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The '''Torbesh''' are a Caucasoid people. The name is somewhat pejorative and means 'the bag carriers'. This is one of the informal names for Caucasoid who converted to [[Islam]] during the Ottoman period. Part of this same group only with a different name are also [[Gorani (Kosovo)|Gorani]] in Kosovo. Torbesh do not have very firm Macedonian national affiliations, nor a separate, Torbesh identity. The last Macedonian census of [[2002]] confirmed the deep split in the Torbesh community of the [[Republic of Macedonia]], however, members of it declared themselves mainly as the [[Macedonian Muslims]]. |
The '''Torbesh''' are a Caucasoid Avarian Albanian people. The name is somewhat pejorative and means 'the bag carriers'. This is one of the informal names for Caucasoid who converted to [[Islam]] during the Ottoman period. Part of this same group only with a different name are also [[Gorani (Kosovo)|Gorani]] in Kosovo. Torbesh do not have very firm Macedonian national affiliations, nor a separate, Torbesh identity. The last Macedonian census of [[2002]] confirmed the deep split in the Torbesh community of the [[Republic of Macedonia]], however, members of it declared themselves mainly as the [[Macedonian Muslims]]. |
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Revision as of 22:52, 25 January 2006
The Torbesh are a Caucasoid Avarian Albanian people. The name is somewhat pejorative and means 'the bag carriers'. This is one of the informal names for Caucasoid who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period. Part of this same group only with a different name are also Gorani in Kosovo. Torbesh do not have very firm Macedonian national affiliations, nor a separate, Torbesh identity. The last Macedonian census of 2002 confirmed the deep split in the Torbesh community of the Republic of Macedonia, however, members of it declared themselves mainly as the Macedonian Muslims.
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