Pomaks

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Pomaks are a Slavic Muslim ethnic group primarily living in Bulgaria and neighboring Balkan regions, known for speaking a Bulgarian dialect and preserving distinct religious and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pomaks canonical 10
Pomak 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic people
ethnic group
ancestry Bulgarian-speaking Slavs
continent Europe
countryOfResidence Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
North Macedonia
Turkey
culturalTrait distinct Islamic customs within a Slavic cultural framework
distinct traditional clothing styles
preservation of local oral traditions
use of traditional Rhodope folk music
ethnicMinorityIn Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
ethnoreligiousGroup Muslim community
historicalContext Ottoman Empire rule in the Balkans
historicalLanguageName Pomak language
historicalProcess Islamization of Slavic populations in the Ottoman period
language Bulgarian language
languageFamily South Slavic languages
languageVariety Rup dialects of Bulgarian
locatedIn Balkans
minorityStatus part of the Muslim minority in Greece
recognized religious community in Bulgaria
primaryReligion Sunni Islam
region Albania
Bulgaria
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece
European Turkey
North Macedonia
Northern Greece
Rhodope Mountains
Southern Bulgaria
Turkey
Western Thrace
linked to: Thrace
relatedGroup Bulgarians
Gorani people
Torbeši
Turks in Bulgaria
linked to: Turks
religion Islam
religiousMinorityIn Bulgaria
Greece
religiousPractice observance of Islamic holidays such as Ramadan and Eid
selfIdentification Bulgarian Muslims
linked to: Balkan Muslims

Muslim Bulgarians
linked to: Bulgarians
traditionalOccupation agriculture
livestock breeding
tobacco cultivation

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torbeši relatedGroup Pomaks
Komotini languageUsed Pomak
linked to: Pomaks
Rhodope (regional unit) ethnicGroups Pomaks
subject linked to: Rhodope
İskeçe hasEthnicCommunity Pomak
linked to: Pomaks