HARALAMBIE GEORGE CICMA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHIE A Vlach’s Life in His Time Part VII
Ioana Dafula, the mud-girl, and her father came to this country about the middle of October, 1915. Ioana and my cousin Atha’s wife, Mary, had been good friends in the old country. Ioana was only about sixteen years old at this time and I did not pay much attention to her—a scrawny little girl! Mary ...
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FORGOTTEN VOICES: AROMANIANS IN MACEDONIA (1900-1941)*
by Nikola Minov Abstract: This study examines the demographic and cultural transformations of the Aromanian pop- ulation in Macedonia from the early 20th century through the interwar period. It explores how the Aromanians navigated their complex identity amidst the pressures of Greek and Romanian influence while adapting to the changing political landscape. The research also ...
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Linguistic Profiling of Heritage Speakers of an Endangered Language: The Case of Vlach Aromanian–Greek Bilinguals
by: Alexandra Prentza and Maria Kaltsa Abstract: This is the first attempt to profile the heritage speakers of an endangered spoken-only variety of Vlach Aromanian in Greece. Neither the variety nor its speakers has been investigated before; hence, the study also aims at evaluating the exact state of endangerment of the Sirrako variety, as this ...
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Wedding Traditions and Customs of the Aromanians of Dobrogea
by Luciana Maria C Ficea Abstract: Traditions and customs are a set of conceptions, traditions, and beliefs that remain throughout history within both social and national groups and that are transmitted by word of mouth from father to son, constituting for each social group its specific feature. Each habit presents valuable charges and deep meanings ...
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A Vlach Nun and Her Thirteenth-Century Monastery
author: Sofia Pitouli Abstract: This thesis examines the destroyed thirteenth-century monastery of Lykousada, located at Loxada, in Thessaly and founded by the nun Hypomone. A surviving chrysobull issued by Andronikos II in 1289 mentions Hypomone exclusively in terms of her monastic foundation. An analysis of the lands belonging to the monastery place Lykousada within thirteenth- ...
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Symposium in Vienna on a Standardized Alphabet for Aromanian — October 2026
Following is an unedited Google translation of an article written in Greek by Takis Galaitsis, a philologist and former President and founding member of the Vlach Association of Veria. It was published on November 13, 2026 at https://faretra.info/2025/11/13/diethnes-sinedrio-vlachiki-vlachon-veroias-takis-gkala%CE%90tsis/ and is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author. Several names and other terms may ...
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