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How long can the party last?
For hundreds of years the gypsy tradition was one of ancient traditions
and simple tastes
Then their world collided with the twenty first century
With unprecedented access to the UK’s most secretive community
(They don’t like anybody knowing anything about them at all
They even have their own language)
This series will take you into the very heart of travelling life
Through the biggest celebrations in the gypsy calendar
From the most extravagant children’s parties
(Look at this
We’re gonna get the toe-nails painted and that)
To the biggest weddings on earth
(It’s the biggest day of a travelling girls life
Very stressed
People aren’t turning up on time
but that’s gypsy ways
Nothing never gets done properly)
And from birth
all the way to the grave
(That’s my Patrick
That’s my son)
Over five episodes
this series will explore every aspect of gypsy life
In a world where a man is a man
A woman knows her place
And courtship blossoms in an unusual way
(Girls don’t kiss you straight away
so you’ve got to kind of beat them for the kiss)
But this is a community under threat
(The tinkers arrived
I don’t really know what to call them
One evening
All very unexpected)
Fighting for its very survival
(Let her go
She’s a human being)
How long can the party last?