Makedonarmân Council

The Conference of Armân ( Macedonarmân ) Council

The Council of Armâns ( Macedonarmâns ) organized the first session of the Conference of the Council of Armâns ( Macedonarmâns ) which took place on 12 December 2009 in Korce / Albania.

The Armâns ( Macedonarmâns ), one of the oldest  European peoples, aware of their history, national unity and common historical motherland, represented by several associations based in the  countries they live in as part of their historical motherland, such as  Albania, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Bulgaria, as well as by associations living in Diaspora, such as Romania and other countries, have decided to establish The Council of the Armâns, which was registered, in July 2008, as a legal entity with the Department of Justice in Tirana, Albania. The seat of the Council was established at Moscopole / Albania, a place of symbolic value for this people with a unitary language, and whose traditions have deep roots in the ancient Macedonian heritage.

The forum of this inaugural session provided a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation among all representative Armân associations from Balkan countries on issues pertaining to preserving, developing and promoting the Armân language, culture and traditions, as well as the whole Armân specific spirit in every state where Armâns live and where they associate themselves in representative organizations.

The participants at this conference, over 25 Armân associations, have exchanged points of views on ways to establish a better cooperation not only between Armâns and institutions with which they are in contact but also between the Armâns living in the countries of the Balkan Peninsula in order to ensure a strong cohesion between the Armân communities in all the countries where they live.

At this inaugural session of the Conference of Armân ( Macedonarmân ) Council were invited all representative Armân associations from Balkan countries and diaspora, without taking into account the difference of opinion or differences in point of view in matters concerning the true origin of this old European people. Is also notebly the participation of “Convivenza”, the International Center for Minorities who, two years ago, in collaboration with FUEN, organized a seminar on cross-border cooperation of the Armâns ( Macedonarmâns ), in Disentis / Switzerland.

Notebly for this Macedonarmân “event”, is also the participation of the “Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of  Armâns / Vlachs” and others Armân associations from Greece who expressed their agreement concerning the preservation of the Armân(Macedonarmân ) language by facility of promovating of Armân language in educational institutions.

All participants have expressed the duty to defend and to develop the Armân cultural patrimony, and to transmit it to the future generations of Armâns. They also agreed with the most important matter that unite all Armân associations from overall : the responsibility to make efforts in every community from the states where they live, for preserving, developing and promoting the Armân ( Macedonarmân ) language.

The Conference ended with two cultural events in Korce / Albania and Veria / Greece : an Armân theatre group from Bucharest, presented Aristophanes’ comedy “Clouds”, in Armân ( Macedonarmân) language, adapted and stage-managed by the Armân regisseur Toma Enache. It was the second time such cultural event took place in Albania but for the first time in Greece, where about 500 spectators enjoyed this historical moment. This was enabled due to the efforts of the “Armân Association from Veria” and the support of the municipality of Veria to organize this cultural event.

This first Conference of the Armân ( Macedonarmân ) Council could also be considered a preparing session for the First International Congress the council intends to organize it next year in Tirana / Albania.

Conferintsa Consillui Armânjiloru ( Makedonarmânjiloru )

Sâmbâtâ, tu 12-li di Andreu, estanu, s-dizvârti Curceaua / Arbinishie, Conferintsa Consillui Armânjiloru (Makedonarmânjiloru), prota conferintsâ andreaptâ di Consillu Armânjiloru, consilu tsi s-amintă aoa sh-patru anji, tu meslu Sumedru 2005, cu scamnulu Moscopolea sh-biroulu di lucru Curceaua.

La aestâ andamusi a Armânamiljei di iutsido – iu furâ acljimati tuti sutsatili, nu mashi atseali cari chiola suntu membri tu consilu, fârâ s-hibâ loatâ tu isapi dhiafuraua tu mindueari andicra di problematica armâneascâ – loarâ parti cama di tsintsisprăyinyits di sutsati armâneshtsâ ditu Arbinishie, Gârtsie, R. Makidunia, Românie, Sârbie, Vâryârie, sutsati ditu diaspora ditu ascâpitatâ, parei di redactsie (rivisti, dzuari, radio-tv) ditu mass-media armâneascâ di iutsido.

