Pomak
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The Pomak is a Bulgarian language with Turkish loanwords dialect speaking group, who adopted Islam at the time of the Ottoman empire. Pomak Men are circumcised , mostly in a big mass sünnet ceremony [1],[2] Their Ancestors are said once was the Thracians.[3] They live in the Rhodope Mountains at the Smolyan Province, in their own villages with Tobacco farms. They hold on a strictly Endogamy Arranged marriage. Mostly Pomaks are tall, have blond hair and blue eyes.[4]
Pomaks live in Bulgaria in the Rhodope Mountain, in Greece and in Turkey.
They hold many old own traditions, music, and folk songs.
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- ↑ https://www.imago-images.de/st/0137301226
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/music-middle-east-coronavirus-pandemic-ramadan-circumcision-a9eb3dd7ce67525f3ce8a23f94b7d6a4
- ↑ https://www.peoplegroups.org/explore/GroupDetails.aspx?peid=732
- ↑ https://www.donaustroom.eu/fluid-identities-of-the-pomaks-the-bulgarian-speaking-muslims/