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July 1987

Cultural Forum: A New Tone for Our Cultural Discussions

Nick Balamaci Jul 15, 1987 No Comments Newsletter Our Community

As we know from modern anthropological research, and as Beverlee Fatse Dacey illustrates in this issue, language is by no means the only component of a culture, nor even a necessary part of it. It is just one of many aspects of culture–an important one, no doubt–yet it is quite possible to have an Aromanian ...

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Society Farsharotu Jul 15, 1987 No Comments Newsletter Our Community

The Society notes with great sadness the passing of our dear member and benefactor Theodore Tonna in April of 1987. Mr. Tonna, originally from Bituli in what is now Yugoslavia, achieved great success as an industrialist in New England. Yet he never forgot his cultural heritage; in addition to being a prime supporter of the ...

What’s In a Name?

Society Farsharotu Jul 15, 1987 2 Comments Newsletter Our History & Language

We are known by an almost incredible number of names, and this has caused much confusion over the years. Most of these names were given to us by other people. Our own people have two ways of pronouncing our name for ourselves: Roughly half of them, especially in the northern regions, call themselves Rumani, while the other ...

Did You Know?

Society Farsharotu Jul 15, 1987 No Comments Newsletter Our History & Language

The late Patriarch of Constantinople Athenagoras was an Aromanian who happily spoke the language at home. The number of Aromanians was estimated at the turn of the century to be from 350,000 to 600,000; current estimates for Greece and Yugoslavia give about 120,000 total, while figures for Albania and Bulgaria are not even available. Several ...

Ethnic Values & Ethnic Identity

Beverlee Fatse Dacey Jul 15, 1987 1 Comment Newsletter Our Families

America as a pluralist society fosters ethnicity, and Americans often maintain their ethnic identity for the sole purpose of group identity. How we live, both mentally and socially–even how we survive — is often determined by who we think we are. The fact that we Aromanians exist as a group is illustrated by our participation ...

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* Founded in 1903 by Nicolae Cican, the Society Farsharotu is the oldest and largest Aromanian association in America. In 2021, the Society changed the spelling of its name from ‘Farsarotul’ to ‘Farsharotu’ to reflect its pronunciation in English.

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