Tonight’s evening news on the Italian National Television’s Third Channel showed a very positive story about a Roman gypsy camp, and, given the tensions in Italy’s political discourse about law and order (which have led to random incendiary attacks and severe police repression of the Roma communities), that would be, in itself, a welcome novelty. But even more extraordinarily, the service opened with the image shown above, which was painted by Julio last month, when he visited the same camp for an entire day, during their feast of Saint George!
Here is the photo Julio took of his own work, freshly painted:
The next sequence showed young girls dancing in front of the mural:
The story recounted how this Roma community had opened its doors to their Roman neighbors, offering a banquet and showing their traditional dances, with positive images of gypsy culture.
Bravo, Julio!!!
