A Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: A brief statement of position, to address the criticism and “concerns,” raised recently by a newsletter and a series of articles, that portrayed negatively the movement for a spiritual renaiisance of our ethnic background, in Europe and here; of course this statement regards especially the standing of the Romanian Soc. “Farsarotul.” During the ...
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Community News & Information
We welcome with great pleasure the following new members: Joseph J.Booky Coppell, TX Victor Babu Overland Pk, KS James Forest Nashua, NH Thomas G.Becea San Diego, CA Tanasi Shola Providence, RI Elly Adam Toronto, Canada Theo.Vlachos Watertown, MA John Zegras Yonkers, NY William Zegras Bedford, NY Peter Zegras Westport, CT Jenny S. Babu Fairfield, CT ...
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Did You Know What What Other People Have to Say about Us?
“We lodged at an inn kept by a Vlah, who, as I was such a rare bird, most kindly invited me to visit his private house. And all his family in their best — the ladies dressed alla Turka — received me with great hospitality, and the very strongest rakia it has ever been my fate to sample. Marko ...
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: Plaudits to you and those responsible for the revitalization of the Society Farsarotul! I have enjoyed receiving the newsletter and have taken the liberty of photocopying the February ’89 issue for distri-bution to several Land of Lincoln “Vlachs” whom I have met through my work in the Illinois State Library. Enclosed is an ...
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Community News
We welcome with great pleasure the following new members: James Perkins New Milford, CT Thomas R. Fatse New York, NY G.Brajituli Bonn, W.Germany L.Thomas Babu Springfield, IL Laura Christo Monroe, CT Our correspondent in the Midwest, Tom Rossiaky, expects to attend our Annual Dinner Dance on November 11, 1989. In the meantime he sends us ...
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From the Editor
We hope this issue of our Newsletter finds you in good health and good spirits. We have an exciting issue this month. About a year ago I received a call from a fellow in Stow, Ohio who was kind of amazed that there was actually a society specifically for the Arumani, as he put it. This ...
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Letters to the Editor
For the most part, the response to Nick Balamaci’s poignant article, “Resurrecting Aromanian Culture,” was positive and encouraging. One would think, however, that such a reflective article would induce more letters of support, especially given the size and diversity of this community, not to mention the capabilities. He voiced what many have known and felt ...
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Community News
The Society notes with sadness the passing of longtime members Nisa Nastu in Rumania and Constance Balamaci and Pandely Teja in the USA. Christolu s’la liearta We welcome with great pleasure the following new members: Stella Babiana Woonsocket, RI Arthur Topoulos Lancaster, PA Andrei Bindela The Bronx, NY Stephen A. Tamposi Nashua, NH Vasil Batsu Bridgeport, ...
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Did You Know What Other People Have to Say about Us?
“Several Roman legions were constantly quartered in these [Thracian] provinces, and numerous Roman colonies were founded in them. Roman veterans settled in the country, and young Thracians departed annually as recruits to distant legions. The Latin language appears to have amalgamated more readily with the Thracian than with the Greek. We are informed by a ...
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From the Editor
We have been publishing for two years now; it is a good time for a glance at our achievements and at the position of our people at the start of the year 1989. The Newsletter has turned out to be an extremely popular and effective means of keeping in touch with our far-flung community and ...
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Letters to the Editor
I read with interest the latest newsletter and was very much impressed with its content and substance. If the newsletters are an indication of the direction in which the society is headed, then the committee of the society and all the contributors to the newsletters should be highly commended. Hopefully, this will stimulate some of ...
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The Young Woman and Her Ghiume
This is a picture of my wife, Catherine, fetching water from the Aous River in December. In the background is the ancient arched bridge, The pride of Baieasa. In her right hand she is carrying the graceful metal pitcher known as ghiume, a beloved and indispensible utensil in the Vlach household. Associated with water fetching is ...
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Community News
The Society notes with sadness the passing of member George D. Kiosse. May his soul rest in peace. We note also some recent deaths of non-members which nevertheless touched many of us rather deeply, as these people were well-known and dear. In Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Maria Babiana and Nicola Shola. In Constantsa, Rumania: Vasilikia Balamaci ...
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Did You Know What Other People Have to Say about Us?
Like any other ethnic community, we tend to hear only one side of our story from within our own group. Yet, over the centuries, many people have become acquainted with the Aromanians and have had things to say about them, and even many of our own people have a view of who we are quite ...
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Community News
The Society notes with sadness the passing of long-time members Grigore Becea and Santa Gecca. May their souls rest in peace. We welcome with great pleasure the following new members: Mary Costulas Somerville, MA Manuela Culetsu The Bronx, NY Michael Babu Fairfield, CT Paul Daukas, Sr Rocky Hill, CT Elaine Osowski Bridgeport, CT Linda Balamaci ...
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A Note on the Contributors
(Due to a proofreading error our notes of acknowledgement to Beverlee Fatse Dacey and to Gus Moran were left out of the last issue. They appear below; our apologies for the delay.) h Beverlee Fatse Dacey (“Ethnic Values and Ethnic Identity”) is an anthropologist and perhaps the pioneer in our community in researching the facts of ...
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A Letter to the Editor & A Reply
A Letter to the Editor Living as an American of Macedonian descent for 52 years may not be considered by some as a scholarly approach for my response, but it is the source of my reactions and I would like to share my opinion with you. My parents may have been new to this country, ...
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Did You Know?
All Romance, Greek, Germanic (including English) and Slavic languages are descended from the same ancestral language, IndoªEuropean, which is thought to have been spoken between the Vistula and Elbe Rivers in Northeastern Europe 5,000 years ago. When the Turkish Sultan Mohammed captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire, he was assisted by a Vlach ...
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Community News
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 ...
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What’s In a Name?
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 ...
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