Gagauz
- adjective
- Many Gagauz traditions are celebrated at festivals throughout Moldova during the summer.
- Gagauz village
- Gagauz woman
- Gagauz migrant
Examples
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In the Gagauz villages that I traveled through, women and men both work to support their households.
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While some women participate in trade and sex work as well, the Gagauz women I write of here are employed as highly valued domestics and caretakers of children, the elderly, or the sick in Turkish households for at least US$400/month—over 10 times what they can make at home.
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As a result, the numbers of Gagauz women going to Turkey parallel or even exceed the case of Moldova at large.
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On the other hand, if a Gagauz individual gains wealth through what is perceived as hard labor, their social and geographic mobility is deemed legitimate.
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We may see Gagauz narratives of motherhood also as helping women engage more freely in new labor activities, in this case, transnational ones.
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Female migrant labor has in some ways supported the continuity of Gagauz villages and local stratification in terms of gender, age, and wealth, and in other ways transformed them, but what is clear is that it has prompted a great deal of panic.
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What has developed over the years is a transnational migration circuit whereby, as locals explain, to run a Gagauz household, wives and mothers, usually in their thirties, go to Turkey to work as domestics for six months at a time, primarily in winter when work in the fields is not necessary.
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On a midnight tour down the muddy lanes of one Gagauz village, Anna, the librarian, and her husband, a high school biology teacher, pointed out to me all the houses without lights, and some under construction—almost every other house was dark and empty.
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The Gagauz culture is rich in music and dance, showcasing their unique heritage.
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In Gagauz communities, storytelling plays an important role in preserving their history.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gagauz comes from Turkic roots and is often linked to Oghuz, an old word for 'tribe' or 'people'. So Gagauz as an adjective means 'from or about that people', like Gagauz embroidery or recipes.
