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Rakhman
Rahmans (, ) are, according to Romanians, Romanian and Ukrainians, Ukrainian popular beliefs, a mythical nation of righteous Christians. Neopagans think that Rahmans is the allusion to the Indian caste of Brahmins. Romanian name The etymology of the word blajini () is the slavonian ''blažĕnŭ'' meaning kind, well-minding person. Rahmanish Easter Following the Orthodox Christian calendar, Romanians from Banat, Transylvania, Bukovina and Maramureș regions celebrate the Rahmanish Easter () on the first Monday after St. Thomas Sunday. The Rahmanish Easter is called also Easter of the Dead or Mighty Easter. Ukrainians celebrate the Rahmanish Easter () on Mid-Pentecost. Since Rahmans live in isolation and have no year computation of their own, they have no way of knowing when Easter comes. It is for this reason that Romanians and Ukrainians eat dyed eggs and let the shells flow downstream, from there they believe they will get to the Rahmans.Cosma, Aurel. ''Cosmogonia poporul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanians
Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, common culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, they speak the Romanian language and live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians. In one interpretation of the 1989 census results in Moldova, the majority of Moldovans were counted as ethnic Romanians as well.''Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook By'' David Levinson (author), David Levinson, Published 1998 – Greenwood Publishing Group.At the time of the 1989 census, Moldova's total population was 4,335,400. The largest nationality in the republic, ethnic Romanians, numbered 2,795,000 persons, accounting for 64.5 percent of the population. Source U.S. Library of Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
