{"id":21,"date":"2011-11-25T17:46:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T16:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.201.107.226\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:15:20","slug":"minorities-and-culture-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Minorities and culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stubborn Minority are the Pomaks in Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcast on rbb, mdr<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg 428w, https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Pomaks are Muslim minority in Bulgaria that mainly inhabits Rhodop Mountains. The community numbering 300 000 people is hardly known in the heart of Europe although their way of life as Europeans. The Pomaks travel throughout \u00a0Europe carrying Christian names while using Muslim ones at home. They speak Bulgarian but also visit the Mosque and celebrate the Christian holidays. No matter for them. They have lived peacefully with the Turks, Bulgarians and Roma for more than 1400 years!<br>Are the Bulgarians that were Islamized under the Ottoman rule simply a different ethnic group? The scientists provide us only with mere presumptions. Therefore Turks, Bulgarians, Greeks and Arabians strive to win the Pomaks over. Once during the communist regime their Muslim names were replaced with Christian ones. The Pomaks do not bow to anything; they keep a balance between different camps and benefit from various cultures, however, they maintain their individuality.<br>Listen to their stories!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/pomakeneins.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/pomakenzwei.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/pomaksdrei.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong> Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderation by<\/strong> Lore K\u00f6lker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;(German version)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stubborn Minority are the Pomaks in Bulgaria Broadcast on rbb, mdr The Pomaks are Muslim minority in Bulgaria that mainly inhabits Rhodop Mountains. The community numbering 300 000 people is hardly known in the heart&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minorieties-and-cultures-en","post_format-post-format-audio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minorities and culture - YCBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minorities and culture - YCBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stubborn Minority are the Pomaks in Bulgaria Broadcast on rbb, mdr The Pomaks are Muslim minority in Bulgaria that mainly inhabits Rhodop Mountains. The community numbering 300 000 people is hardly known in the heart...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"YCBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YcbsYouthConnectedBySounds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-25T16:46:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-23T13:15:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"428\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"321\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/98f76c313ffa23c59120f384e2b9b09d\"},\"headline\":\"Minorities and culture\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-25T16:46:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-23T13:15:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Minorities and Cultures\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\",\"name\":\"Minorities and culture - YCBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-25T16:46:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-23T13:15:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg\",\"width\":428,\"height\":321},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minorities and culture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/\",\"name\":\"YCBS\",\"description\":\"Youth Connected by Sounds\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Youth Connected By Sounds\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoNew_saturated.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoNew_saturated.png\",\"width\":2160,\"height\":2160,\"caption\":\"Youth Connected By Sounds\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YcbsYouthConnectedBySounds\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/98f76c313ffa23c59120f384e2b9b09d\",\"name\":\"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/author\/mila\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minorities and culture - YCBS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minorities and culture - YCBS","og_description":"Stubborn Minority are the Pomaks in Bulgaria Broadcast on rbb, mdr The Pomaks are Muslim minority in Bulgaria that mainly inhabits Rhodop Mountains. The community numbering 300 000 people is hardly known in the heart...","og_url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/","og_site_name":"YCBS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YcbsYouthConnectedBySounds\/","article_published_time":"2011-11-25T16:46:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-23T13:15:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":428,"height":321,"url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/"},"author":{"name":"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/98f76c313ffa23c59120f384e2b9b09d"},"headline":"Minorities and culture","datePublished":"2011-11-25T16:46:33+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-23T13:15:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/"},"wordCount":177,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg","articleSection":["Minorities and Cultures"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/","url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/","name":"Minorities and culture - YCBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg","datePublished":"2011-11-25T16:46:33+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-23T13:15:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg","width":428,"height":321},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/minorities-and-culture-bulgaria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minorities and culture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/","name":"YCBS","description":"Youth Connected by Sounds","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#organization","name":"Youth Connected By Sounds","url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoNew_saturated.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/logoNew_saturated.png","width":2160,"height":2160,"caption":"Youth Connected By Sounds"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YcbsYouthConnectedBySounds\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/98f76c313ffa23c59120f384e2b9b09d","name":"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke","url":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/author\/mila\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"large":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0-16x12.jpg",16,12,true],"regular":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"audio-thumb":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"audio-thumb-2":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"audio-thumb-vert-large":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"highlight":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"regular-large":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"square":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",400,300,false],"square-large":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false],"slideshow":["https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabakzeit-0f0.jpg",428,321,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke","author_link":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/author\/mila\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Stubborn Minority are the Pomaks in Bulgaria Broadcast on rbb, mdr The Pomaks are Muslim minority in Bulgaria that mainly inhabits Rhodop Mountains. The community numbering 300 000 people is hardly known in the heart...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/3043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycbs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}