# Gagauzia

- **Type:** Experience
- **Language:** en
- **Offered by:** The moldova.travel catalogue
- **Region:** Southern Moldova and Gagauzia
- **Category:** Other
- **Coordinates:** 46.097944, 28.638465
- **Tags:** Destinations, Destinații, Routes of life, Rutele vieții, South, Sud, Направления, Пути жизни, Юг
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21T20:07:05+03:00
- **Canonical page:** https://travel.evisoft.com/en/experiences/169-gagauzia
- **This document:** https://travel.evisoft.com/en/experiences/169-gagauzia.md

## Description

Known as the most colorful part of Moldova, the southwestern enclave of Gagauzia will amaze you with its energy, traditions and people. Gagauzia, which declared itself autonomous in 1995, is culturally distinct. Gagauz are closer to the Turks than Moldovans, although they are Orthodox Christians rather than Muslim. UNESCO highlighted another distinction when it declared the Gagauz language extinct, like Latin. Gagauz costumes and traditions are also different. The people even have an unusual way to celebrate Christmas. When the holiday they call Colada rolls around, Gagauz hunt wild pigs, using their spleens to make new year’s predictions and their skin to make shoes.

## Photos

![Gagauzia](https://travel.evisoft.com/mt-media/catalogue/gagauzia/media/renditions/1280/gagauzia.jpg.webp)

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