Vlachs in the Lowland Areas: Between the Bükk Mountains and the Tisza River in the 15th Century
by Jarosław Buniowski Abstract Although mountains and submontane areas were the main territories of development for the Wallachian colonization, the Vlachs would also appear in the lowland areas, situated further away from the mountains. The presence of Vlachs in the valley between the Bükk Mountains and the Tisza River in the 15th c. is an ...
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Representation Structures of Aromanian Communities at the Beginning of the 20th Century – Communities and Ephorates
by Emanuil Ineoan As early as the end of the 19th century, Romania had become a significant player in Balkan geopolitics. This was also fueled by the interest that the Kingdom of Romania showed towards to the Aromanian communities since the second half of the 19th century. The Romanian state, to be noted, at the ...
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An Unpublished Demographic Survey Regarding the Aromanian Communities in Greece during the Second World War
by Emanuil Ineoan Abstract: Within the manuscript section of the Romanian Academy Library, there is a document bearing a challenging title for the researcher interested in the Balkan Romanity: “Some Statistical Data on the Number of the Macedo-Romanian/Aromanian Population of Greece (Macedonia, Epirus and Thessaly).” The manuscript was donated in 1963 by the author’s wife, ...
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The coexistence of separation and integration rites in the Nuptial Repertoire of the Cipan Aromanians in Dobruja
by Mirela Kozlovsky Keywords: ethnomusicology, folklore, wedding songs, traditions, threnody Abstract: Dobruja hosts the most numerous Aromanian community in Romania. In her book Dodecalog al aromânilor (Dodecalogue of the Aromanians), philologist Matilda Caragiu Marioţeanu defines Aromanians as having always been South-Danubian and being the descendants of the populations of South-Eastern Europe either Romanised or colonized ...
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Manners of maintaining the cultural identity of the Greeks, Aromanians, Lipovans and Dobrogean Tatars and their effects in musical practice
by Mirela KOZLOVSKY Abstract: This study presents the mutual conditioning between the social dynamics and the traditions of the ethnic communities of Dobrogea, as well as the ways of maintaining the cultural identity of the Greeks, Aromanians, Lipovans and Tatars in the full era of globalization. For a clearer understanding, we will highlight how the ...
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Aromanian Vlach and Greek: Shifting Identities
by Alex De Lusignan Fan-Moniz Abstract In modern times, with Greek being the only language of instruction and communication in the wider society (Chomsky, 1971), Aromanian’s linguistic and cultural shift has been so profound that this language is now endangered (Dinas et al., 2011) in Greece. Aromanian (Weigand, 1895) is an oral Eastern-Romance language spoken by ...
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Elements of Aromanian Phraseology
by Dumitru Carabas Abstract The phraseological material that I will present shows that contemporary Aromanian has a tremendous wealth of meaning, incorporating and being able to convey emotions, feelings, moods, irony, life experiences. The phrasemes appear as genuine diamonds, arising from the compression process of experiences, thoughts, feelings, fears, joys and ironies in synthetic expressions ...
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AGNOMENS AND NICKNAMES IN AROMANIAN ONOMASTICS
by Dumitru CARABAŞ Abstract The onomastic material that I will present shows us the richness, diversity and specificity of Aromanian anthroponymy. The agnomen is the most distinctive feature of Aromanian anthroponymy. Nicknames are spontaneous creations, relatively fortuitous, not caused by objective reasons. They are part of the precious human spirituality, are the proof of the ...
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Transhumants and Rural Change in Northern Greece Throughout the Nineteenth Century
This article examines the sedentarization of transhumants in northern Greece within the context of the political, legal, social, and economic transformation of the region that occurred throughout the nineteenth century. Based on a wide range of primary sources, this research conducts a chronological survey of the local actors, events, and institutions with reference to a ...
