VILLAGE TOURISM of SERBIA Y R a G N U H SUBOTICA R Senta U SOMBOR KIKINDA
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VILLAGE TOURISM OF SERBIA Y R A G N U H SUBOTICA R Senta U SOMBOR KIKINDA BAČKA BANAT M AP VOJVODINA Tisa CROATIA Bački A Petrovac D SERBIA U N A V ZRENJANIN N NOVI SAD Beočin Irig V I Tamiš Kovačica A N SREM U D A PANČEVO A N I S A V BEOGRAD Kovin R A D ŠABAC MAČVANSKA I BEOGRAD Loznica PODUNAVSKO- Đerdapsko PODRINJSKA Donji jez. Milanovac BRANIČEVSKAV VALJEVSKO- e l . Osečina Aranđelovac M Majdanpek KOLUBARSKA Petrovac o ĐERDAPSKA r a v VALJEVO Mionica Ljig a Ljubovija Topola Negotin B & H ŠUMADIJSKA G. Milanovac Kosjerić Timok POMORAVSKA ČAČAK Knić KRAGUJEVAC UŽICE B Z a Lučani p . M ZAJEČAR U Požega o L r a Čajetina v a TIMOČKA G UŽIČKA A KRALJEVO Trstenik Soko Banja R I KRUŠEVAC A Ivanjica ZAPADNO-MORAVSKA Knjaževac Aleksandrovac Nova Varoš Brus Prijepolje KOPAONIČKA NIŠKA ZLATARSKO- Juž.NIŠ PEŠTERSKA TOPLIČKA Morava PIROT MONTENEGRO PČINJSKO- JABLANIČKA AP KOSOVO Vlasinsko PRIŠTINA jez. I METOHIJA Bujanovac A L B A N I A I O N A D C E M A The Smell s of Earth we need most. It is a smell one can feel by a special sense – the soul sense. especting all possible choices you plum orchards and vineyards, the villages might have made, we are here to rhythm of nature, of the changes of of Serbia exude tranquility. R oer you something new, a new seasons, the transformation of days into Immersed in nature in the first instants of concept of recent origin, its essence nights, the rhythm of heartbeats – the one light intoxication we feel we need not do primeval – the concept of the village. and true natural order of things. anything. Only observe. Whatever For where can we take the best rest from Leaning upon the river banks, lined-up in surrounds us will exert curative eects. the city but in what is totally opposite to the endless plain, scattered upon moun- the city? tain valleys and peaks, robed in forest, 2 RU RAL T O U RISM OF S E R B I A life was not lived in unison, in topped-o with hospitality already with standardized patterns, but was follow- the first contact within the boundaries of ing a specific feeling for beauty, for warmth, tucked-in and comfortable. hospitality is not the result of drilling, Made by hand, most often, not by a training, of learning, of what has been machine. Surrounded by a multitude of expected. It is hearty, simple and natural. details reminding one of those times, Of the kind used to welcome dear guests, you will sleep on downy pillows in relatives. Traditionally a grain of salt and a wooden beds, in painted rooms with a bite of cake bread are a part of it, and a quince or two upon the cabinet, or a spring-water, just to wash o the road dust; if, however, you decide to experi- rooms like these guarantee is a sound ment, you can have a choice of home-made brandy, double-stilled brandy, brandies discoveries you will make while staying with plant aromas added, wine from the in the village. barrel or fruit-juice extracted from the fruits picked up in the SMELLS neighboring orchards. Some hosts will welcome you closest to the smells we know. Varicol- with the fruit preserve made of ored first of all, crossbred into specials dierent fruits, following the sorts, with samples from the gardens of tradition of a particular region, their relatives, planted in flower-pots, with honey and water and, in in old pots and pans (blue colors with any case, with warmth and white spots dominating), the smells smiles. of the village flowers reach the last nook and cranny of the From Vojvodina in the village garden. Here, flowers north, all over the live their lives with their western, central, hosts in a special harmony, at eastern and southern every corner, and have rather Serbia, the village personal names, like beautiful households furnish Kata, handsome Jova, a little their guest-rooms in earring. In the village, accordance with the mornings, noons, evenings and nights smell dierent. tradition of their region. Most often, colors and completely this is a small journey dierent sounds. to earlier times when 3 SOUNDS Rooster is one of the most frequently used symbols of the village. ЗFrankly, ВУЦИ he is impossible to exclude so, what Петyou аоare је left један with од is нај toчеш wakeћих up симбо slowlyла and села. Заједнички start toward the morning. In the village you Искрено речено, немогуће га је искључити, су им здрави, паwill вам hear остаје the cr саeaмоking да of се the лаг sweep,ано разбудите most often in Vojvodina; all over Serbia this is the домаћи састојци, лагана и кренете у јутро. На селу ћете чути и како creaking of the well winch while the rope приWhatпр емtheyа је haveла и inчаро commonбни ук areуси. шкрand ипtheућ tinе ђера bucketм, најon чешits endће уdescend Војводи intoни; Војвођанскеsound home-made штрудле ingredients, и дуж Србије, то је