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Click Here to read the Society's Newsletters, including the latest (Vol. XXVIII, Issues 1 2(Fall 2017/Spring 2018)--combined) Click Here for Photos and Videos of the Film Premier of I'm not Famous, but I'm Aromanian . Click Here for information on two new books available, along with the DVD of I'm not Famous, but I'm Aromanian . Click Here to connect to Dini Trandu’s “Academia Virtuala Armaneasca,” a new FaceBook site devoted to teaching Aromanian language, culture, and history (Site requires FaceBook login). Click Here to visit Dini Trandu's website, a marvelous collection of original Aromanian works. Also visit Vivlioteca Armãneascã on this site, an online Arumanian Library. Click Here to visit the Metsovo Folk Art Museum, featuring amazing historical videos and other artifacts.Founded in 1903 by Nicolae Cican, the Society Farsarotul is theoldest and largest Arumanian* association in America. There were two main purposes for its creation: humanitarian, to help our people in need ofassistance, both new arrivals here in America, as well as widows, orphans, invalids, andthe impoverished in the old country; and cultural, to preserve Arumanian culture for aslong as possible, by acting as a focal point for our cultural activities together. The Society has attempted to fulfill these purposes in many ways, including donating fundsto those in need; holding dances regularly where we can see and keep in touch with oneanother; and donating funds for various cultural preservation efforts. As times and people have changed, so has the Society. For example, the founders weremembers of a northern tribe known as Farsharotsi, who call themselves Rumani.Their political sentiments were pro-Romanian and they gave the organization the title Romanian Cultural and Benevolent Society Farsarotul. But eventually membershipwas opened up to all Arumanians, regardless of village of origin or political sentiment. The Society now actively seeks members from all faiths and nationalities. Our orientationis distinctly towards the Arumanian community in America, especially since the politicaldivisions and entanglements caused in Europe by the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 and the twoWorld Wars; however we do act as advocates for Arumanians in other countries when the needarises. The Society is completely non-political. We acknowledge that the Arumanians are beingassimilated by their various neighbors, be they Albanian or American, Greek or Rumanian.Yet cultures do not often disappear completely, but rather they are transformed; we retainsome of our past in ways which we do not always understand. It is the Society's role tohelp us understand that side of us. Many other cultures have given their children the benefit of understanding just what andwho they are. Unfortunately, few of us can turn to our own children and answer themcompetently when they ask us, What are we? The Society hopes to helpprovide that answer and to see that it is available for our children and for theirchildren.We have many projects underway in this direction, including our biannual Newsletter, which features both scholarly articles and informalessays by members of our community about our culture, as well as interviews, communitynews, and photographs.We hope also to establish a central library, photo archive, and modest museum; tocommission research into our culture, genealogy, and history; to stock books,records, and cassettes relevant to our culture, for our members and for the public; and toorganize special Heritage Tours of our villages and towns in the Balkan Peninsula.The success of our efforts will be determined by the support we receive from our membersand friends. Join the Society Farsarotul (if you haven'talready done so) and sign up your family members as well. Support our activities wheneveryou can, and let us know how we can help you, too. SUPPORT YOUR SOCIETY FARSAROTUL.* Note regarding the word Arumanian : Roughly half of our people in theBalkan Peninsula, especially in the northern regions, call themselves Rumani; the otherhalf, in the south, call themselves Arumani, simply because of a dialectal preference foran A at the start of a word. If we called ourselves Rumanians (theEnglish translation of Rumani), we would be confused with the Rumanians north of theDanube who, though their language is quite like our own, have a rather different culturefrom ours. The word Arumanian makes it clear that we are not talking aboutthose Rumanians, and that is why many scholars now use Arumanian or one of itsvariants (Aromani, Aromanians, Aroumanians, etc.). There are a number of other words used to describe us in the various Balkan languages, andEnglish words have been derived from many of these as well: Macedo-Romani in Romanian became Macedo-Romanians in English; the Greek Vlachoi became Vlachs in English; the Serbian Cincar became Tsintsar in English; and so on.

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Founded in 1903 by Nicolae Cican, the Society Farsarotul is the oldest and largest Arumanian association in America.

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