Are Romanians uncomfortable being labeled as Balkan ?

[ixulescu]

We don't care, i can't remember the last time i've heard this word,probably never had it not been for TV once or twice, but balkan is not a derogatory term.

I agree, Balkan label is not a topic in Romania and the Balkans themselves aren't either.

Still, when people talk about "politica Damboviteana" (meaning politics in Bucharest) they refer to "Balkan-like corrupted politics".

[Daco Celtic]

People can call me whatever they want...just not Mamaliga Boy, that's insulting

[Nurzat]

in real life no. people consider themselves balkaners and no one consider balkan a derogatory term..
also balkan it doesn't really have a geographic meaning

it depends on the region. no one in Bucovina or Maramures considers himself a Balkanite. also Moldova region is quite neutral to it, except for the extreme south of the region people rather see themselves as Eastern Euro. I think only Banat, Transylvania, Wallachia and Dobrudja are truly Balkanite. the fact that Bucharest became the capital city of this young nation made it weigh on the Balkan side, otherwise historically some regions weren't politically or culturally involved with the Balkans until 1918.

plus, there isn't a real Balkan brotherhood. Romanians vs Serbs vs Bulgarians are quite strangers one to another. historically Romanians liked Serbs but I think are closer now to Bulgarians, where so many Romanians go to spend holidays.

I saw a Bulgarian girl today at work and she got some nice big tits of side-leaning pear shape. also cute face. and quite tall. yummy.

[Jana]

I don't think most people care. Romanians may not have a strong aversion to the term like some Croats seem to have, but I disagree with Seya with the assertion that most people explicitly consider themselves balkaners.

Many Croats (both left and right) consider themself Balkan, many do not. It varies a lot just like in Romania.

[Daos777]

He is a mix. He is only 1/4 Moldavian.

I am 100 percent Romanian dude
My name is Nicolae Ceaușescu. Very Romanian.

[IrisSelene]

Idk my family always told me we were Balkan and I remember singing proudly asf Balkan Girls when it was on eurovision lol

And Im not southern romanian at all as far as I know.

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[Dick]

As a born and raised Romanian in Bucharest. I’m not ok with being called Balkan. Because I consider myself East Carpathian. So people better start using my pronouns or I will be offended.

Lol you're Balkan as fuck like our baned broder Cumansky. Seya explained it well.

[Daos777]

Lol you're Balkan as fuck like our baned broder Cumansky. Seya explained it well.

Damn. We must unite and bring our brotha back.

[WeirdLookingFellow]

Some Romanians get more pissed now that they get called Slavs on Slavic fb pages/groups....which they follow....and participate in. I wonder why those don't follow " Latin memes" instead of grtting trigerred on Slavs in Tracksuits and trying to cope by saying there was barely any Slav influence.

As Balkanites it's an empty word for Romanians. Yes we are, some places not that much, nobody is really concerned about it. We should be interested in having better relations with the V4 countries.

[artsi]

Dobrogea is still true Balkanic at its heart. If you stray away from the main road in the villages of Dobrogea you have a high chance to see some alien worlds and people. Taraclia and Gagauzia in Moldova are inhabited by Balkan people that migrated there in the 1800s meaning Bulgarians and Turkish speaking Bulgarians called Gagauz. Oltenia and Valachia in Romania still have a noticeable Balkanic legacy.