Wallachs minorities in Bulgaria

Abstract

Wallachs (Vlachs or Wallachians) are one of the most multiple minorities living on the territory of Bulgaria. This ethnos has its own colorful cultural, social, folklore and historical characteristics, which distinguish it from the other ethnic groups in the country. In this scientific work we are only going to dwell on some ethno-geographical and socio-cultural characteristics of Wallachs in Bulgaria, as well as to reflect some different scientific viewpoints and positions of various Bulgarian authors and researchers of Wallachian ethnos. Some significant topics discussed in this work are history of Wallachian population in Bulgaria; political and ethno-cultural attitude of the Bulgarian state towards Wallachs; geographical distribution and number of Wallachian population in Bulgaria, and their socio-cultural characteristics. The aim of this article is to acquaint Romanian scientific society with the more significant publications on Wallachs in Bulgaria and to reflect some basic concepts and points of view of the Bulgarian researchers on the Wallachian ethnic problem.