Quem participa do evento senta-se, se possível, à mesma mesa dos noivos. Não existem mesas de crianças, convidados ou parentes próximos

O momento da cerimônia, apesar de tantas histórias absurdas que ouvimos, é simples. Os noivos, vestidos de branco, fazem um pequeno corte nos seus pulsos, que em seguida são unidos e amarrados por um lenço, simbolizando a união numa só vida e a comunhão do sangue.



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Jenn's Robotic Tattoos, with a Hand-Mixer to Boot

Back in April, I passed Jenn in Penn Station and this tattoo stopped me in my tracks:


Jenn, who has eleven tattoos, explained that her work has a predominant robot theme. A lot of her work was done by Cyndi Lou at Squid & Whale Tattoo in Portland, Maine.

Speaking about the tattoo above, Jenn told me:
"It's the lucky cat but we doctored him up to have the robot armor and a lot of the metal work ... everything's made of metal to fit the theme. I needed some good luck two years ago, so we did it ... I really like the bright colors."
When I asked if the cat brought her good luck, she acknowledged that he did, "it's been a really good year, actually, a very successful year."

And then she was kind enough to share her chest piece, which features a mechanical heart:


And one last tattoo from Jenn is this hand mixer on her right forearm:


Jenn is a baker, and this ties into her vocation.

Thanks to Jenn for sharing these awesome tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!


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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Congratulations to our Pantera Giveaway Winners!

One small administrative matter: we never formally announced the contest winners for our Pantera giveaway.

These Tattoosday readers
  1. Ryan Loomis
  2. William Carter
  3. Terry Payne
  4. Sandy Tran
were our lucky winners, each receiving copies of Pantera's 20th anniversary CD/DVD of Vulgar Display of Power.

Congrats to all!

ORIXÁS


Joe's Motto: Ora et Labora


Last September, at my dear friend Jill's wedding, I met Joe, who is the father of Kathy (Jill's step-mother).

There wasn't a lot of visible ink at the wedding, but when Kathy saw me at the reception, she yelled "Hey, Tattoosday!" and brought Joe over to see me.

He held out his wrists and I snapped the photo above.

It was a bit noisy at the reception, but he basically said that this was his motto. In Latin, Ora et Labora  mean "pray and work," and as Joe tells it, all he does is work and pray. The phrase is attributed to Saint Benedict.

Kathy concurs, "I will tell you that he does is work and pray ... or tell us to work and pray ... it really is quite a theme with him."

This was tattooed at Godspeed Tattoo in Breckenridge, Colorado. Joe got these words inked on his wrists a few years back, when he was in his early seventies. Who says cool tattoos are just for the youth?

Thanks to Joe for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!


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