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Originally Posted by Carnyx
Mynydd, when do Spaniards stop keep going over stories coming from the XIXth, XVIIIth, XVIIth c. or even straight from the Middle Ages? I'm amazed.   |
It's a matter of roots and heritage. If you are not willing to go that far, then welcome little Mohammed second or third generation...French.
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Or because Occitania never was a united area politically and no one would have spoken of Occitans and Occitania back then. I guess it came after with F. Mistral and the félibriges in the XIXth century with the revival of the identities?
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I guess that it is not easy to switch off the jacobine chip after so long.
The Òc identity existed from old. You are taking Occitania not as an ethnic identity or as a nation, but as a state. Remember, it is not jacobine France and therefore the jacobine Republique Française should not be taken as a model.
Like you noticed (perhaps unawarely) and I agreed, the sense of identity is preserved there. Now, give it a name or don't. It doesn't matter.
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