* Commemorates the First Rom World Congress in London in 1971. 2002 will mark the 1000-YEAR JUBILEE of the original migrations of Roma ancestors from the ancient Homeland with a River Ceremony. **Lighted lamps will be floated on the water and flowers cast into the river in memory of those who departed somany centuries ago to start the great treks which took them eventually to Europe and the Americas and beyond. ***So far, similar River Ceremonies have been announced for major rivers, including the Danube, Sava, Volga, Thames, Arno,Plata and Jordan - making this a world event which will celebrate the new sense of unity and common purpose and coming togeth