Manners of maintaining the cultural identity of the Greeks, Aromanians, Lipovans and Dobrogean Tatars and their effects in musical practice

Abstract

This study presents the mutual conditioning between the social dynamics and the traditions of the ethnic communities of Dobrogea, as well as the ways of maintaining the cultural identity of the Greeks, Aromanians, Lipovans, and Tatars in the full era of globalization. For a clearer understanding, we will highlight how the evolution of Romanian society deeply and irreversibly affected the musical and choreographic repertoire of the four ethnic groups. Our perception of collective human identity is also shaped by the way traditional music is perceived, knowing that it has a very strong connection with ethnicity and origin, and that is why traditional musical creation constitutes a true identity brand.