Resurrecting Aromanian Culture
Whom are we kidding when we speak of preserving Aromanian culture for posterity? There are two ways to preserve a culture for the future: alive, in schools, factories, mass media, government, trade, science, literature, and art; and dead, in a history book or a hermetically-sealed museum display of old colorful costumes. When was the last time you ...
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Our Diaspora in Transition: Some Views on Culture, Language, and Change
I have lived in the Vlach villages of Greece for each of the past 12 summers, a testimony to my love for our culture and language. Following as closely as possible the travels of Alan Wace and Maurice Thompson in The Nomads of the Balkans, I have visited and come to know over 80 Vlach villages ...
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Ethnic Values & Ethnic Identity
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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Nicolae Cican – Initiator and Founder of the Society Farsarotul
Nicolae Cican was among the first of the Farsarotsi to come to America, arriving just at the turn of this century. Being by nature rather energetic, impatient, and somewhat of a fighter, he had decided to discontinue his studies after graduating from the Romanian high school in Monastir, Turkey [now Bitolia, Yugoslavia – ed.] in order to ...
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Greetings to All of Our Members
We hope that this first issue of our Newsletter finds you and your loved ones well and prosperous. We want to let you know that the Society Farsarotul, too, is well and prosperous andeager to be of service to all members. A new Administrative Council has been installed, and one of its first tasks is ...
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