Gypsy caravans! I guess RVs are just a modernized version of what they had going on, but no Komfort or Winnebago can compare to traditional "vardos" as they're called, no matter how many comforts and features. How COOL and unique would it be to live in and travel around in one of those elaborate wagons? "Gypsies" refer to the English Romani people, an ethnic group of Europeans whose origins go back to medieval India. According to history, the caravans were originally used in 1810 by circus performers in France, and it wasn't until later in the century that British Romanichals started building wagons with their own characteristic style of decoration. The Romani vardos were elaborately painted and hand carved with symbols depicting their lifestyle, often including birds, lions, griffins, horses, flowers, and vines. They often reflected the individual makers by their particular designs, and it was a custom in their culture in the event of a death to burn the owner's wagon and belongings as a funeral rite.
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