Sully23 wrote:It is not a Hippie or naturist, it is a kind of modern nomad there are few people or family living around the world very similar to the world of circuses.
... or gypsies - but there is a big difference: those travel in groups and have professions related with travelling ...
In 19th century Europe there were young students from well-to-do families that had no interest in a steady live or responsibilities. They thought gypsy live romantic an tried to imitate it (though they graciously refrained from being poor and repressed, let alone working for their living). They were called "Bohemians" (= "Czechs") an old word for gypsies and this is still a term for this livestyle. In the 50es and 60es there was a revival of it and the adherents were called "Hippies" - only later this became a mass phenomenon and they gathered in communities. I was thinking of this early hippy mentality. Our filmmaker seems to be similar. He obviously is well educated and probably has no lack of money. I would not call him a nomade - there are other words coming to my mind. Those people leave their home countries for "freedom" and "self determination", later when their infantile dreams founder and they run out of money they suddenly remember their citizenship, return and live on social security - you see, I love them dearly

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Sully23 wrote:Apparently the Family is German, (I thought I knew it because of the skin color but it is clear that it is the majority of Europeans). Now I discovered that there is a part of the Netherlands. The language is Frysk is closely related to German and English.
That also goes for Dutch itself which is actually a Lower German dialect with a very special development (because the Dutch were traders, seafarers and colonialists) standardized into a national language. There are only about half a million (West-)Frisians. What have they to do with our question?