Wine tradition of Fruška Gora

If you would read lately about Serbia in tourist guidebooks you would probably find the usual info about vibrant nightlife, especially in Serbia`s capital, or about distinctive cuisine characterized with intensive tastes of Balkan food. Some of those guidebooks even inform about world famous Exit music festival or Guča brass bands competition, but what only […]

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Saint Valentine or Saint Tryphon

On 14th February  Catholics celebrate Valentine`s Day, while Orthodox traditionally celebrate Saint  Tryphon. Saint Valentine was a holly priest in the 3th century, who had perished when Emperor Claudius II in ancient Rome banned marriages for young men, potential soldiers. Valentine began performing marriages of young Christian couples in secret, until he was discovered and […]

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Why Serbs celebrate New Year three times

If you are confused and you don’t understand how it is possible, we`ll try to explain in following lines. Serbs are known as a nation which likes to celebrate, so it isn’t surprising why the ritual of countdown 10,9,8,7… 1 “Happy New Year” is repeated three times. Actually that isn’t the only reason why it […]

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Krsna Slava – the celebration of Patron Saint`s Day

Slava (the celebration of the Patron Saint) is a religious custom which stands out Serbs among all the Orthodox Christians. The background of the patron saint dates back to the ancient folk customs, celebrations of the patron of the local pagan man, which was celebrated by the ancient Greeks, Thracians, Dacians, Illyrians and Romans as […]

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