ACHE OS VERBOS NO TEXTO ABAIXO E PASSE PARA O INFINITIVO Gypsies are nomad people who came from the Idian subcontinente. They started westward int he year 1.000 A.D Nowadays there are about 8 milion gypsies all over the world. Gypsies, ciganos, gitanes, zingare, bohemians re some f the names we use to call this nomad people. Each of their groups has a natural leader who is not hereditary. The most important member in the Family, the mother, has authority over her children and owns the family's properties. The same principle applies to the tribe, which has the tribal mother-the '' puri dai '', guardians of the moral code. A council of ''earls judges every gypsy who breaks the law. They punish the most serious cases with banishment from the tribe. Throughout the centuries there has Always been variety of a tradicional occupations and crafts among the gypsies. Music and dance, as well as road shows, fairs, and circus are part of their tradition. The men have been horsekeepers and craftsmen, the women, fortunetellers. Yet, they were forced to adapt their way of life to the changes of their econmic situations. Some have totally abandoned nomadismo, others have temporarily settled somewhere.