This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website
Ethnic minorities in Bulgaria
Last modified: 2001-08-02 by ivan marinov
Keywords: ethnic minority: bulgaria |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
See also:
Karakachans
by Stoyan Antonov
In 1991 was established The Cultural and Educational
Association of Karakachani in Bulgaria, based in the city
of Sliven (renamed Federation of the Cultural and
Educational Associations of Karakachani in Bulgaria in
1995). The Federation has a logo, called 'flambura', i. e.
a banner. The origin of that "flag" comes from the
traditional Karakachani wedding banner.
As to the ethnonym "Karakachani", it is in conformity with
Bulgarian ethnological issues (including English edition of
the book Communities and Identities in Bulgaria, Longo
Editore Ravenna, 1999, ISBN 88-8063-210-8), unlike the
Greek "Sarakatsani".
Stoyan Antonov, 14 June 2001