What is Pomak?
The '''Pomak''' is a [[Bulgarian language]] with Turkish loanwords [[dialect]] speaking group, who adopted Islam at the time of the Ottoman empire. Pomak Men are [[circumcised]] , mostly in a big mass [[sünnet]] [[ceremony]] <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imago-images.de/st/0137301226 | title=IMAGO }}</ref>,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/music-middle-east-coronavirus-pandemic-ramadan-circumcision-a9eb3dd7ce67525f3ce8a23f94b7d6a4 | title=Bulgarian Muslims hold circumcision festival despite virus | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=20 April 2021 }}</ref> Their Ancestors are said once was the [[Thracians]].<ref>https://www.peoplegroups.org/explore/GroupDetails.aspx?peid=732</ref> They live in the Rhodope Mountains at the [[Smolyan Province]], in their own villages with Tobacco farms. They hold on a strictly [[Endogamy]] [[Arranged marriage]]. Mostly Pomaks are tall, have blond hair and blue eyes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.donaustroom.eu/fluid-identities-of-the-pomaks-the-bulgarian-speaking-muslims/ | title=Fluid Identities of the Pomaks, the Bulgarian speaking Muslims | date=25 March 2007 }}</ref> Pomaks live in Bulgaria in the Rhodope Mountain, in Greece and in Turkey. They hold many old own traditions, music, and folk songs. ==References== {{commons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Ottoman Empire]]