звук чекрка бунара док паприкаши,unhurried preparation шумадијске of погаче the сtheе к онопацchicken-coop, са лимен theо placeм кофо whereм спушта the hens у иmeals чварци, and уштипци, enchanting гибанице, tastes. проје, proudly announce that they have laid an egg, the barking of the dog, most often a cake bread from Šumadija, and cracklings spotty mongrel rejoicing in the presence of and fritters, cheese pies, corn breads, his master, the crackling of the fire started pumpkin pies, beans and stued dried for heat or for preparing a meal – are only peppers, wedding-style sauerkrauts, roasts and grills, prosciutto and kajmak, cottage symphonies of the crickets, the frogs from and fatty cheeses, are the tastes of the the neighboring pond or stream are usually villages of Serbia. Traditional recipes bring to evening performances. your dinner table the food that is pure art, oered with the seasoning one can never and TASTES nowhere buy – the love that the hostesses It is a known fact that many village house- prepare their dishes with. holds used to live their quite ordinary lives buying from the shops only their share of ART salt, coee and sugar. In other words, Village is the most direct and the most everything else they needed they produced reliable guardian of tradition. What charac- themselves, as they are doing now in the terizes the Serb people and other peoples so-called cottage industry. From meal to living in Serbia, in the form of character and meal, the cuisines dier from region to art is originally kept in the village because region, from tradition to tradition. the village is our point of origin. 4 RU RAL T O U RISM OF S E R B I A Most often self-taught, the art of the and sounds, but dance, first of all. A dream to feed our souls, separate what is impor- village is amazing. Like a painting, tant from what is not, to established the woodcutting, like music, like a drawing, fosters legends, traditions, myths, beliefs. desired tranquility and oer the balance to a dance, embroidery, weave, almost However, there is a special art which gives our city lives. forgotten craft, that art gladdens one, Should one accept this challenge? relieves and renews. It is a fireworks colors of living. Only a piece of the art is enough RU RAL T O U RISM OF S ERBIA 5 VOJ VODINA Between heaven and earth Painted with the light of the sun, spread like nowhere else spread, the way it is spread over the plains, the landscape of Vojvodina is rosy with fruits, golden with sunflowers and wheat, green with locust, blue with streams, rivers and heaven reflected in the eyes of the Vojvodina men and women. Such use of natural color gives special tranquility, warmth and hospitality to the faces of its citizens. ВОЈВОДИНАСЕЛА СРБИЈ Е j ВО ЈВОДИНА T hrough Vojvodina landscapes there the Danube, the Sava, the Tamiš and the Tisa are true natural sanctuaries of both plants and men. Like a patchwork put together with a skillful eye and an even more skillful hand the land has been cut out into arable farms, vineyards, raspberry patches, apple orchards... And everything smelling of fertility. A detail in the landscape here and there is a still usable, lonely sweep, korzo, used to be a place Vojvodina, with its life, could have lording it over the plains, inviting to where, in times past, painted. A special ingredient of this people got to know each record is provided by the mixture of landscape steal the force of the wind. other and fall in love with cultures and peoples living in it, present A Vojvodina landscape is unimaginable one another. in ethnological traces that add beauty, but also distinction to every house, a wall harnessed in coaches and scattered honor of his flock and the or a shelf, the manner of weaving or all over the plain, resplendent backyard, the roosters embroidery, national costumes, the Lipizzaners in the farm backyards announcing and waking furnishing of the guestrooms or prepar- or in a multitude of Vojvodina the lazy dawn, the ing food. horse breeding facilities, like crusader eagles nesting Sava Šumanović, born in Šid, painted Zobnatica, Karađorđevo and in Fruška Gora, the Vojvodina and distributed the paintings Kelebija, are a special forte of mountain that appears all over the world; Miroslav Antić, born Vojvodina, to bewilder the plain in Mokrin, wrote all about the skies and Its streets, along the big ajnfort with the very fact of its the birds; he began his poem Vojvodina gates and elbow houses, while existence, or the storks, with the words: "I love it from its stables the tolling of the village church flying low and slow to the heavens, from the mud to wheat, bells is heard, are the arena above Obedska or hot with the gypsy bows." where the village people Carska bara – those are the paintings that only V OJV ODINA 7 One of the best ways of reaching the level of such a love are the Vojvodina salaši.