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Roza Esenkenazi - a fine example of the multiculturalism...

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Roza Esenkenazi - a fine example of the multiculturalism...

Postby Natty » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:24 am

...of the Ottoman Empire.

Roza (formally Sarah) Esenkenazi was a star of Rembetika. She came from a Jewish family and was born in Istanbul/Constantinople but moved to Thessalonica/Thessaloniki, which was then still part of the Ottoman Empire, as a child. She spoke and sang in Greek, Turkish and Armenian.







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