Atrapos

40°43′27″N 21°24′20″E / 40.72417°N 21.40556°E / 40.72417; 21.40556CountryGreeceGeographic regionMacedoniaAdministrative regionWestern MacedoniaRegional unitFlorinaMunicipalityFlorinaMunicipal unitPerasmaPopulation • Community121Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Atrapos (Greek: Ατραπός, before 1926: Κραπέστινα – Krapestina^[2]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

In data collected by Greek authorities, in 1911, Krapestina had 400 inhabitants composed of 225 "Bulgarians" and 175 "Greeks", all "Bulgarian speaking".^[3] In 1935, authorities stated the village had 92 families, with 66 families having Slavic "morale" (fronima) and 26 families being "foreign speakers" with Greek "morale".^[3]

A letter (1935) by Lieutenant Stefos Grigoriou wrote the village was populated by "Bulgarians" and only the priest's family had Greek consciousness with their Greekness described as being "Grade C".^[3] In August 1959, villagers partook in a large patriotic language oath ceremony at the local school yard where in the presence of Greek authorities they swore to cease using their Slavic language and to speak only Greek.^[4][5] After the language oath ceremony, villagers continued to use their language and memories of the event lingered in the 1990s.^[6]

Atrapos had 160 inhabitants in 1981.^[7] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Atrapos was populated by Slavophones.^[7] The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.^[7] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.^[7]

In fieldwork done by anthropologist Anastasia Karakasidou in 1996, elderly people spoke the local dialect of the Macedonian language and there were a few women who had no knowledge of Greek.^[6] The village children spoke Greek among themselves.^[6]