Baba Novac

...Another example of symbiosis is the activities of the hajduks who were active in various parts of the Balkans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. At the end of the 16th century, Baba Novac defeated the Turkish army in various parts of the Balkans, and 8,000 hajduks gathered under him, not only from his native Serbia, but also from Bulgaria and Wallachia, and were passed down as folk heroes in various places. Such inter-ethnic hajduks' activities were also seen among Muslim Turks, and Balkan Christians sometimes joined Turkish bandits called Kardzhali, and there were also cases of Anatolian hajduks who were active in the Balkans. ...

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…さらに15世紀から19世紀までバルカンの各地で活躍したハイドゥクの活動も共生現象の事例としてあげられる。16世紀末にバルカンの各地でトルコ軍を破ったババ･ノバクBaba Novacの下には，出身地のセルビアばかりでなく，ブルガリアやワラキアなどから8000人のハイドゥクが集まり，各地でフォークロアの英雄として語り伝えられた。このような民族をこえたハイドゥクの活動は，イスラム教徒のトルコ人との間にも見られ，クルジャリと呼ばれるトルコの匪賊にバルカンのキリスト教徒が加わることもあったし，アナトリア出身のハイドゥクがバルカンで活躍した例もある。…

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