From the Editor
There are two great global revolutions underway — and both have the potential to affect our people and our position in the world. One is a revolution in thought, while the other is a very physical and very violent revolution. The revolution in thought The issue of human rights has joined the goal of peace ...
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Did You Know What Other People Have to Say about Us?
Did You Know… What Other People Have to Say about Us? “In the north and west [of Greece] you still find descendants of shepherd clans, like the Sarakatsans and the Vlachs, who have preserved a separate and distinctive identity to this day. The Vlachs are particularly interesting because their language, in contrast to all the ...
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Scenes from Vlach Cultural Life
The Cofa Cofas such as those shown in the photograph below have always been some of the most beautiful and popular utensils in the Vlach household. They are the products of the town cooper, who made barrels and other wooden containers — a profession that has all but disappeared in these days of steel and plastic. ...
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The Macedonian Romanians of St. Louis
St. Louis is one of the major cities in the United States to have attracted a significant number of Macedonian Romanian immigrants in the first half of this century. While the majority of our people settled on the East coast — predominantly in New York City, Bridgeport (Connecticut) and Woonsocket (Rhode Island) — many were ...
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Community News
Our community has sustained two tragic losses: Roger Fatse of New York, and Tom Caciavelly of St. Louis. Both were members of the Society Farsarotul — and both were successful professionals who died before their time. Tom Caciavelly’s life is described in the article about the St. Louis community in this issue of the Newsletter. ...
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“Instant Modernization” in America
A prime concern of modern historians and social scientists has been the huge change in the qualities of human life between what are called “traditional” and “modern” societies. Whereas our relationships were once largely face-to-face and conducted with people whom we knew, nowadays many of the people with whom we come into contact remain anonymous; ...
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