These Roma children, photographed in Tinos during the Feast of the Assumption, were so great — happy and smiling despite their circumstances.  I’m posting a lot of photographs just in case they should have access to the internet someday.

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The Feast of the Assumption on 15 August is  a huge holiday in Greece and Italy, but I had no idea that it was a huge Roma ( Gypsy*) holiday as well. The Roma people from 3 surrounding countries turned up on the island of Tinos to celebrate the holiday.  A friend I met on my last trip to Tinos offered me her house to chill out in while she was away for the month, so I was lucky enough to be in Tinos at the same time as the Roma.

Lucky, I say, because the Roma added life, color, and a heartbeat to this staidly theological island. They kept stopping me and wouldn’t let me go until I had just the right shot — or what they considered to be just the right shot. I’ve never had as much fun, or an easier time, photographing people in Greece. The Roma love to pose and have their photo taken.

* I’m using both Gypsy and Roma in this post because they refer to themselves by both terms.

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