The Ursari or Richinara are the traditionally nomadic occupational group of animal trainers among the Romani people.
The Ursar, drawing by Theodor Aman
Print showing of a dancing bear and its handlers in Hesse, ca. 1810
Ursari in Transylvania, 1869 engraving
Photograph of a boy in a bear costume, Budapest
The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ROH-mə-nee or ROM-ə-nee, colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who traditionally led a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and
Two Gypsies by Francisco Iturrino
Kàlo Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, 1930s
Jean-Baptiste Debret: Interior of a gipsy's house in Brazil (c. 1820)
Gypsies camping. Kalé Roma near Swansea in Wales, 1953