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the individual initiatives of the settlement of certain Aromanian
families from their place of origin, that is constanţa county, will have
other collectives added, as we shall see. In the early interwar years, as a
result of denationalization politics supported by the Balkan states, on the
one hand, and because of the division of Macedonia and the establishing
of new frontiers that will hinder the traditional movement of shepherds
and retailers, on the other hand, day-to-day life of the Aromanians will
a society of the Macedo-romanian and Albanian colony was built under the name of «the
Aid» to support their interests.
through the laws of 19 April 1909 and 14 April 1910, all Macedonian romanians
from constanţa, acquiring the status of romanian citizens and being given all civil and
political rights, this society has ceased to exist because we could no longer be seen as a
colony but as subjected romanian citizens.
however, due to an old habit from the time when Macedonian romanians did not
have these rights, honor Administrative and Communal Authority continued to invite
the representatives of the Macedonian-romanian society as a separate community to the
solemn occasions like national celebrations, among other communities like Israel, turkey,
Greek, etc.
therefore, we have the opportunity to see in these cases a group of romanians descent
from Macedonian roots, even if they take part in different festivities as representatives of
a no longer existing Macedo-romanian community or society, which otherwise, if not
abolished with legal forms, however, it is certain that it no longer exists.
the fact that whoever gets an invitation by chance from your lordship to participate
in any ceremony would have the right to satisfy a thing of vanity, to present and represent
us, in a quality it does not have, represents a tactlessness to your excellency and because
of the authority you represent it entitles us, with honor, to bring to your attention the
above mentioned with the explanation that in the Macedo-romanian and Albanian society
«the Aid» there are no longer Aromanians constituted in a community, all of them
being romanians, and in this quality they would be very happy to take part in the joyful
celebrations of their country from now on and in other occasions.”
Sincerely,
(ss)
Anastasi Anton, Mih. and Vasile cotta brothers, steriu d. chittu, Tudor ţârlea, c.
I. Bandu, I. C. Bandu, A. Gheorghiu, G. n. Dabo, Spirea h. Dimanie, Const. Ciomu, D.
Beza, st. c. Belo, Tache T. ciomu, Teodor N. cişmigiu (=cişmegiu), Marcu Panaiot,
constantin dumitru, sp. Frangu, c. Pelicudă. By resolution, the Mayor of constanţa,
Virgil Andronescu, would state: “We take note and in the future there will be no invitation
for the community because it no longer exists”. constanţa county heritage service of
National Archives (hereafter there will be cited s.j.A.N. constanţa), Constanţa City
Hall Fund, File 29/1916, f. 9-9v; see also coMAN, Virgil, “conştiinţa apartenenţei la
românitate a aromânilor din constanţa reflectată într-un document din arhivele judeţene”,
The Metro Chronicle, II, no. 11 September, (2009): 2.