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Replica of Sarakatsani settlement

LEPTOKARYA (Village) ALEXANDROUPOLI
There on a slope that is 650 above the sea level and 32 km from Alexandroupolis a cultural club of Sarakatsianian tradition has created a replica of a traditional settlement. Sarakatsani is a nomadic tribe that used to live in the south parts of Bulgaria, the name means the one who is leaving to the mountains and it is coming from the Turkish words Sara, which means slope or hill and the word katsan, hich means the one who is leaving. This settlement is giving to the visitor the opportunity to find out things about the lifestyle of this people. At the settlements’ foothill is the village that is called Leptokarea, nowadays the village is inhabited by a few Pomake Families. (Pomake is another tribe that life’s in this area for many centuries).

This extract is cited Sept 2003 from the Development Company of Alexandroupolis URL below, which contains images.

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