The Consciousness and Traditional Culture of Macedonians-Moslems in Albania: the Processes of Adaptation and Identity Preservation (the Materials of the Expeditions 2008—2009)

The article is devoted to the question of ethnic affiliation of Macedonian Moslems in conditions of combined ethnical neighborhood. The author puts into academic context a new description of almost unexplored Macedonian community. The data have been obtained during the fieldworks in Eastern Albania. In conditions of long-term neighborhood with other languages and religious denominations, the adapting mechanisms have worked out specific approaches to preserving ethnical identity and traditional culture, perceiving their value and necessity of translating to descendants.