page_title: Gitanos
section_title: Notable gitanos
hierarchical_section_title: Gitanos / Notable gitanos
context_page_description: The Romani in Spain, generally known as gitanos, belong to the Iberian Cale group, with smaller populations in Portugal and in southern France. Their sense of identity and cohesion stems from their shared value system, expressed among the gitanos as the leyes gitanas. Traditionally, they maintain their social circles strictly within their patrigroups, as interaction between patrigroups increases the risk of feuding, which may result in fatalities. The emergence of Pentecostalism has impacted this practice, as the lifestyle of Pentecostal gitanos involves frequent contact with gitanos from outside their own patrigroups during church services and meetings. To varying degrees, they identify with Andalusian culture and music due to the large and culturally significant gitano population present in that region. Data on ethnicity is not collected in Spain, although the Government's statistical agency CIS estimated in 2007 that the number of Gitanos present in Spain is probably around one million.
context_section_description: Following are notable Spanish people of gypsy (gitano) ethnicity:
caption: The ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi as the Romani Paquita (1844).
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