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Ethnic minorities in Bulgaria
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Karakachans
The Cultural and Educational Association of Karakachani
image by
Jorge Candeias, 20 October 2005
In 1991 The Cultural and Educational
Association of Karakachani in Bulgaria was established, 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 the 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 2001The flag is close to a square and its
charges are so adequate for a square flag that I can't help wondering whether
this image should, in reality, be square. Based on this hunch, I drew the image
here showing a square dark red flag with a thin white border decorated in the
corners with square spirals and enclosing a golden yellow Greek cross. It's
attached.
Jorge Candeias, 20 October 2005