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Unprecedented Marseille expo turns spotlight on Roma culture

Romanian carnival costumes at the "Barvalo" exhibition at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) in Marseille, France. © AFP - Nicolas Tucat

At the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) in the southern French city Marseille, an exhibition of unprecedented scope traces the contributions of the Roma community to political and artistic history.

The show Barvalo, whose title means "spiritually or materially rich" in the Romani language, is the first exhibition to draw together contributions from multiple artists and curators within Europe's Roma minority of 12 million.

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