As a Rusyn-American, I thank you very much for these posts. Were arevery few in
number as a people, and we have no home country of ourown, but we take pride in
our traditional culture.
Dan M
On 1/8/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Bob W wrote:>>
>>-----Original Message-----> >>From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> >>>Ah yes, of course. I hadn't considered that.> >>>> >>>No such problems
with my brother's place. The same families> >>> >>have lived> >>> >>>on the
mountain since they were Neanderthals.> >>>> >>>--> >>>Cheers,> >>> Bob> >>>
>>We have the same syndrome on some estates near here. They go> >>back two or
three generations. We are lucky ot live in such> >>a stable society.> >> >> >
You're right. And when I say Neanderthal, I mean it almost literally. I seem> >
to recall that the Iceman, Oetzi, still has plenty of relatives living in> >
the area where he came from - some remote valley in Austria. And they found> >
someone living near the Cheddar Gorge who is a direct descendant of Cheddar> >
Man (9k years old).> > http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/31/cheddar.man/> >> >>
>>>>There are websites dedicated to the European races!
that were dealt> >>>>with by forcible migration during the 20th century.>
>>>>This is one group that I know of <http://www.lemko.org/>> >> >> > I've been
in Ruthenia, when I went to Romania a few years ago. It's like a> > fairy tale
in many ways. I went to the county of Maramures, and decided to> > follow a
road which on my map petered out somewhere near the Ukrainian> > border. I got
a lift to the end of the road, which was a village at the head> > of the
valley, and followed a track that led out from the church. People> > still drew
water from wells. The track ended near a stream and a broken down> > old house
which looked abandoned to me. But when I got there somebody like> > Hansel and
Gretel's witch appeared. So I photographed her. I've shown the> > picture
before: http://www.web-options.com/Image2.jpg. She was only about> > 4'8" /
1.4m tall. When I'd finished photographing her she insisted on some> > money
and wouldn't let go of me until I gave her some change from m!
y pocket.> > It was about 30p (50c US), but when she took it she fell
on her knees and> > kissed my hand profusely.> >>> I remember the story.
Meeting people who are at such an opposite end of> my own European culture is
much of what I find interesting about> visiting that part of the world.>> m>>
