Message from @The Enlightened Shepherd
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including Bulgarians
Lol NSS
I'm using the term "negro" in quite liberal way
I am a dark haired Brit/German mix
ahhhh
lulz
nearly triggered me there
lol
There are some people who claim that Balkans are not Slavic because we only adopted language
yes
I heard this
I spent a lot of time in Bulgaria
But outsiders cant really comprehend it
Because we have like gazillion of toponyms here that are purely slavic
names also
and it is easy to see 500 years of turkish ottoman rule htere
as well as customs
there*
however
they are Slavs
true
but to me it's as foolish as saying Ukrainans aren't slavs
Like all ancient slavic festivals here have been recycled to appear Christian
And Slavic toponyms are everywhere
Very close to me home is a hill called "Mogyla" which has thaht name for like hundreds years
since they minged with the early Turkik settlers
Bulgarian famous mountain is also called Pirin, which is their pronunciation of Perun
Khazars
There are many misconceptions though
Procopius, 1400 year ago
where are you from in the Balkans?
Did not describe Balkan Slavs as blonde at all
But as "ginger" in appearance
lol
Chechens
Same for Goths and like tribes
But obviously, at the time, Byzantium was not yet in established contact with Slavic people from northern lands, like Novgorod etc
Which are much more blonde in appearance
Fables we have here, like 90% of them are full of Slavic mythology
I used to debate these ideas a lot