Deochi is a superstition of the Romanian people according to which if you admire someone too much, you can curse them, or, in a magical way, hurt them. Through a very admiring look, or on the contrary, through a look full of envy, the person looked at can be “hurt” and start to feel bad …
A superstition is a belief in which a certain fact has a mystical or magical explanation or just a cultural explanation, enforced by society or religion, without any scientific basis, the belief in spirits, charms, spells, omens, objects that bring good luck, supernatural forces. Some known superstitions in Romanian: Don’t sit on the corner of …
An important part of the Dobrogean multi-ethnic picture is made up of Aromanians (named in some texts dating from the Middle Ages as Vlachs): a community originally born south of the Danube, today being dispersed in several areas of the Balkans. In the Byzantine period, they were categorized as shepherds and transhumance practitioners. Currently, around …
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The Tatars are a nomadic community dispersed throughout history from the Mongolian plains to today’s Eastern Europe. Notably, they are also present today in Dobrogea, being descendants of the former Golden Horde since 1241. Tatar tradition and culture represent a significant part of the Dobrogean landscape, especially when it comes to confessional relations. The Tatars …
