page_title: Vardo (Romani wagon)
hierarchical_section_title: Vardo (Romani wagon)
caption_attribution_description: English: Description: Picture of the interior of a Romanichal Reading vardo wagon. Source: My own work Date: 26/07/08 Location: At a transport museum Glasgow. Author: None taken by Sunset through the clouds (talk) 00:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
context_page_description: A vardo is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by British Romanichal Travellers as their home. Possessing a chimney, it is commonly thought of as being highly decorated, intricately carved, brightly painted, and even gilded. The Romanichal Traveller tradition of the vardo is seen as a high cultural point of both artistic design and a masterpiece of woodcrafters art. The heyday of the living wagon lasted for roughly 70 years, from the mid-1800s through the first two decades of the twentieth century. Not used for year-round living today, they are shown at the Romanichal horse fairs held throughout the year, the best known of which is Appleby Horse Fair.
context_section_description: A vardo (also wag(g)on, living wagon, van, and caravan) is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by British Romanichal Travellers as their home. Possessing a chimney, it is commonly thought of as being highly decorated, intricately carved, brightly painted, and even gilded. The Romanichal Traveller tradition of the vardo is seen as a high cultural point of both artistic design and a masterpiece of woodcrafters art. The heyday of the living wagon lasted for roughly 70 years, from the mid-1800s through the first two decades of the twentieth century. Not used for year-round living today, they are shown at the Romanichal (British Romani) horse fairs held throughout the year, the best known of which is Appleby Horse Fair.
caption: Interior of a Reading vardo, as used by the British Romani (Romanichal), donated to a museum by a family from Rhu.
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