From the Editor: Looking Back at Thirty Years of Publication
It’s hard to believe we’ve been publishing The Newsletter of The Society Farsarotul on and off for 30 years. We wrote then: “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 …
Connecticut Premiere of First Feature Film Ever Made in Aromanian
Connecticut Premiere of First Feature Film Ever Made in Aromanian The Society Farsarotul was proud to sponsor this event on June 7, 2014, at the Roger Ludlowe Middle School in Fairfield, CT. “I’m Not Famous, but I’m Aromanian” was created by Toma Enache, an actor and director from Romania who is of Aromanian descent. Click …
Preserving Aromanian (Vlach)
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This article is a reflection of many journeys taken to dozens of Vlach villages in Thessaly, Epirus, and Macedonia. It is not concerned with Vlach origins or history, but solely with the preservation of an endangered two-thousand year old language. Nor does it attempt to discuss any political conflicts in which the Greek Vlachs have …
Romanian Parliament: Vlachs Are Romanians, Not Vlachs
In April 2005, the Aromanian Community in Romania (ACR) started the procedure for obtaining the status of a national minority for the Aromanians in Romania. After three years of administrative red tape, the ACR decided to file suit against the Romanian Government for cancelling parts of Government Resolution no. 589/2001 concerning the founding of the …
Community News
Just as we were going to press, we learned that Aromanian tennis prodigy Simona Halep, ranked number 19 in the world, who recently won the Open in New Haven and held on till the fourth round in the US Open, had been defeated by the Italian Flavia Pennetta. Halep is from Constantsa, Romania, and is …
The Recent History of the Aromanians in Romania
EDITOR’S NOTE: Of all the Newsletters we have published in our 24 years, this issue may very well be the most important, because it contains 3 remarkable contemporary documents that show the situation of the Balkan Vlachs today as THEY see it, not as self-styled Vlach leaders in the West see it… (see Editor’s Note) The request …
The Recent History of the Aromanians in Southeast Europe
The aim of this article is to draw an identification “map” of the Aromanians in Southeast Europe. In so doing, we have tried to take an anthropological approach by assuming the analyzed person’s perspective, to understand his or her options and motivations as much as possible. Irina Nicolau (1993) highlighted the difficulty in identifying the …
From the Editor: The End of an Illusion
Of all the Newsletters we have published in our 24 years, this issue may very well be the most important, because it contains 3 remarkable contemporary documents that show the situation of the Balkan Vlachs today as THEY see it, not as self-styled Vlach leaders in the West see it. Several generations have grown …
Community News
We continue to receive interesting materials for our archives from our members. Recently Pete Costulas mailed us a letter that the Society Farsarotul sent out in December 1943 to all young men serving in the U.S. military during the war, which we reproduce here: “To our boys—wherever you may be: With pride we extend our …
Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs: Letter of Information to the Council of Europe
PANHELLENIC FEDERATION OF CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF VLACHS FOUNDED IN 1985 http://www.vlachs-popsv.gr/ e-mail: panhellenicfeder.vlachon@gmail.com Larisa 16 November 2009 Ref. No.:44 LETTER OF INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE To: The Council of Europe The Honourable Secretary-General Cc.: The Honourable President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies of the …
Community News
Efforts to preserve or at least record some of the world’s endangered languages continue to capture media attention. In a March 16, 2009 article entitled, “Preserving Languages Is About More Thank Words,” The Washington Post noted that the Irish language (also called Gaelic) was spoken by about 250,000 people when the country was founded in …
Community News
We’ve heard of members of our community achieving distinction in the arts, such as Tony Award nominee David Pittu on the Broadway stage. We learned of some recent successes by a few others: Saviana Stanescu, a playwright who is on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, recently had her play, …
Creating a Virtual Museum and Cultural Center: kythera-family.net
www.kythera-family.net Imagine if a huge museum and cultural centre for the Aromanians were to be built, with room for thousands of heritage documents from Vlachs living in the region and those of Vlach descent in the Diaspora. Where all things relating to the community — interviews, important historical documents, family names, vintage family photo collections, old maps, family …
An Istrian in New York
The moment I saw the familiar sadness in my mother’s eyes as she looked out over the land she helped her grandfather farm, my experience of being a daughter of Istrians—and more specifically, Istro-Romanians—crystallized. Tears came to her eyes as she looked upon the topola (poplar) trees her grandfather had planted with his son when he was …
Community News
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Elena Profesta Brooklyn, NY Christie Vieira Trumbull, CT An interesting article “In search of my other Greek roots” appeared in the September/October 2006 issue of Odyssey, a leading Greek magazine written in English. Writer Elena Polyzos was raised in a trilingual (Greek-Vlach-English) family in Sydney, Australia, that …
Vlachs
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Corneliu Mihalexe Warren, MI Horea Hristu Bridgeport, CT We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Spiro Vasilescu, a longtime member and past officer of the Society Farsarotul. We hope to feature a brief profile of this wonderful man in a future issue of …
Community News
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Nitsa Perkins-Bailey Marshfield, MA Jonathan Forsythe No.Smithfield, RI Cornel Todeasa Monroe, CT Tom Cheamitru Gambrills, MD Peter Caleshu Naples, FL Andrea Crowell Stratford, CT Alexander G. Dacey Easton, CT Anastase P. Dacey Easton, CT Bethany A. LoMonaco Mansfield, CT Sarah E. LoMonaco Mansfield, CT Joanne C. …
Past Presidents at the Centennial Celebration
Past Presidents of the Society being honored at our Centennial: from left, Bill Balamaci, Nick Fatse, Dina Vanghele, Bob Nicola, Andrea Colimitra, George Fatsy, & Aurel Ciufecu
Community News
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Jennifer Turek Wallingford, CT James W. Conway Batavia, IL Atanasie Talabacu Middle Village, NY Mihai Talabacu Middle Village, NY Harlambie Mila Bronx, NY We were saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Kostas Kazazis, a scholar and good friend of the Aromanian language. Excerpts from …
Sam Tamposi: A Man Who Made a Difference
This article, originally entitled “Real estate gurus drew big names – Tamposi and Nash made southern tier,” is reprinted by the kind permission of the Concord Monitor and New Hampshire Patriot. Our thanks to Mike Pride, Editor. © 1999, 2001 Concord Monitor and New Hampshire Patriot. Thanks also to Sam’s daughter Pepper Rae for use …