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Pomaks 

the formerly colloquial name for Bulgarian Muslims; the term is also accepted in scholarly literature.

The Pomaks were converted to Islam by the Turkish conquerors in the 16th to 18th centuries, but they maintained their native language and customs. The Pomaks live mainly in the Rhodope Mountains and work in mining, the lumber industry, and agriculture.

REFERENCES

Vasilev, K. Rodopskite bulgari mokhamedani. Plovdiv, 1961.
Narodnostna i bitova obshtnost na rodopskite bulgari. Sofia, 1969.


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54) This source offers a good overview of this part of the Balkans, which shared many common features with the Pomak regions of the Rhodope Mountain.
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In November 2004, on one of" the last days of Ramadan, as many as 2000 people gathered in protest in a Muslim Pomak village outside the northern city of Xanthi after two inappropriately-clad actresses working on a soap opera sought refuge from the rain in the village mosque.
 
 
 
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