What do you know about Romani culture?: Tarot Night with Jezmina Von Thiele
Tarot Night with Jezmina Von Thiele Author of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling: Divining with Tarot, Palmistry, Tea Leaves, and More
Music by Viktor Pachas International Flamenco-fusion performer
Jezmina Von Thiele will lead you through the cultural and historical context of tarot and other forms of divination as survival trades for the Romani people*. Through a series of prompts and exercises, she will guide you through techniques for enhancing your tarot practice from a Romani perspective. Please bring a notebook and pen to record your brilliant thoughts and connections.
Viktor Pachas, An International Flamenco-fusion performer based in Boston, will be joining us to add musical accompaniment with his guitar.
*Note: Roma, or the Romani people, refers to the Indian diasporic ethnic group more commonly known by the slur/misnomer “Gypsies.” Some Roma people reclaim this word with pride, and others don’t but we ask that gadje, non-Romani people, do not appropriate it. Fortune telling is just one of many survival trades that the Roma have relied on over centuries of persecution since leaving India and traveling west circa the 10th century.
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To request accommodations for a disability, please contact the coordinator at least two weeks prior to the event.
