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Will they still be dancing? (1982)

Etnographic study of Romanians from East Serbia in Sweden in 1980s

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historical factors (Schierup 1977, <strong>1982</strong>). This section descri<strong>be</strong>s the general<br />

migration patterns of Wallachians and Macedonians.<br />

Mem<strong>be</strong>rs of the two groups of Yugoslav immigrants are distributed over a<br />

num<strong>be</strong>r of urban communities in Southern Sweden and Eastern Denmark.<br />

The Macedonians are estimated to num<strong>be</strong>r about 8,000 among the 40,000<br />

immigrants with Yugoslav citizenship in Sweden. 24 They are estimated to make<br />

up about 800 of in all 7,000 immigrants of Yugoslav citizenship in Denmark. 25<br />

The "Macedonians" in this study are exclusively ethnic Macedonians of South<br />

Slav origin and traditionally characterized by adherence to the Macedonian<br />

Christian Orthodox Church. Thus, other immigrants from the Yugoslav<br />

republic of Macedonia living in Scandinavia, such as ethnic Turks and Albanians,<br />

are not dealt with in the study."<br />

The Wallachians come from northeastern Serbia. 27 They speak a Romanian<br />

dialect and are ethnically close to the Romanian people across the Danu<strong>be</strong>.<br />

However, <strong>they</strong> <strong>still</strong> regard themselves as <strong>be</strong>ing of Serbian nationality. Hence,<br />

<strong>they</strong> do not appear as I'Wallachians" or "Romanians" in Yugoslav censuses or<br />

statistics of emigration. In each of the two countries there live about 2000<br />

Wallachians. 28<br />

Two Patterns ofMigrancy<br />

In a superficial sense, the migration strategies and patterns of "migrancy"<br />

among Macedonians and Wallachians are similar. People from both groups<br />

"The Hinterland". (C.D. Schierupl1973)<br />

24

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