Intro -- Table of Contents -- Boyash Studies: Towards a New Paradigm. Editors' Introduction -- What's in a Name? -- A Community Imagined by Researchers? -- Where We Started From -- Where We Stand -- This Volume -- Perspectives -- References -- Who Are "Oamenii Noștri" (Our People)? Rudari, Lingurari, Boyash and Their Identities -- Introduction -- Origin and Migration -- Geographical Distribution and Contemporary Identities -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Dreaming of a Way to Ritually Heal a Cultural Illness. Oneiric Diagnosis and Ritual Compulsion in the Rudari Healing Gurban from Southern Romania -- Local Incidence and Broader Context -- Format in the Local Context -- Interviews in situ -- References -- The "Healing Gurban" at the Rudari from Vâlcea Region, Romania. An Ethnographic Description* -- 1. Prologue -- 2. The Ritual Gurban. A Morphological Description -- 3. The Narrative Gurban -- 4. The The Gurban and the Ecstatic Experiences. From Gurbanolepsia to the Gurbans -- 5. Epilogue -- References -- Non-transactional Identity: The Rudari, Descendants of the Dacians1 -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The meanings of the word Rudari -- "We were forest people" -- "We are Rudari by occupation" -- The Ceauşescu Era -- "We, ma'am, truly are Thracians from Dacians!" -- "Why should they call me Gypsy when I am Rudar?" -- Conclusions -- References -- Everyday Pentecostalism in a Rudari Family -- Introduction -- My Ethnographic Research among the Rudari -- Rudari as Orthodox Christians -- Faith and Belonging -- Mariya's Conversion Story -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- The Transcarpathian "White Roma": An Ethnomusicological Perspective -- Introduction -- The Multicultural Musical Map of Transcarpathia -- Ethnomusicological Field Research -- Music and Musical Instruments -- Volokhy Musical Repertoire. Music and Identity -- Instead of Conclusion -- References -- The Rudari in Greece -- Current Knowledge -- Personal Approach -- Endonyms and Exonyms -- History -- Distribution -- Language -- Identity and Organisation -- Collections on Rudari in Greece -- Contents of the Existing Rudari Material from Greece -- Sources -- The Boyash in Hungary: Linguistic Situation, Language Education and Teacher Training -- Introduction -- Linguistic Situation of the Boyash in Hungary -- Attempts at Describing the Boyash Language -- Previous Sociolinguistic Research on the Boyash -- Summary of Sociolinguistic Research -- Educational Policy -- How Could Language Maintenance Be Promoted? -- References -- The Language of Boyash Communities in Central and Eastern Hungary1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Problems of definition -- 3. Previous research and problem setting -- 4. Linguistic features -- 5. Linguistic situation -- 6. Summary -- References -- Observations on the Dialect of the Rudari in Several Settlements in Bulgaria -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ethnicity, language and social status of the Rudari -- 3. The Rudari idiom -- 4. General conclusions -- References -- The Current State of Boyash Romanian in Croatia -- 1. The Boyash in Croatia -- 2. Boyash Romanian in Croatia -- 3. Publications in Boyash Romanian and the orthography question -- 4. Educational policies for Boyash Romanian -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- To Boyash or Not to Boyash: The Influence of the Croatian Language in Bible Translation among Ardeleni Boyash in Medjimurje, Croatia -- Background -- Orthography -- Intended Bible translation audience -- Numbers -- Kinship terms -- Colors -- Spirit World -- Key Theological Terms or Terms for Moral Instruction -- Terms for Religious Activities, Rituals and Concepts -- Geographical and Geopolitical Terms and Names -- Translation Excerpts as Examples -- Conclusion. Acknowledgements -- References -- Language Development of Boyash-Speaking Children in Croatia -- Introduction -- The Roma community of Medjimurje County, Croatia -- Bilingualism among Boyash-speaking children -- Why do the Boyash children need to be tested in their mother tongue? -- The study -- Results in Boyash language -- Theory of Mind Tasks -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Suffering of Boyash in the Independent State of Croatia During World War II -- Introduction -- From the history of the Boyash in Croatian areas until World War II -- Suffering of Boyash in the Independent State of Croatia -- On the number of Roma killed in the Independent State of Croatia -- Conclusion -- References -- Counter-storytelling in Croatia: Roma Oral History During Croatia's Homeland War -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Roma minorities in Croatia -- 3. War in Croatia: media, archives, and research -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Thematic analysis -- 6. Discussion and implications -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- The Boyash of the South Banat (Serbia). History and Identity -- Preamble -- Roma in the Banat. Historic perspective -- The Boyash in the Banat in the 19th and 20th century -- More than two centuries in the Banat. The Boyash in Banatsko Novo Selo -- Final thoughts -- References -- The Ludar of Huerfano County (Colorado) -- A Ludar Family Arrives in North America -- Immigration -- Economic organization -- Housing Patterns -- The Ludar of Huerfano County -- Conclusion -- References -- Following Uniparental Genetic Traces: Origin and Migration Routes of Boyash Roma Living in Croatia -- Y chromosome -- mtDNA -- Conclusion -- References -- The Authors.