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Sarakatsani
 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Unknown | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greece | 80,000 (1950s est.)[1] |
| Bulgaria | 2,071 (2021) – 15,000 (1992 est.)[2][3] |
| Languages | |
| Greek | |
| Religion | |
| Greek Orthodoxy | |
The Sarakatsani (Greek: Σαρακατσάνοι, also written Karakachani, Bulgarian: каракачани) are an ethnic Greek population subgroup[4][5] who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia. Historically centred on the Pindus mountains and other mountain ranges in continental Greece, most Sarakatsani have abandoned the transhumant way of life and have been urbanised.
- ^ "6. Who Plays/Makes the Kaval?". UMBC. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- ^ Диляна Димитрова, Децата на България: 78,7% българи, 9,1% - роми, 9% - турци. Руснаците са петият етнос у нас и за 10 г. са се увеличили с 40%. 24 Ноем. 2022 г. в-к Сега.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
IMIRwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Campbell 1964, pp. 3–6: "...the Sarakatsani, as they exist today, provide no evidence of a past history that was ever anything but Greek."
- ^ Levinson 1998, p. 41: "...[the Sarakatsani] are ethnically Greek, speak Greek, and are Greek Orthodox."
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