Eugene Matzota

The Vanishing Aromanian Eugene Matzota

This book does not avoid some taboo problems that are not 'politically correct'.

Aromanian is no longer the Middle Ages' Vlach, nor the Aromanian banished from his own house and chased by armed hordes beyond Vienna, far into Poland.

Nor is nowadays the Aromanian a EU citizen with full rights, still living in a world still divided into several small Balkan countries.

The danger of losing his identity still stands above his head like the sword of Damocles and here is the most serious one: the danger of assimilation.

What chances of survival would the Aromanian identity have in this modern world of globalization, away from the traditional model of the Aromanian community?

I wrote this book with the belief that their chances must exist, that this attempt is not in vain.

In a world without borders, the Aromanian, who has always been a European citizen, feels at home anywhere. They will remain what they have been for 4,000 years: Aromanians.

And those who understands this, in time, will be winners!

Still, no one will lose. This is a win-win situation.

Perhaps the future reserves for us something special and we have not learned that yet...