Dupu zborlu di dishcljideari a prezidentlui, s-deadi shteari di cumu s-bâgă thimeljilu la Consillu Armânjiloru (Makedonarmânjiloru), cari-lj suntu scupadzlji, tsi lucru featsi pânâ tora, s-alâxirâ minduieri cu-atseali sutsati cari nica nu suntu membri, trâ tsi căljiuri s-acâtsămu tuts deadunu tra s-amintămu andrepturli tsi nâ si cadu ca populu di nai ma vecljili tu Balcanu.

Tu zborlu tsi lu-avu, cathi vitseprezidentu di la sutsatili membri tu consilu deadi  shteari ti catastasea armânjiloru ditu cathi cratu. Andicra di statutu, s-azburâ sh-di turlia cumu s-hibâ aprukeati ca membri tu consilu, sutsatili tsi va-sh aspunâ vrearea ta s-intrâ tu consilu cu harea di membru mplinu icâ cu harea di membru di andrupâmintu.

Di la aestâ protâ conferintsâ a Consillui Armânjiloru, prindi s-ascutemu tu videalâ unitatea tu mindueari mutrindalui copuslu tsi tuts deadunu lipseashti s-lu fâtsemu di-aoa shi-nclo ta s-tsânemu nica tu banâ “hlambura a farâljei“ – limba armâneascâ: “S-avinămu pâmoara laie / Tsi-anvâleashti ca nivaiu / Patrida tsi n-ari-armasâ / Mashi a nostu dultsi graiu”

Theatru Armânescu Curceaua – Veria

Cu furnjia conferintsâljei, Consillu Armânjiloru deadunu cu Uniunea Armânjiloru MANDRA ditu Arbinishie sh-cu Sutsata Armânjiloru di Veria andreapsirâ dauâ reprezentatsiuni di theatru cu piesa “Secta a Muljeriloru”, dupu comedia alu Aristofan “Niorilji”, tu reghia alu Toma Enache, tsi s-giucă tu theatrulu di Curceaua, Dumânicâ 13-li di Andreu sh-Luni, 14-li di Andreu, tu theatrulu di Veria.

Aoa sh-unu anu, cându Curceaua sh Tirana, s-ari giucatâ piesa “Minciunoslu” alu Carlo Goldoni, tu idyia reghie, fu prota oarâ cându armânamea ditu Arbinishii avu haraua s-veadâ unu teatru armânescu. Tutu ashi, estanu, cându theatrulu tu dultsea limbâ armâneascâ fu uaspi la armânamea di Veria, armânjilji ditu aestâ mushatâ politii avurâ haraua s-bâneadzâ idyiulu yisu.

Aestâ ciudii putu sa s-facâ ti itia câ Sutsata Armânjiloru di Veria, deadunu cu dimarhia / primăria avurâ vrearea s-andreagâ aestu evenimentu culturalu cari poati s-hibâ luyursitu ca semnu di mindueari evropeanâ. Duchimu cu aestâ furnjie câ dimocratsia easti acasâ tu Gârtsie, ahâtu chiro câtu ari oaminji cari potu sh-voru s-u tinjiseascâ!

Hâristusimu ditu tutâ inima, a fratsloru di la Sutsata Armânjiloru di Veria ti vrearea tsi u-avurâ s-andreagâ aestu evenimentu culturalu, unâ harauâ tsi nu va u-agârsheascâ  atselji cama di 400 di oaminji tsi umplurâ sala di theatru “Horos Tehnon”. Adyivâsits ma-nghiosu apridutsearea articullui tsi alânci tu efemeridha di Veria andicra di aestu evenimentu culturalu :

” Aristofan….tu limba armâneascâ : Un spectacol interesantu andreptu di armânjlji di Bucureshti

