Famous life · 23.06.1928
Midsummer in the Roma camp on the Rakvere town pasture
Jaanituli mustlaslaagris Rakvere karjamaal
Ahead of the Midsummer horse fair in 1928, a Roma camp of more than a hundred people gathered on the Rakvere town pasture. By day the women and children went into town to beg and tell fortunes, while the men lay about under the bushes and got their horses ready for the fair, the local paper Rakverelane reported. The camp had its own woman priest who held services in Latvian and taught the children hymns. On Midsummer Eve the Roma lit their own bonfire, and many townspeople came out to the pasture as their guests.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1928. aasta jaanilaada eel koondus Rakvere linna karjamaale üle saja hingega mustlaslaager. Päeval käisid naised ja lapsed linnas mangumas ja „kätt katsumas“, mehed aga pikutasid põõsaste all ja valmistasid hobuseid laadaks ette, kirjutas kohalik leht Rakverelane. Laagris oli oma naispreester, kes pidas läti keeles jumalateenistusi ja õpetas vaimulikke laule. Jaaniõhtul süütasid mustlased leeris oma jaanitule ja palju linnarahvast tuli karjamaale nende külaliseks.