The Sacromonte district is home to Granada's thriving Roma community. Marking the entrance to the area is a statue of Chorrohumo (literally, "Exudes Smoke," and a play on the slang word for "thief"…chorro). He was a Roma from Granada, popular in the 1950s for guiding people around the city.

Both the English word "Gypsy" and its Spanish counterpart, gitano, come from the word "Egypt" — where Europeans used to think these nomadic people originated. Today, as we've come to understand that "Gypsies" actually came from India — and as the term "Gypsy" has acquired negative connotations — the preferred term is "Roma." After migrating from India in the 14th century, the Roma people settled mostly in the Muslim-occupied lands in the south (such as the Balkan Peninsula, then controlled by the Ottoman Turks). Under the Muslims, the Roma enjoyed relative tolerance. They were traditionally good with crafts and animals. https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/granadas-sacromonte-district