Dalmatians swarthy?

[Insuperable]

I recently saw several posts regarding people from Dalmatians (Southern Croatia). Almost all of them have something to do with their swarthiness. I have decided to post some videos to judge better. Before that let me tell something first.

Dalmatians are not swarthy, but far from it. Swarthy Croats are those from Herzegovina and those from Bosnia (except central Bosnia), especially from those area where it borders Herzegovina and Dalmatia hence why some Dalmatians like those near border are somewhat woggy. Do not think I am biased since I am a Croat from Herzegovina (live near the border) and I can tell you that when I cross border(s) I see different people despite such small distance and despite both of them being Croats. Perhaps it is a coincidence, but Croats called us across the border as Vlachs and I was told that several times in person, but today it is told usually more as a joke. When I went to study in Split (called the main city of Dalmatia) I realized that the whole Split including my college is filled with Bosnian and Herzegovinian Croatian students and they differ from proper Dalmatians. Of course only I as some sort of "local" can know this and there are of course exceptions.

I have posted a video of the entire high school generation from a a little town near Split, called Omiš having a prom.



So, how do they look? Swarthy? Slavic in general, Italian, Albanian...?

[Loki]

Thanks. Well to honest I don't know much about Dalmatians myself, but have wondered if they were different from other Croats - since they seem to be a specific group.

[Dombra]

I thought it was about the dogs

[Loki]

Are Dalmatians to Croats like Monteniggers are to Serbs?

[Archduke]

Compare with Bulgarians from Northeastern Bulgaria (land which is suposed to be Turkic influenced). I dont see much difference pigmentation-wise.

[Insuperable]

Are Dalmatians to Croats like Monteniggers are to Serbs?

Absolutely no.

Id say that West Herzegovinians are to Croats as Montenegerins are to Serbs with the difference that the former do not have their own country.
As a coincidence there is a town called Herceg(ovina)-Novi in Montenegro
Complex history, I know.

[Loki]

That's it! Dalmatians are a bunch of Illyrians/Albanians!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatae

The Dalmatae[1] or Delmatae were an ancient people who inhabited the core of what would then become known as Dalmatia after the Roman conquest - now the eastern Adriatic coast in Croatia, between the rivers Krka and Neretva. The Delmatae are mostly classed as an Illyrian tribe, although for most of their history they were independent of the Illyrian kingdom which bordered to the southeast of them.

The name Dalmatae appears to be connected with the Albanian word delmë, dele which means sheep in English.[3] The Illyrian town of Delminium has the same etymology.

[Szegedist]

I admit I am guilty of generally seeing Dalmatians as Swarthy Croats, I may have to reconsider it.

Bear in mind, many people go to Dalmatia in the summer for the beach, and during that time most people are "swarthied up", so wrong impressions can occur.

Are the Dalmatians mixed with Italians?

[Insuperable]

Compare with Bulgarians from Northeastern Bulgaria (land which is suposed to be Turkic influenced). I dont see much difference pigmentation-wise.

Do not care. It is you who said something against people from Dalmatia. If it was because of Valerija, she said nothing bad and plus the girl is a little

[Archduke]

Do not care. It is you who said something against people from Dalmatia. If it was because of Valerija, she said nothing bad and plus the girl is a little

It wasnt me who started the topic about the swarthiness of the Dalmatians.

Also, i posted this video because of Loki who thinks we are darker than other South Slavs.