Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday october 16, 1973 life slowly changing for nomadic gypsies of Brazil by Leonard Greenwood c u i a b a Brazil special tons the old Gypsy woman sits on the end of the bed in the Shade of a huge Canvas awning and the sweat runs Down her face. All around her tiny children play and wrestle the dust cat ing into the skin of their naked bodies. My family came to Brazil looking for a. Warmer she says and she smiles wryly As she wipes her face with a huge red Bandana handkerchief. We found hastily she adds i m not complaining. I prefer this heat to cold. I remember that last Winter in Yugoslavia. It was very cold. There was Snow up to and she Points to her hip. At the memory she Shiv ers despite the heat and for a few seconds she stares at the ground remembering. It s a Long time ago i was Only 14. How old am i now How old do you sixty was the visitor s guess. She rocks Back on the Bee and laughs heartily showing big Strong Teeth stained by Black Coffee and Strong cigarettes and slaps her thigh she says i wish i Werey i wish i were. I d be Able to do some of the things i can t do any and she gives a theatrical Wink. No Young Man i m 98 these Are i t my grand you know. They re my great grandchildren Don t know How Many i be got there Are Only a few of Thein Here in this Camp. It w Ouk take a Day to count them Maria Stefanovits has a Strong aquiline face with w r i n k 1 e d but healthy skin patches of Iron Grey show through the Jet Black hair but the eyes Are Young and Clear when she stands she moves easily not needing to put a hand on the bed to help her Rise. When she comes Back to sit on the bed she brings a Pil Low cover which she is cover ing with Fine embroidery. She does not use glasses. She wears a Bandanna around her head pushed Wel Back from the forehead a Loose Blouse and a swirling Floral skirt which sweeps to ground when she walks around her neck she has Sev chains and a heavy Gold medallion and on each wrist she has Fine Gold ban Gles. Maria Stefanovits is the matriarch of a group of 35 Gyp sies camped in a Clearing in the Bush on the outskirts o Curaba the capital of Mato Grosso. Her son Horacio 58 and two of the Young men in the Camp gather around As she talks. The family has been in this Camp two months and they Are All getting restless. Another two three weeks then Well says Hora Cio. It s a Gypsy. Characteristic this wanderlust and even some of the smaller children gather to talk about the move Many gypsies in the United states in Europe in Asia have a pattern to their wander Ings moving in a Circle t avoid the worst of the White and taking into account bar est times at Points along the rate where they Are sure of sual work. By t even among gypsies Ere Are few families that ate a circuit the size of aria Stefanovits. From says Horacio we go Down to Brasilia then the Belem Brasilia Highway Len we go by boat up the Mazon to manaus and from Ere another boat up the Madeira River to Porto vellion Down the Road Back to i it s a route that covers Weller Miles and there is hurry for there is no Winter avoid but a perennial sum blood clot implant developed Boston a doctor have developed an a Ray an blood clot implant procedure they say the mortality rate of those who suffer inter Nal bleeding after a Pelvic in jury. An estimated 60 per cent deaths from injury of the Pelvis the ring formed by the Bones in the hip Region Resu from internal bleeding. Doctor say blood flows so rapid from ruptured blood Vesse that the body has difficult clotting it. A research team at Massachusetts general Hospital and associated with Harvar medical school says in the current Issue of the Journa radiology that their Metho can detect the site of Pele Haemorrhage and Stop it there. The new method requires immediate angiography that injecting into a blood vessel contrast material which is Eaily seen on an a Ray to local the bleeding site. The doctors withdraw son of the patient s blood and allo it to clot in a dish. Threads the clot Are then injected in the bleeding vessel with syringe attached to a tube previously inserted into the Vesse essentially All we have do is Stop the bleeding for Short period of time and the the Normal functions of the body will heal the vessel says or. Arthur Waltman team member. Or. Waltman says the be method might replace the to do tonal approach of Massi blood transfusions to keep to body s blood Levels up until to body clots the blood at the is of bleeding. Widest gauge the widest gauge of railway track used in the world is five feet six inches. This track re 1 n India Ceylo Spain Portugal Argentina Chile. Mer that makes living under Canvas comfortable except for the heaviest part of the Rainy season. There s a lot to see and a lot to says Maria. We Don t get tired of it. But some times we like a change from going round and round to the right. So we go around to the the Stefanovits family live in a group of six Large tents but their lives Are changing As Are the lives of other Brazil ians. Even among those who still prefer the Freedom of a tent life Nylon 1s beginning to re place Canvas and heavy duty plastic sheets provide cover for the Kitchen areas. The old Wood Camp fires with their smoke blackened pots have gone. Now the family uses portable stoves that Burn bottled Gas and the stews that give off such Rich Aromas Are cooked in pressure cookers to economize on Gas. The old Oil lamps Are gone top and in the Camp at night there is the steady putt putt putt of Small portable Japa Nese generators provide electricity. But the change that saddens the old Folk like Maria Stefanovits is the disappearance of the dancing and singing round the campfires at night. Today s Young Gypsy c h i 1 d r e n carry a transistor radio instead of a guitar and at night they sit Cross legged in the dust their eyes glued to portable television sets. Brazil has a High Gypsy population but their nomadic life makes it impossible to count them. Not even the gypsies themselves know. Horacio Stefanovits who in his lifetime has travelled every main High Way in South America and who knows the Interior of Brazil intimately says there Are so Many gypsies there Are some i Haven t even there Are some he will never see for they have abandoned the open Road where he might bump into them. Today they Are buying houses and settling Down. One of his own sons in Law Raoul Luis will leave the family soon to buy a House in Goiania the capital of the Inte rior state of Goias. Even their work has changed. Gypsy men have always dealt in says Raoul Luis. We made Copper Arti cles and mended old pots. But everything is changing. Women Don t bring their old pots to us to repair anymore. They throw them out and buy new ones. We had to learn new skills. Most of us have become mechanics. We buy old cars fix them up and sell them. People get to know us. There Are peo ple in some placet who bring their cars to us for an Over haul whenever we come to but Raoul Luis thinks there might be a better life for his children so he will buy a House and set up a scrap Metal business. Though some aspects of the Gypsy life rapidly other changes come slowly. They still maintain their close ties and Here the informal Friendly attitude of most Bra Zilian local authorities in Strong contrast to anti Gypsy feeling in some parts of the world helps them to stay in Contact. Local police depart ment i and offices of the mayors in tiny will Safe guard mail for gypsies for months until they turn up to claim their letters. They will gather from vol Over the country for special festivals or a wedding and sometimes there might be As. Many As a thousand tents on. The outskirts of a town for a big festival. For these occasions traditional costumes come out of the trunks but even in their Day to Day garb Gypsy women in families that still live the nomadic life continue to Wear the Long flared dresses that make them., in s t a n 11 y recognizable in the. Small towns of Brazil s Interior As they go about seeking customers for their Fortune telling. Victory Over the shrinking Dollar there s no doubt about it. 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