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Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association

Sutsata sãrbeascã-armãneascã Lunjina Српско-цинцарско друштво Луњина / Srpsko-cincarsko društvo Lunjina
Logo of the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association
Formation	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Type	NGO
Headquarters	Belgrade
Location	Serbia
President	Aristotel Martinović
Website	Official website (defunct)

The Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association (Aromanian: Sutsata sãrbeascã-armãneascã Lunjina; Serbian: Српско-цинцарско друштво Луњина / Srpsko-cincarsko društvo Lunjina, СЦД Луњина / SCD Lunjina) is an organization of Aromanians in Serbia with its headquarters at Belgrade, the capital of the country. It was founded in 1991 as a result of the merge of two Aromanian organizations at Dolna Belica and Gorna Belica, which are two Aromanian villages in North Macedonia. The aim of the organization is to protect the Aromanian minority in Serbia and preserve its customs, culture, language, name and traditions. In 2017, the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association had around 500 members. The president of the organization is Aristotel Martinović. In Aromanian, the word lunjinã means "light". In the closely related Romanian language, this word is lumină.

Most members of the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association are recent ethnic Aromanian immigrants from North Macedonia, with only a small part of them being descendants of the Aromanian community that has lived in Serbia for centuries. The organization has published several books on Aromanian grammar and a CD of traditional Aromanian music and publishes the journal Light. Bulletin of the Serbian–Aromanian Association. It has also been proposed that the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association organize optional courses in Aromanian at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology.

Members of the Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association are among the few Aromanians in Serbia who continue to actively practice and use their language and culture. In fact, between 2014 and 2017, this organization offered weekly Aromanian-language courses, but these were discontinued due to a lack of students and were replaced by Anveatsã armaneashti! (Learn Aromanian!), an online platform to learn Aromanian created in Romania.

The Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association has strived for the recognition of the Aromanians as a national minority in Serbia, but this has been rejected so far since they did not meet the minimum number of people that a community must have to be granted this status, which is 300, in the 2011 Serbian census. The Aromanians in Serbia number between 5,000 to 15,000 people, but only 243 people declared themselves ethnic "Tsintsar" (i.e. Aromanian, "Tsintsar" being the name Serbs use for the Aromanians) in the 2011 census. This figure ascended to 327 in the 2022 census, meeting the threshold.

See also

• Aromanians in Serbia
• List of Aromanian cultural organizations

References

1. ^ Jokić Stamenković, Dragana (30 January 2017). "Цинцари – крвоток Балкана". Politika (in Serbian).
2. ^ Bodrožić, Marin (23 August 2015). "Марин Бодрожић: Поводом одлуке да се цинцарској заједници не призна статус националне мањине". State of Affairs (in Serbian).
3. Živanović, Katarina (22 February 2013). "Zrno soli među balkanskim narodima". Danas (in Serbian).
4. ^ Sinanović, Natalija (22 May 2021). "Српско-цинцарско друштво "Луњина" чува језик и традицију "народа без отаџбине"" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia.
5. ^ Mutavdžić, Predrag (2010). "On the former and present status of the Aromanian language in the Balkan Peninsula and in Europe". Komunikacija i kultura online (1): 146–161.
6. ^ Kahl, Thede (2002). "The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority". Ethnologia Balkanica. 6: 145–169.
7. Sorescu-Marinković, Annemarie; Mirić, Mirjana; Ćirković, Svetlana (2020). "Assessing linguistic vulnerability and endangerment in Serbia. A critical survey of methodologies and outcomes". Balcanica (51): 65–104. doi:10.2298/BALC2051065S. hdl:21.15107/rcub_dais_10446.
8. ^ Ružica, Miroslav (2006). "The Balkan Vlachs/Aromanians awakening, national policies, assimilation". Proceedings of the Globalization, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts in the Balkans and Its Regional Context: 28–30. S2CID 52448884.
9. ^ "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији" (PDF) (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2017.
10. "Становништво према националној припадности" (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

External links

• Official website (now defunct)

v t e Aromanians
Names	Aromanians Vlachs Koutsovlachs Macedo-Romanians Macedonians Tsintsars
History	Origin of the Aromanians Vlach uprising of 1066 Great Vlachia Ottoman era Macedonian Struggle Ottoman Aromanians in Romanian foreign policy Romanian churches in the Balkans St. Sotir Church, Korçë Romanian schools in the Balkans Armatoles Chetas Ullah millet World War I Samarina Republic World War II Population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania Roman Legion (1941–1943) Principality of the Pindus Recommendation 1333 (1997)
Identity	Genetic studies on Aromanians Aromanian nationalism Aromanian studies Aromanian question Grecomans Flag of the Aromanians Aromanian National Day Dimãndarea pãrinteascã Political parties Alliance for Equality and European Justice Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia
Culture	Aromanian cuisine Aromanian folk dance Aromanian language alphabet dialects Bible translations into Aromanian Influence on Slavic languages Linguistic parallels with Albanian Aromanian-language names Aromanian literature Aromanian Missal Codex Dimonie Aromanian mass media I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian Newspapers Românul de la Pind Radio stations Radio Romania International Aromanian music Aromanian Orthodox Church Aromanian traditional clothing Avdhela Project Celnic Subgroups of the Aromanians Organizations Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs Society Farsharotu Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians Union for Aromanian Language and Culture
Population	Geographical distribution Albania Bulgaria Greece North Macedonia Romania Serbia diaspora Settlements Avdella Bitola Constanța Gramos Kruševo Malovište Metsovo Moscopole Peshtera Samarina
People	Nicolae Constantin Batzaria Constantin Belimace Mihail G. Boiagi Toma Caragiu Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu Alcibiades Diamandi Pitu Guli Gheorghe Hagi Simona Halep Manaki brothers Nicolaos Matussis Gheorghe Constantin Roja Nuși Tulliu Constantin Ucuta
Related groups	Romanians Moldovans Megleno-Romanians Istro-Romanians

• Aromanians in Serbia
• Aromanian cultural organizations
• 1991 establishments in Serbia
• Organizations established in 1991
• Organizations based in Belgrade