Sutsata Armânjiloru di Veria adusi deadun armânji ama sh-altsâ oaminji ditu câsâbă, ta s-veadâ unâ altâ parti alu Aristofan…tu limba armâneascâ. Spectacollu spusi multu sinferu sh-fu multu ghini andreptu di armâjlji di Bucureshti. Prezidentul a Sutsatâljei Armânjiloru di Veria – domnulu Taki Yioryiu – dzâsi tu “Choros Technon” (sala iu s-giucă piesa) câ spectacollu ari unâ mushuteatsâ ahoryea shi lâ hâristusi a teatrinjloru di Bucureshti câ apândâsirâ diunâoarâ la acljimarea sutsatâljei di Veria. Tutnâoarâ, prezidentulu dzâsi câ multsâ di teatrinji sh-au zâtsinjilii tu Epiru sh-tu Makidunii. Toma Enache – reghizorlu tsi andreapsi pânâ tora multi piesi di suctsesu, ditu cari ndauâ sh-pi armâneashti – sh-ari zârtsinjili Katerini shi Edessa. Elu aleapsi, interpretă un rolu  shi cumândâsi piesa “Niorlji” alu Aristofan, tsânândalui mitlu orighinalu  alishtei comedii – tsi fu anyrâpsitâ tu anlu 423 ninti di Hristo. Toma Enache alâxi mashi bitisita, tsi u andreapsi ashi turlii ta s-hibâ câtu cama uidisitâ cu bana multu materialistâ di adzâ.

Eroulu alu Aristofan – Strepsiades – avea multâ borgi ti itia a hiljlu-a lui – Fidipides – tsi-lj avea multu tu vreari caljlji (tu atselu chiro, caljlji eara ashi cum suntu adzâ amaxili atseali scumpi). Elu vrea s-ascapâ di borgi pritu arâderi shi-lj câfta agiutoru a sotslui a lui filozofu, Socrate, tsi  avea unâ puteari ahoryea di cândâseari – alâxindalui nindriptatea tu ndriptati. Aristofan lu zuyrâpsi Socrate ca un dascalu, tsi-lj arâdea shi-lj pindzea tinirlji câtâ lucri psefti. Strepsiades, avdzâ anvitsâmintili alu Socrate, ma nu fu axi s-li acâchiseascâ. Tu atselu chiro,  Socrate lucra cu niorlji, ideii tsi s-leagâ di transtsedentalu, filozofii shi metodologhii. Cara vidzu ashi, Strepsiades lu pitricu hilji-su Fidipides ta s-ljia anvitsâminti di la Socrate, cu nâdia câ aestu va li-acatsâ tu minti cama ayonjea shi va lu-agiutâ s-ascapâ di borgi. Fidipides acâchisi anvitsâmintili alu Socrate, ama s-adră un tiniru tsi nu tinjisea nitsi unâ axii traditsionalâ. Cara vidzu ashi, Strepsiades bagâ focu tu sculia alu Socrate. Pânâ tu aestu puntu, mitlu clasicu nu fu alâxitu. Tu piesa numâsitâ di Toma “Secta a muljeriloru” s-adusi un simbolismu safi feaminu shi unâ buljeauâ di pan-sexualismu (tsi va s-dzâcâ câ dauli sexi suntu isa) pritu gioclu a featiloru – niorlji. Aestâ luyurii easti unâ amprentâ reghizoralâ personalâ, una alâxeari a piesâljei orighinalâ. Un mari nvitsatu ditu isturia literaturâljei di greacâ veaclji – profesorlu Albin Lesky di la Universitatea di Viena – dzatsi ti niori: “ easti zborlu di un nău chiro, tsi shtii s-hârseascâ singuru, ahoryea di tsi easti ndreptu sh-eticu…”. Toma Enache s-dutsi ma alargu cu minduearea shi nâ pârâstâseashti unâ bitisitâ spectacularâ, tu cari ditu “tserlu” a stsenâljei cadu pâradz (dolari – simbolismu multu bun) fârâ numiru, pâradz cari teatrinjlji alagâ sâ-lj acatsâ. Pritu aesta sâ spusi multu ghini câtu multu-lu voru oaminjlji “dumidzălu” di adza – parălu. Cheardirea axiiloru dutsi câtâ sclayii totalâ , câtâ materialismu shi s-bitiseashti cu câdearea tu amârtii – a omlui ishishi cum sh-a pareiljei a lui. Toma ishishi, tu zborlu ditu soni, dzâtsi câ, “anda omlu sh-cheari pistea tu Dumnidză, atumtsea elu agiundzi s-hibâ un clownu”. Ti multsâ di noi atselji tsi earam tu salâ, fârâ s-cânushtemu limba armâneascâ, eara naturalu s-avemu shubei tu ahurhitâ tu-atsea tsi mutreashti  putearea noastâ di acâchiseari a piesâljei shi curagilu a teatrinjloru. Ama, ditu prota minutâ, aestâ piesâ agiumsi tu inima a cafi unu  insu ditu salâ – idyea sh-la atselji tsi nu zburăscu armâneashti. Aestâ fu unâ apurii (surprizâ) multu msheatâ.

