Balcanica (Jan 2003)

Historical and ethnological influences on the traditional civilization of Pomaks of the Greek Thrace

  • Varvounis Manolis G.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0334268V
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2003, no. 34
pp. 268 – 283

Abstract

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The traditional society of the Pomaks is structured on a series of contrasts which characterize their traditional system of values. The problems they face as much in the boundaries of the Muslim minority of Thrace, as well as in the frames of the wider Greek society of the region have defined their cultural expression.