We are “seeing” quite a diversity of ethnicities pass through the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. I say “seeing” because we don’t speak the language of the people, so all we know is what we “see” from superficial outward appearance. We aren’t really garnering a deep understanding of what we are seeing. But there is one “look” of people that we colloquially refer to as “Roma”. They tend to have black hair and darker complexions, but what really catches the eye is the way they dress up. Some of the boys will come into our safe space play area wearing white collared shirts, bow ties and suit jackets tailored from shiny brocade. Girls and women wear floor-sweeping full dresses in various bright colors. Some of them are decorated with glittering sequins. Seeing a family of these people together evokes quite a fairy-tale pageant feeling, as the only place I’m used to seeing this sort of garb is on stage. I don’t know why these people dress this way. I find it hard to imagine this is their everyday garb. Perhaps when they leave their homes they naturally want to bring their finest clothing with them, and the best way to transport it, since they must hand-carry all of their worldly possessions, is to wear their Sunday best? Isn’t it ironic that such a cheerful “show” as they are giving us is the consequence of leaving their homes in Ukraine with nothing but the clothes on their backs and whatever they else they can carry in a couple of suitcases?