Reghizorlu anâchisi s-comunicâ multu ghini cu tuts spectatorlji, pritu putearea datâ di turlia tu cari s-mina teatrinjlji. Piesa avu sh-proiectsii video, cu una esteticâ multu bunâ sh-cari adusirâ tu salâ turlii-turlii di sinhisilji (emotsii). Tutu ashi, sh- muzica (modernâ shi traditsionalâ) eara ghini sh-cu mintiminii aleaptâ, ti cathi momentu tsi s-pârâstâsi. Coregrafia eara multu ghini cumândâsitâ sh-uidusitâ cu improvizatsiuni. Tuts oaminjlji ditu salâ duchirâ câ suntu dinintea la una pârâstâseri multu ahoryia. Tu tsi mutreashti teatrinjlji, aeshtsa giucarâ piesa multu naturalu, s-uidisirâ multu ghini ca parei. Multu uidisitu giucarâ Toma Enache – tu rol di  Socrate (ashi cum shi Aristofan  s-videa tu aestu rol) -, Vasile Topa – tu rol di  Strepsiades – shi Sorin Shaguna – tu rol di Fidipides (a s-hibâ câ easti multu tiniru). Alantsâ teatrinji, sh-maxus corlu di feati (niorlji) giucarâ unitaru – prosupli a featiloru asprândea lunjinâ sh-harauâ. Tinirlji di Bucureshti anâchisirâ s-agiungâ tu inima a oaminjloru, cari deadirâ pălnjili cu multâ harauâ; tutnâoarâ adusirâ harauâ sh-ti sutsata di Veria tsi avu idheia sâ-lj câliseascâ.”

Proyrama Theatru Afisha / Polster Theatru Acljimarea

Zboru Taki Gheorghiou-Prezidentu Sutsata Armânjiloru di Veria

Zboru Harula Usultzoglu Georgiadi-Primaru / Dimarhu Veria

UN Forum on Minority Issues

Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/15 of 28 September 2007, a forum on minority issues has been established. The forum is to provide a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, which shall provide thematic contributions and expertise to the work of the independent expert on minority issues. The Forum shall identify and analyze best practices, challenges, opportunities and initiatives for the further implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

The inaugural session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues took place on 15 and 16 December 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The thematic focus of this first session of the Forum was :  “Minorities and the Right to Education”.

The second session of the Forum on Minority Issues took place on 12 and 13 November 2009 at the United Nations, Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The thematic focus of the second session of the Forum was : “Minorities and Effective Political Participation“.

Discussions were based on the following three core elements:

• Identification of challenges and problems facing minorities and States;
• Identification of good practices in relation to minorities and political participation;
• Consideration of opportunities, initiatives and solutions.

In this framework, the participants at this forum exchanged views on ways to increase the participation of minorities in decision-making processes. The Forum helped to identify the obstacles to minorities political participation, the impact of electoral systems or the possible institutions likely to address these obstacles. Other issues such as the role of minority groups, veto rights on policies affecting minorities, quotas ensuring their representation or self-governance have also received specific attention.

For more details, concerning the second session on “Minorities and Effective Political Participation” see the section “Committee on Minorities Rights“

International Conference : Multilingualism, Regional & Minority Languages

This international conference was organised jointly by the SOAS-UCL Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Languages of the Wider World (LWW CETL) (UK, www.lww-cetl.ac.uk) and the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning of the Fryske Akademy (The Netherlands, www.mercator-research.eu).

The Macedonarmân Council accredited two representatives to participate at this Conference with the theme “Transmission of Arman/Macedonarman language and culture in the multilingual educational context within Balkan States”.

For more details, see the section “Co-operation“

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International Conference : Multilingualism, Regional & Minority Languages

For more details, see the section “Co-operation“