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The Garachi ((アゼルバイジャン語:Qaraçı); (クルド語:Qereçî); (ロシア語:Карачи)), also spelled Karachi or Karaci, are a group of the Romani people living in Azerbaijan. Little research has been done on the Garachi, and most of what is known about them is based on the works of the 19th-century Russian scholars Kerope Patkanov and Jean-Marie Chopin. It is noteworthy that the term ''Garachi'' is sometimes used to describe the Domari-speaking people of northern Iran, who were previously thought to be of Romani stock. The confusion is explained by the fact that both groups live in the regions populated mostly by Azeri-speakers who apply the word ''Garachi'' to all medieval collective migrants from the Indian subcontinent, including the Dom. For information on the Dom of Iran, see the article under Dom people. ==Origins and history== Even though the Garachi of Azerbaijan call themselves ''Dom'' (the name ''Garachi'' was given to them by the local population and derives from the Azeri word ''qara'' - "black" and the suffix ''-çı'' denoting the stem-word's function/occupation), they do not seem to share same origins with the Dom people. According to Jean-Marie Chopin, the Azerbaijani Garachi descend from the medieval Romani nomads of Central Asia.〔Chopin, Jean-Marie. New Articles on the Ancient History of the Caucasus and Its Inhabitants. St Petersburg, 1896〕 In 1944, Vasily Yan suggested that the Garachi of Azerbaijan and the Dom of Iran (sometimes referred to as the Garachi) differ in terms of their origins.〔 (Turkestan Campaigns ) by Vasily Yan〕 In 1887, Kerope Patkanov stated that the Garachi of the South Caucasus (then part of the Russian Empire) numbered 2,399 people living mostly in the Goychay uyezd (present-day Goychay, Ujar, Agsu, and Ismayilli rayons of Azerbaijan) and Nakhichevan. The largest Garachi settlement was named after them and is situated around 4 km southeast of Khacmaz town in Khachmaz region.〔Patkanov, Kerope. ''Gypsies: Several Words on the Dialects of the Transcaucasian Gypsies, the Bosha and the Karachi''. St. Petersburg, 1887〕 Their main occupation was the production of household items such as baskets, sieves and chewing gum made by men and sold by women in the neighbouring towns. Among other sources of income Patkanov lists fortune-telling and cattle larceny. Nomadic Garachi groups used to train animals and make street song-and-dance performances.〔 (Gypsies and Crime ) by Oleg Kucheriavy〕 This practice was described in the famous 1913 story ''Garaja giz'' ("Nigella") by the Azeri writer Suleyman Sani Akhundov.〔 (Nigella ) by Suleyman Sani Akhundov (full text)〕 The Garachi claim to adhere to Shia Islam but in reality are non-religious for the most part. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garachi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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