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Sarkezi

Prominent Sarkezi
Total population
~600,000
Regions with significant populations
Aurega	~300,000
Katranjiev	222,190
Languages
Auregan, Katranjian, Lec, Sekhessian Auregan
Religion
TBC
Related ethnic groups
Auregans

The Sarkezi (Katranjian: Саркези, Sekhessian Auregan: Searcsenaigh), or the Sekhessian Auregans, are an ethnic group descended from immigrants from Aurega to Sekhessia who arrived in the 1860s to escape the Auregan famine, and were attracted to Sekhessia due to a discovery of gold in the region.

Etymology

The term Sarkezi is believed to derive from a mispronunciation made by the first Auregans learning the Katranjian language: as they had a habit of mispronouncing Sekhessia as "Sarkessia." The term was first recorded in a 1887 article from Slevdovatel, where:

"The people from beyond the sea that we have been acquainted with for generations have established themselves in Sekhessia after taking advantage of the gold rush. Known as the Sarkezi by their Slavic compatriots, these Auregans have made themselves indispensable to the functioning of the ducal government in Sekhessia."

Until around the 1950s, Sarkezi was seen as a derogatory term. However, in the 1950s, Sarkezi organizations began to reclaim the word and using it in a positive light to describe their community. By the 1980s, the term was no longer seen as a derogatory term.

Geography

Many of the Sarkezi have traditionally lived in Sekhessia, with the 2015 Katranjian census listing 126,964 Sarkezi living in Sekhessia, or around 57% of the Sarkezi population. However, due to security concerns and jobs, many Sarkezi since the 1960s have left Sekhessia, with many moving to Desislav, Krasimir, and Bizuwiha, where sizable communities of Sarkezi are located.

In addition, there has always been a traditional return migration of Sarkezi to Aurega, with records of return migration dating back to the 1890s.

(TBC)

Culture

Cuisine

Lec-Auregan hybrid, yum