Sfakians
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The Sfakians (or Sphakians or Sfakiots; Greek: Σφακιανοί) are the inhabitants of the region of Sfakia located in western Crete. The Sfakians hold themselves to be the direct descendants of the Dorians who came down to Crete around 1100 BC.[1][2]
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Unknown | |
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Greece, Cyprus, Germany, United States | |
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Sfakian Greek | |
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Greek Orthodoxy | |
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Maniots and other Greeks |
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The inhabitants of Sfakia have faced numerous foreign invaders, to which fact they owe their reputation as courageous warriors that they have had for centuries.