Ah interesting, interesting. In my defense, Roma are very self-centered people and will claim we brought anything good to Europe (clarinet, most dancing, violins, tarot). Some is true, some is less so ;brought it here but made it popular' lol. But it wouldn't surprise me if we were using instruments beforehand that were more Indian in nature and then switched to those.
Ah interesting, interesting. In my defense, Roma are very self-centered people and will claim we brought anything good to Europe (clarinet, most dancing, violins, tarot). Some is true, some is less so ;brought it here but made it popular' lol. But it wouldn't surprise me if we were using instruments beforehand that were more Indian in nature and then switched to those.