Touring the Vlach Villages of Greece
Seventy-eight years after the publication of Wace & Thompson’s Nomads of the Balkans, the Vlachs and their villages have suddenly inspired cultural interest and academic inquiry. Indeed, we owe a debt of gratitude to those two British scholars who, to our good fortune, left an archaeological dig in Thessaly to study our people. As one who ...
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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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The Evil Eye
The mothers of Baieasa, like all the women of Epirus, had the difficult task of raising the children without the benefit of doctors — and often without the help of their husbands. I suppose that in ancient times, the men were absent from home for long periods of time, while serving in the army and ...
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Putting the Record Straight: An Interview with Tom Winnifrith
Following are excerpts from an interview conducted with Dr. Tom Winnifrith on April 15, 1990, during his tour to study Vlach communities in Australia and America. The interview was conducted by Nicholas Balamaci, with additional questions posed by Spiro Macris and George Moran. N.Balamaci: Who are the Vlachs? T.Winnifrith: The Vlachs are a Latin-speaking people ...
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