Kalderash

Kalderash (also Kalderash, Kalderash, Kalderasha, Kalderara, Kelderara ) is the name of a tribe of Roma, who specializes in the craft of coppersmiths. The name Kalderash is the Romanian word for boilers, căldărar ) derived.

Originally particularly in Romania, but in addition also houses throughout Southeast Europe, the Kalderascha groups turned to the west and are now arguably the world's most widely used subset of the Roma. Also live in Germany several Kalderascha, many of which came after the Second World War from Poland, some emigrated to the United States.

The language of Kalderascha belongs to the Vlax dialects of Romany, but divided into numerous sub- dialects.

Among the French Kalderascha the writer Matéo Maximoff came to some notoriety.

Among the Swedish Kalderascha Dimitri Taikon was not only the head of a large family unit, but also stood out through his storytelling. There are extensive records of his interpretations of Roma fairy tales and our own formations of fairy tales and legends materials its host countries. As a children's book author Katarina Taikon was known. They fought for the Roma movement in Sweden.