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Among the First Serbs, Pioneers of Aviation
Mihailo Merćep (1864-1937) a multitalented sportsman, globe trotter, adventurer, entrepreneur and successful businessman, was also the head of a large family – this intelligent and energetic trailblazer is numbered at the very top of the list of aviation pioneers from this part of Europe. (...)
Contemporary Theatre
Dah Teatar directors Dijana Milošević and Jadranka Anđelić and actress Maja Mitić are winners of the prestigious American Otto Rene Castillo Awards (a New York-based non-profit organization that promotes human rights and works on developing civic society through theatre), which is given worldwide to political theatres. (...)
When Painting I Am My True Self
"When I was departing from those closest to me, I realised how much I love these people, language and country. Paris has given me new strength and has helped me to blend everything I love in my paintings. The paradox is that going away has made me closer to what’s essential. Thus, when painting I am my true self." (...)
"Hey, Salaši…"
Just as the blue waves of the Pannonian Sea were replaced long ago by the golden colour of ripe wheat, we might say that farmsteads (salaš is a typical local farmstead or grange farm) are islands on the plain, the lofts of a Pannonian Noah’s Ark. (...)
The Monastery of Gračanica
It is not easy to comprehend all of the thoughts and knowledge of a medieval European, but it is certainly beyond doubt that the Serbian King Milutin and his master-masons, whose names are not even known, have left to "readers" of old European pictures, an increasingly rare breed, patterns of eternally vivid beauty. (...) |
