Sarakatsani

The Sarakatsani (Greek: Σαρακατσάνοι) are a group of Greek transhumant shepherds inhabiting Greece and neighbouring countries. Historically centered around the Pindus mountains, they have been currently urbanised to a significant degree. Most of them now reside throughout Central and Northern Greece. Smaller numbers also exist in southern Albania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. Despite the silence of the classical and medieval writers, m... more

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