“It is fetén to be here with you”

“As a sponsor of honor of this commemoration.” This has been King Felipe VI on the exterior radio of Spain on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the gypsy people to the Iberian Peninsula. It has been his radio debut in a message that has been disseminated in the program The wave crest.

Before the public who had met in the music 4 study of the Radio House, Felipe VI has spoken in streaming in the Elvira de Luis, Raquel García and Carlos Alonso program for Radio Exterior. “It is Fetén to be here with you and I feel fetal about the invitation of the public radio to participate in this broadcast.” Thus, with this word of the Caló or the Iberian Romaní, the monarch has begun his intervention.

A special edition commemorating the arrival in Spain of the Gypsy People, which put the focus on the fight against antigitanism and hug to their culture. The head of the State, with his laptop and a cup of red RNE, has spoken to the flag of Spain and the motto of his 10th anniversary, service, commitment and duty.

“Thanks for Camelar me”

“The history of Spanish gypsies is an unknown history, of persecution and resistance that lasted until our Constitution endowed all citizens with equal rights and duties. And even today the figures reveal rejections and discrimination and negative stereotypes that many gypsy compatriots continue to suffer,” he began. Don Felipe has highlighted the contribution of the gypsy people to well -being, development and coexistence in Spain. “A solidarity and proud of their roots, of peace, art and culture”; And he said in Romaní: “This long road has not been easy.” To conclude with a “Thank you for Camelarme, another beautiful word caló, to accompany you today in my radio debut as king and as a godfather of honor of this commemoration“.