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SUPPORTED PROJECT COMPLETED 2008
migration or expulsion.

Family histories show quite clearly that they did not remain exclusively in their ethnic group: most of the inhabitants have ancestors from two or three ethnic backgrounds. In many cases this is reflected in everyday life. For this reason, ethnographers are particularly interested in customs such as wedding customs and religious rituals. Developments in
language and usage are equally revealing.

The results of this research will be made accessible to the local population in such a way that it can be combined with local history projects which are already in place. The pictorial and audio material acquired in this way and all the other reports will be published in such a form that they can, above all, be used in the
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