SERBIA - National review, No 95

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CONTENTS 

 

Introduction
Roof and Foundation

Vitrage
NUMBERS, EVENTS, INTERESTING THINGS

Album
ON THE WATERFALLS OF SERBIA
Vein and Seed

Centers
ZLATIBOR, AHEAD OF ITS 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORGANIZED TOURISM
Continuance of the Golden Mountain
The place that sprung up around the King’s Square and the King’s Fountain, old and stately, is experiencing a different kind of boom in our time. It has the largest number of visitors in history, the most complete hotel and tourist offer, the largest development activity, the most visited natural monuments, the longest panoramic cable car in the world. And the upcoming winter season, with its recognizable abundance, confirms all the attractiveness of Zlatibor, modern and traditional

By: Vladimir Živanović

Heritage
ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION ”FOLK BUILDERS OF SERBIA” IN THE GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SANU
A Memory of Home
”If one type of house is extinguished, the race that created it will also be extinguished”, warned Spengler. Old Serbian house building contains the keys to understanding life and the world, a whole philosophy and faith. The influence of architecture on people is far-reaching. This is exactly where it was seen, even at the end of the 1960s, that we were losing our way forward and idea, that we were wandering. Despite everything done to prevent it from happening, modern houses in the spirit of Serbian architectural heritage are springing up all over Serbia today. Beautiful, exemplary. One does not return to tradition, but starts from it. The exhibition of photographer Stanko Kostić, a permanent associate of the ”National Review” was a striking testimony to all of this

By: Bane Velimirović

Chronicle
ZABLAĆE NEAR ČAČAK, ON THE WEST MORAVA, AND ITS LONG HISTORY
More than a Village
A Serbian king visited this village twice. The oldest document in the Čačak Archive is related to the local village school. This is where poet Vladislav Petković Dis was born, as well as mining engineer Dragutin Popović, the first Serb who set foot on the North Pole. Joakim Vujić and Felix Kanitz wrote about this village, this is where Jevrem Obrenović learned to read and write… There are many artefacts and stories. Life, of course, is constantly writing new pages. The village is growing and the old school is full of students. There is both hope and faith

By: Danica Otašević

Connections
INDONESIAN DANCE AT THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF BELGRADE
Permeation of Cultures
In the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Belgrade, at the installation ceremony of Ladislav Nemet, the new Archbishop of Belgrade, the program was embellished by the ”Bidadari” Dance Studio. The traditional dance from the Indonesian island of Java, performed on this occasion, gave an unusual dimension to this event. ”Bidadari” has been cultivating traditional and modern dance forms from different parts of Indonesia for eighteen years

Text: Tamara Stojić and NR Press

Codes
KRUŠEVAC THEATER AND ITS GREAT NAMES
Actors’ Anthology
Busts of legends of Kruševac were uncovered at the Actors’ Square in 2019: Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković, Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, Taško Načić, Radmila Savićević, Ljubinka Bobić, Milan Puzić. Theatrical plays have been regularly performed in this city since the XIX century, in kafana yards, squares, and the professional theater was established seventy-six years ago. Serbian film is also difficult to imagine without the great actors from Kruševac. How so? What’s the secret?

By: Ivana Stojanović Šešlak

Old Masters
BORISLAV MIHAJLOVIĆ MIHIZ (1922–1997), ”THE CRICKET WHO TAUGHT ANTS TO WORK”
Blowing into Ember
Others made books, he made writers. He recognized the fire in people and blew into it so that it would spread its flames, become bigger and more beautiful. He, ”an author who didn’t even want it enough”. Literary critic, writer, dramaturge, poet, script writer, polemicist. Institution. ”There are only two opinions: Mihiz’ and wrong,” joked Mića Popović once. Joked? The son of priest Gojko from Irig, took an inborn clarity from his homeland, lucidity, sense of humor and paradox, satire which burns like flames, merge of cynical and warmhearted, perhaps even a hot pepper in his character. He arrived when it was written, he departed when he wanted to. This text about Mihiz, written by an unknown author, seems to be written by himself

