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За татарите от Североизточна България и техните забравени гласове
About the Tatars from Northeastern Bulgaria and Their Forgotten Voices

Author(s): Veneta Yankova
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Literary Texts, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Philology, Social Norms / Social Control, Politics of History/Memory, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: Tatars; traditional culture; Šiñ

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to provide unknown information about the traditional culture of the Tatars from Northeastern Bulgaria. This ethnic community today is experiencing a process of active linguistic and cultural assimilation. The text analyses the two main cases. The first illustrates the role of the science and the work of researchers as an important tool against forgetting. The second provides the so-called аutosanction. In this example it means suppression and destruction of relics, which are valuable ethno-cultural characteristics of the community. The observations are the result of the analysis of publications in Hungarian ethnographic editions, of fieldwork in the region of Dobrich (Dobrich, Onogur, Yovkovo) and of archival work.

  • Issue Year: XLVI/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 003-020
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian