Denisa and her sister celebrate find a sense of pride by celebrating their indian roots outside their makeshift house next to the Pata Rat garbage dump. The roma people, commonly known as gypsies, migrated to Europe from Northern India in the XIth century. In Romania, they were enslaved for centuries, and even currently they suffer a lot of discrimination.
A group of Roma gather salvagable items from the Pata Rat garbage dump into their horse drawn cart.
A boy plays outside his home in a slum in the middle of the Pata Rat garbage dump.
Denisa cleans her house in a slum in the middle of the Pata Rat garbage dump.
Makeshift houses built in the middle of the Pata Rat garbage dump.
Sergio (19) and Nicoletta (21) rest outside their makeshift home in a slum built next to the Pata Rat garbage dump.
Sergio (19) and Nicoletta (21) and their son Emmanuel (7) rest outside their makeshift home in a slum built next to the Pata Rat garbage dump.
Dallas is the oldest Roma settlement in the Pata Rat area. It was settled 40 years ago.
A Roma girl walks around temporary housing built on top of a hill near the Pata Rat garbage dump. In 2010, 260 Roma were expelled from their municipal housing in Cluj-Napoca's central Costei street and relocated here.
Roma boys play near temporary housing built on top of a hill near the Pata Rat garbage dump. In 2010, 260 Roma were expelled from their municipal housing in Cluj-Napoca's central Costei street and relocated here.
The Pata Rat garbage dump is located 9 kilometers away from Cluj Napoca's bustling city center in Romania. Several Roma (gypsy) settlements are located around the garbage dump. The oldest one of them is called Dallas and was founded 40 years ago. Other settlements sprang up around the garbage dump where many of the inhabitants make a living through recycling whater valuable objects they can find in the garbage dump. The newest settlement was built on top of a hill overlooking the garbage dump. It houses nearly 300 people who were resettled there after being evicted from municipal housing in Cluj-Napoca's central Costei street.
