Maria Mesa from the Black Sector Voluntary Network Wales welcomes everyone to an event to celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month on 30 June 2009.
Children from Shirenewton - the larger of Cardiff's two gypsy sites - show some circus skills.
This wall hanging was made by children from the Rover Way site in Cardiff. Around 1,500 Gypsies and Travellers live in the city.
Trisha demonstrates the traditional art of making paper flowers.
Isaac Blake grew up on the Shirenewton site and worked hard to become a dancer, actor and choreographer who has performed in London, New York and Canada.
Traditional Irish dancing by Kathleen Cassidy from Rumney, the daughter of an Irish Traveller.
Dukkering, or fortune telling, has declined in England but remains popular in south Wales. Organisers hope to stage a festival with events all over Wales in 2010.
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