| Γιώργος Νταλάρας - Μάνα του Αλέξανδρου (Μακεδονια) en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org The song in the video above was sung by a Greek in Greek language, for all those who consider themselves Greeks and are of this ethnicity, in the honor of their famous Macedonia region in Greece. Listen, also, to this song in Aromanian (Vlach) language: www.youtube.com In Greece, the Aromanians are called Vlachs (Greek: Βλάχοι). There are numerous festivals celebrating Aromanian culture all over Greece. The Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs (www.vlachs-popsv.gr) has publicly stated that they do not want Aromanian recognized as a minority language nor do they want it inserted into the education system, and the same organization also protested, when Thede Kahl discussed in a paper if they could be designated a "minority". In Greece, Aromanians are not regarded as an ethnic but as a linguistic - albeit unrecognized officially - minority, since most of them express an ethnic Greek identity. The majority of the Aromanian population lives in northern and central Greece. The main areas inhabited by these populations are the Pindus Mountains, around the mountains of Olympus and Vermion, and around the Prespa Lakes near the border with Albania. Some Aromanians can still be found in isolated rural settlements such as Samarina, Perivoli and Smixi. There are also Aromanians (Vlachs) in towns and cities such as Ioannina, Metsovo, Veria, Katerini, and Thessaloniki. It is ... |
