Roma Factoid

Historically, when the Roma used to play music for non-Roma events such as weddings, parties, and baptisms their repertoire would be largely inclusive of Slovak folk music. However, amongst themselves, Roma would sing slower songs about their hard life, grief, suffering, and love. As the Romani quote goes:

Gadzeske basavav andro kan, Romeske andro jilo, or, "For the non-Roma play for the ear, for us play for the heart".

Source: http://romove.radio.cz/en/