Gypsy Trio critical mass booed Madonna

BUCHAREST, Romania - A trio of Russian gypsy music played with Madonna, Friday said they were "painful" to see the pop star booed at his concert in Bucharest, to protest the widespread discrimination against Sinti and Roma. Thousands of people cheered the performance of the trio with Madonna in Bucharest on Wednesday evening in the world during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour. But a few minutes later, they booed the pop star when she says discrimination must be known to the Sinti and Roma in Eastern Europe End, also known as Roma. In a press conference Friday in Bucharest, Vadim Kolpakov, the youngest member of the Kolpakov Trio, said the public reaction was unexpected. "The audience was wonderful, when we played," he said. But he has the boos and derision "worst" response group of Roma were maintained throughout the tour. "Madonna was surprised () reaction, but I can not comment for her," said Vadim Kolpakov refuses to say, if Madonna expressed a similar view about the gypsies, and had done other gigs in Eastern Europe. "… We want to be recognized as equal partners," said Sasha Kolpakov Trio founder, a Roma from Russia. "It hurts me to see discrimination in the world, it pains me, the discrimination against the Roma," said Sasha Kolpakov. "There is a good Roma, we are proud. There are also Roma who live in poverty and do nothing, to beg or perform illegal acts." Roma are a nomadic ethnic group seems rooted in the Indian subcontinent have. They live mainly in southern and eastern Europe, but hundreds of thousands of people in the West in recent decades in search of work and better living conditions. Romania has the largest number of Roma in the region. Some say that the population could be as high as 2 million, although the official data, brings it to 500,000. The Kolpakov said the discrimination against the Roma is not only in Eastern Europe but also in the West. "We've played in Italy and met with representatives of the Roma in Milan. We've heard it's a big problem (in Italy)," said Vadim Kolpakov added that he thought the discrimination against Roma is still in Europe. " I think that he is on the rise, he said, referring to the killing of six Roma in Hungary and Roma caravan fire in Naples, Italy. Kolpakov Trio with Madonna will travel to Bulgaria and Israel - the latter two goals in the Tour . Kolpakov The Roma are, while the third group is a member of a Russian Jew.