Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association
Sutsata sãrbeascã-armãneascã Lunjina Српско-цинцарско друштво Луњина / Srpsko-cincarsko društvo Lunjina | |
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Headquarters | Belgrade |
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Location | |
President | Aristotel Martinović |
Website | Official website (defunct) |
The Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association (
Most members of the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association are recent ethnic Aromanian immigrants from North Macedonia, with only a small part of them being descendants of the Aromanian community that has lived in Serbia for centuries.
Members of the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association are among the few Aromanians in Serbia who continue to actively practice and use their language and culture. In fact, between 2014 and 2017, this organization offered weekly Aromanian-language courses, but these were discontinued due to a lack of students and were replaced by Anveatsã armaneashti! (Learn Aromanian!), an online platform to learn Aromanian created in Romania.[7]
The Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association has strived for the recognition of the Aromanians as a national minority in Serbia, but this has been rejected so far since they did not meet the minimum number of people that a community must have to be granted this status, which is 300, in the 2011 Serbian census.[2][1] The Aromanians in Serbia number between 5,000[1] to 15,000 people,[8] but only 243 people declared themselves ethnic "Tsintsar"[9] (i.e. Aromanian, "Tsintsar" being the name Serbs use for the Aromanians)[8] in the 2011 census.[9] This figure ascended to 327 in the 2022 census, meeting the threshold.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Jokić Stamenković, Dragana (30 January 2017). "Цинцари – крвоток Балкана". Politika (in Serbian).
- ^ a b Bodrožić, Marin (23 August 2015). "Марин Бодрожић: Поводом одлуке да се цинцарској заједници не призна статус националне мањине". State of Affairs (in Serbian).
- ^ Živanović, Katarina (22 February 2013). "Zrno soli među balkanskim narodima". Danas (in Serbian).
- ^ a b Sinanović, Natalija (22 May 2021). "Српско-цинцарско друштво "Луњина" чува језик и традицију "народа без отаџбине"" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia.
- ^ a b Mutavdžić, Predrag (2010). "On the former and present status of the Aromanian language in the Balkan Peninsula and in Europe". Komunikacija i kultura online (1): 146–161.
- ^ a b Kahl, Thede (2002). "The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority". Ethnologia Balkanica. 6: 145–169.
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- ^ S2CID 52448884.
- ^ a b "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији" (PDF) (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Становништво према националној припадности" (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
External links
- Official website (now defunct)