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Ethnic Identity of Aromanians/Vlachs in the 21st Century
This article traces various forms of Aromanian’s identity, an ethnic group/nation of the Balkan region. It considers disputes and discussions around the desired directions of community development, political and cultural strategies. It highlights different ways of expressing the sense of ethnic bonds – relationships between Aromanians as an ethnic group, the ways of setting the ...
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The Vlachs in Macedonia in the 19th and 20th Centuries
THE VLACHS IN MACEDONIA IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES* By Nikola MiNov ABSTRACT: This article summarizes the known data about the localization and numerical distribution of various Vlach groups in Macedonia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each Vlach group’s (Moscopolitan; Grammoustian; Farsherot and Moglenite Vlachs) migrations are analyzed separately, following them from their ...
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The Ethnic Composition of Medieval Epirus
The Ethnic Composition of Medieval Epirus by Brendan Osswald ABSTRACT Medieval Epirus was the melting pot of many migratory influxes, whether Slav, Vlach, Jewish, Albanian or Italian. Some Greek refugees also found asylum in this province during hard times. The best documented period is that from 1200 onwards. During the last three centuries of the ...
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Aromanian Zoonymica from Kleisoura (prefecture of Kastoria)
Aromanian Zoonymica from Kleisoura (prefecture of Kastoria) by Nikolaos Siokis The animal denominations of Kleisoura remained uninvestigated up till the present times and we should seek the causes of that in the difficult rendering from the Aromanian language that is spoken in the townlet even today. We should also seek causes in the weakness of ...
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The Vanishing Aromanian by Eugene Matzota
Page Numbers: 330 Publication Date: 2018 Publication Name: The Vanishing Aromanian Aromanian […]is spoken by half a million people, mainly in parts of northern Greece, Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Bulgaria.” , said Martin Maiden . The Aromanian Question, as Max Dreysuss said in his book , is not new, but has ...
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The Memoirs of Cola Nicea: A Case-Study on the Discursive Identity Construction of the Aromanian Armatoles in Early 20th Century Macedonia
The Memoirs of Cola Nicea by Vladimir Creţulescu ABSTRACT: The article begins with a general presentation of Cola Nicea’s Memoirs – the document which is to be investigated using methods drawn from Critical Discource Analysis. The paper continues with a study of the ethnonyms used by Nicea throughout his account, which leads into a discussion ...
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The Role of the Vlachs in the Bogomils’ Expansion in the Balkans
The Role of the Vlachs in the Bogomils’ Expansion in the Balkans by Octavian Ciobanu The paper approaches an old idea about the contribution of Vlachs to the spread of Bogomilism in the Balkans. Vlachs and Slavs had the greatest contribution to the expansion of Bogomilism. To explain the role of the Vlachs, the article ...
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Aromanian Language and differentiated geographic varieties
Aromanian Language and differentiated geographic varieties: A teaching approach, problems and propositions by Evegenia Ntasiou ABSTRACT: This contribution discusses a project to strengthen Aromanian. Aromanian or Vlach is an Eastern Romance language spoken in South-eastern Europe. Its speakers are called Aromanians or Vlachs. Aromanian has three main dialects; Pindean, Fãrshãrot and Gramustean. It is spoken ...
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Vlachs and their own History
by Basil Gounaris To view the full article, sign up for a free account at Academia.edu If you already have an account, use the following link to sign in and download the article: https://www.academia.edu/29765681/Vlachs_and_their_own_History
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Multipart Singing among the Aromanians (Vlachs)
By Thede Kahl Abstract: Similar styles of multipart singing are common among the Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in the south of Albania and the northwest of Greece. The Aromanians – called Vlachs by their neighbors – live as minorities throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, southern Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. ...
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Constantinople and the Echo Chamber: The Vlachs in the French Crusade Chronicles
Florin Curta Department of History, University of Florida Abstract: The chroniclers of the Fourth Crusade (Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Henri de Valenciennes, and Robert de Clari) have much to say about the Vlachs. Much of that information results from direct contact with the Vlachs, particularly in the case of Villehardouin and Henri de Valenciennes. However, several ...
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