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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A Brief History of the Society Farsarotul
The founders were Nicolae Cican, Spiru Cican, Nasta Cican, Dina Cican, Dimitrie St. Carabina, Hrista L. Carabina, and Ilie Culetsu. As membership increased, branches were formed in all areas where groups of our people had settled, such as New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, Bridgeport, Woonsocket, North Grosvenordale, Central Falls, and elsewhere. In 1909 the ...
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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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