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Jotten' in the Balkans: January 2009
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. Bansko, Bulgaria: A Makedon-ski-town. Konstantin Miladinov, “T’ga za jug”. View my complete profile. Friday, January 16, 2009. Bansko, Bulgaria: A Makedon-ski-town. What I didn’t do was actually speak with locals about how they perceive themselves (the work of an ethnologist not on vacation! Friday, January 2, 2009. Konstantin Miladinov, “T’ga za jug”. Longing for the south (T'ga za jug). No, I cannot stay he...
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Jotten' in the Balkans: Kosovo
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. Sandzak and Le Salad Macedoine. View my complete profile. Friday, November 27, 2009. So what have been the trends? And relationships with friends, neighbors, spouses became subject to political, religious and ethnic disputes. Who’s Christian/Muslim, Serbian/Bosnian? I was only able to try a couple of kinds…). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Jotten' in the Balkans: December 2009
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. View my complete profile. Friday, December 18, 2009. Something certainly sets Bulgaria and Bulgarians apart. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Jotten' in the Balkans: February 2010
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Jotten' in the Balkans: December 2008
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. Saint Nick, saints’ days, and svadbi. Fesbuk, Skajp, and Jugo-nostalgia. View my complete profile. Friday, December 19, 2008. Saint Nick, saints’ days, and svadbi. 8220;Orientals seem to grow stout because they are fond of their food and their food grows fond of them, and it and they elect to live together in a happy symbiosis.”. 8221; (‘eat, eat! 8217;), gracious hosts will shout. Friday, December 12, 2008.
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Jotten' in the Balkans: September 2009
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. Southern Serbia, Ajvar, Grozdober and the Grape Har. Back in the Yugosphere. View my complete profile. Friday, September 25, 2009. Southern Serbia, Ajvar, Grozdober and the Grape Harvest. Friday, September 4, 2009. Back in the Yugosphere. To this end, while Macedonia is an industrialized country, their poor economy would make one think that consumption and goods might play less of a role in their lifestyle...
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Jotten' in the Balkans: March 2009
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. View my complete profile. Friday, March 27, 2009. This isn’t really up to me though, but where I want to go with this is down the path of united historical appreciation. Friday, March 20, 2009. A link to the video of Selmani and Negotino (in Macedonian). Http:/ www.a1.com.mk/video-home.asp? Friday, March 6, 2009. Fortunately, March is here. I always give a sigh of relief when this month arrives, for it is...
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Jotten' in the Balkans: April 2009
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. View my complete profile. Friday, April 17, 2009. Further, young children should have a red egg in the bath with them on Easter, as it’s believed to bring health and prosperity. Anyhow, it’s a fascinatingly more complex array of traditions than most Americans have, and I would now like to share what I wrote to my family last year after attending an Easter mass at a Serbian Orthodox Church in Indianapoli...
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Jotten' in the Balkans: July 2009
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Jotten' in the Balkans. Other sites of interest. State Dept Background Notes. Michael J. Totten. The Galichnik Wedding and Kriva River Valley. View my complete profile. Friday, July 17, 2009. The Galichnik Wedding and Kriva River Valley. Riding horses, a practice otherwise quite rare in Macedonia due to, as I understand, Ottoman restrictions on Christians riding any dromedaries (horses, donkeys, etc) for several centuries;. The evening then ends with dancing by all participants in the wedding (several do...