nicholai and valarie up are ready for a new venture if they want to travel from one color or a mini camp to another. question cassandra a very rarely seen together today's an exception they've been sent to the city market. alexandra of is one of the so-called golden ring cities of russia it's one hundred thirty kilometers from moscow boasting a kremlin of its own and a rich history in the sixteenth century and it's terrible a marriage market took place here thousands of beautiful girls flocked to alexander of so that the sun could hand pick a wife from the crowd the nearby villages were founded hundreds of years ago as well this romany can't settle down there one of them. a narrow rule road separates these two dramatically different worlds the money tends to keep to themselves they live close to society yet still remain separate the only ones out of eighteen romany communities in russia. to grow many are just romany we don't care about them they don't care about us our children don't make friends with them and to be honest we don't have many children here mostly old people. why would i b

groundswell's director valarie kaur, who is sikh, delivered the messages in person. she joins me now from milwaukee. valarie, thank you for being with us. why did you feel it was important to bring these messages? >> well, this is a tragedy not just for the sikh community, but for all americans, and i know that many americans were hungry to express their love and support in some way. they understand that this is deeply personal for every sikh american in this country, that when we see the television screen we see our own gurdwaras, we see our own aunts and uncles, our own brothers and sisters, our own children caught in the gunfire. and so every message sent, every prayer whispered, every candle lit has meant so much, not just to the sikhs in milwaukee, but across the country. and we felt it was important to deliver those messages in one piece to the people here on the ground. >> and there in that community a week later, how are people doing? how are they coping? how are they trying to rebuild? >> well, people are in deep grief and sadness, but they're not letting th

festival they're trying to recreate every day romany life from far away and long ago nikolai and valarie an attempt to reconstruct every tiny detail. there was the children english woman you will name wearing a slightly torn. nikolai all the details from that picture therefore it is very authentic. but the to believe their most important goal is to gather a record of the details of today's romany culture. according to historians romany folklore tends to fade two generations after moving to a new campsite. they adopt a local music and singing traditions and their clothes also change. is a professional singer and dancer she says traditional costumes herself selects the accessories and even uses oil paint as makeup romany women used to spend all their time working in the open and so their skin tone was one that can't be replicated with conventional cosmetics. one of the important details is bare feet a nine hundred fifty six soviet decree on gypsy vagrants and labor was adopted by the council of ministers this man for the romany needed to start wearing shoes when performing and dancing at t