Why/How did the Bohemian ethnic group become essentially synonymous with “hippies” and a certain aesthetic? Are Gypsy, Romany, and Bohemian terms for the same group?
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Bohemian became a term for hippie after the French saw an influx of Romani and thought they were from Bohemia, subsequently equating the traits of the Romani with the name of the Bohemian and later morphing into the hippe idea that exists today. Bohemia was its own territory before the Czech Republic happened and us Bohemes are actually not very much like the idea of ‘bohemian’ or ‘boho’ you see today; we’re more known for our quaint houses, often traditionally-dressed citizens, and honey cake.
Source: my family is Bohemian; my great-grandmother was the first of us to immigrate to America around the early 1900s
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