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The Cascarots (Basque: Kaskarotuak) are a Romani-like ethnic group from Spain who settled in parts of the Basque Country after the end of the fifteenth century.[1][2]
History
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The Cascarots are record from the fifteenth century in Spain and France, around the Basque country.[3][1][2] They are believed to be the descendants of marriages between Basques and Romani people.[4]
Historic documents mention the Cascarots living in ghettos, for example in Ciboure and occasionally entire villages such as the village of Ispoure.[2]
Name
In some sources the name for the Cascarots is recorded as Carraques.[5]
Culture
The Cascarots are traditionally known as good dancers,[6] with the Kaskarotak March being a particular dance seen in the Pyrenean valleys.[7]
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^Alford, Violet (December 1934). "The Dance of the Gipsies in Catalonia". Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1 (3): 156–165 [163–164]. JSTOR4521045.
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