Branimir Štulić, better known as Johnny, is an extremely important figure in Yugoslav culture, not only of the 1980s and not only in the milieu where he was active. He is the New Wave’s most famous figure and the most important hero of our most important music
The keeper of traditional songs and singer that performs at the most prestigious international festivals
The resting places and testimonies to the existence of many noted Serbs lie beneath Hermann Bollé’s magnificent gloriette in Karlovac
Every eighth or ninth person you meet on the street in Serbia did not live there before 1991, says Vladimir Cucić, the Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia, for P-portal
In the evil times of war, when people lose their material possessions, they don’t lose that which they carry inside, and that is memories and knowledge. If the houses were taken away, song was not. People sing the songs of their home wherever life takes them
In the past and today, individuals have been that important link in cultural diplomacy. Scientists, artists and writers communicate in a specific way and have been, consciously or not, actors of cultural diplomacy. I will mention Nikola Tesla and Milutin Milanković, whose “stars” still have their brilliance, perhaps even more important for questions of identity, culture and politics today than in the past.
Croatia Records announced the reissue of the album “Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju” (eng. Tonight You Will Be Entertained by Musicians Who Drink) by the group Riblja čorba
He started by filming and photographing his hometown near Kistanje in Dalmatia for himself. And today, Milorad has thousands of followers and millions of video views on his YouTube channel. In those videos, by means of pictures and words, he portrays the natural beauty of his homeland and the daily life of the few remaining people. So that, as he puts it, the memory of the origin and heritage would not fade.
“Politics in our Balkan backwaters is a flaccid endlessness without escape, and the patterns keep repeating. That creates problems and errors in the imagination of us writers, for I cannot possibly invent characters like those that appear as the leaders of our nonexistent countries”
Everywhere where Serbs live, the relationship with rakija is very emotional. Rakija is a part of the family tradition, honor and reputation. Add a centuries-old fruit growing tradition to that, and you get excellent rakija, says Ilija Malović, a connoisseur of this traditional drink
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