Summary of movie Latcho Drom (1993)
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Latcho Drom (rom for safe journey) describes the travels, singing and dancing of Romany groups from Rjaahstan (India), Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain. Some scenes are acted, but there is no dialogue or narration--only partial translation of some songs.
The film illustrates the variety of conditions in which the Romany people live--earthbound nomads in the hot deserts of Asia, ironsmiths and abjectly poor tree-dwellers in the frozen plains of Eastern Europe, and craftspeople and traders in the hlils and seasides of north Africa and western Europe.
It also illustrates the similarities in travel habits, muiscal tones (spoons, open drums, and string-based rhythms) and song themes (celebration of travel and perceived rejection by sedentary locals).
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Latcho Drom (1993)
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