BULGARII CATOLICI DIN CIOPLEA - PĂSTRAREA IDENTITĂȚII CULTURALE ÎN ERA DIGITALĂ
CATHOLIC BULGARIANS IN CIOPLEA - PRESERVING CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Author(s): Gabriela Mitu-Bulăreanu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Media studies, History of Church(es), Communication studies, Ethnohistory, Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Catholic Bulgarians; Cioplea (Bucharest); virtual communities; digital era; social networks;
Summary/Abstract: Ethnic Bulgarians of Catholic region migrated to Wallachia, near Bucharest (Cioplea and Popești-Leordeni), between 1810 and 1812, amid the Russo-Turkish war. Until the early 80s, of the XXth century, the village kept its ethnic character, unique in this area, with few influences from the outside, but the village is completely destroyed, the houses demolished, and the streets reconfigured and the population moved to workers; blocks, in four different areas of the capital, against the background of the abusive systematization of the city, imposed by the communist regime. The only testimonies of the presence of an endogamous population are the church and the cemetery, the places around which, the descendants of ethnic Bulgarians are engaging in various activities related to church holidays, family events, as well as getting involved virtually, through social virtual groups on social media (after the appearance of these means of communication). One of the direct benefits of virtual socialization is the exchange of information, memories, the evocation of traditions and customs, as well as posts from personal archives of old photographs. An important element is the detailed research of the ethnographic fund still existing in the community, which gives context of important exchange of information, the identification of pieces at private collectors, but also the establishment of new contacts in order to carry out interviews, etc.; basically, methods of sociological analysis, based on virtual ethnography information available on social networks.

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