Mark
DRAGIŠA VITOŠEVIĆ (1935–1987), WRITER, LITERATURE HISTORIAN, AND HIS ORPHEUSES AMONG PLUM TREES
Contributor from Gruža to Europe
He departed exactly thirty-five years ago, but his ”Raskovnik” magazine, his literary and scientific works remained an unsurpassable value of Serbian culture. He discovered and supported the lavishing gift of peasant-poets, the poetry radiated by the rooted gold coins of the language, mythical experience of life and death, love and purpose of existence in the fields, in the grass, in the universe. The profound longing for beauty. He dealt with the purity of language. He believed that the parvenu nature of our man was the main cause of vulgarity and moral offenses. He expressed anger and powerlessness only once. And had never recovered from it

By: Dragan Lakićević

Horizons
ŽIVORAD NEDELJKOVIĆ, POET, ABOUT POETRY AS A BARRIER AGAINST HOPELESSNESS
Can You See Your Heart?
This is what it’s about, only that, while we walk down the path given us. We write because we have to, and we have to because we need a bearable place. The so-called ”resourcefulness” of man brings pain and sorrow because of the general fall of beings which were often very close to us. All values are dilapidating, poverty is knocking on the doors of many people, illnesses of body and soul are threatening us. In such a situation, when meaninglessness is invading from all sides, the attitude towards culture and art must be completely different. A poet must establish his own ethical laws in everything. Those rules are actually the longing for the divine

By: Vesna Kapor

Winner
TEODORA PUŠIĆ, VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, THE BEST LIBERO IN THE WORLD
Mysteries of New Objectives
We set off to the World Championship with the title, utterly decisive to bring it back. Hence our resolve on the court, hence our self-confidence in critical moments. Long, systematic work is behind everything and great efforts of many generations. Nothing truly valuable is easy to achieve. Yes, there is also the Serbian ”X factor”, still insufficiently explained. I expect from us the most difficult thing: to continue in the same manner

By: Dejan Bulajić

Examples
”ZVEZDARA” ASSOCIATION HELPS PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
For Community Life
They bring together parents and experts, organize workshops, prepare users for independent living. They employ able-bodied people, they have also equipped their own printing press where they can do this. They train families of mentally underdeveloped persons, organize psycho-social support. They have day care centers for such people. They strive to create a full legal and reality framework for their life and participation in society

By: Aleksa Komet

Celebrations
RUMA CELEBRATED THE MUNICIPALITY DAY AND THE PATRON SAINT DAY
In the Light of the Holiday
In memory of the holy King Stefan Dečanski and on the day when, right in this city, it was decided on annexation of Srem to Serbia, Ruma successfully closed another annual circle. Summing up the achievements, it awarded meritorious people in various fields. A special incentive was given to the best students. And everyone together could once again feel the true meaning of the holiday in a community

Text and Photo: Municipality of Ruma

Summary
TOURIST ORGANIZATION OF BELGRADE IN BROAD INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
The Attractions of Serbian Capital
Based on the assessment of experts, the TOB was recently declared second in the list of leading tourism organizations in Istanbul. In Sofia, Belgrade was creatively presented again, and the Bulgarian Minister of Tourism revealed: on the list of the greatest wishes of the tourists there, the Serbian capital occupies a high fourth place. In Baku, tourists from Azerbaijan discovered Belgrade with a lot of curiosity and positive wonder. (...) The well-designed action of the TOB, it turned out, gives results on various levels, both immediately and in the long run. And this holiday-tourist winter in Belgrade confirms all that

Festivities
WAITING FOR THE NEW YEAR IN THE FAMOUS SPA RESORT
The Fairy Tale of Vrnjačka Banja
That’s the official name of the multi-day program: ”Vrnjačka New Year’s Fairy Tale”. The festivity is seemingly always the same, but always different. There will be music, skiing, swimming, games with Santa Claus, hot brandy, culinary delicacies of all kinds... Famous bands will play, famous voices will sing. You will sing too. You have to see it through, you have to wait for it. Vrnjačka Banja invites you to come

Health
THE RESTORATION POWER OF MINERAL WATER AND SNOW
Winter in ”Merkur”
All pools in this modern health and tourist center are filled with mineral water, healing and warm. All wellness, spa, recreational programs are available... The modern programs of the ”Merkur” Center for Aesthetic Medicine solve many problems of today’s people and lifestyle... In winter, all of this is financially more favorable, with additional discounts