Bosnian Magic

Lampir according to Bosnian belief is a dead man, who was possessed by an evil spirit (Jinn) 7 or 40 days after his death, who in turn resur...

Hearth cooking. The round, metal object to the left is a sač used for baking on the hearth. Planinica, Bosnia, 1968. Making trahana,...

Thanks to him we have the first book containing valuable information about various kinds of Bosnian cooking with hundreds of recipes for sa...

  For 20 pieces: 550 gr. of fine flour, 100 gr. of coarse flour, 150 gr. of ground walnuts, 200 gr. butter, a little oil, one egg, 600 gr. ...

Stećak is monumental tombstone of medevial Bosnia, sometimes called kam, marble, bilig... An estimated 66,00 are found within the borders B...

Stuhe: in the past it was believed that stuhe or zduhači were male witches. They possessed magical powers and they were clairvoyant. They us...

Soul or Duša: according to belief a man should never be woken abruptly because his soul leaves his body while he sleeps and travels around t...

Angels or Meleki: it is believed among the people that there are two angels, one of them is blind and the other one is deaf, which are sent ...

Sheitan or Šejtani: they are demonic creatures that are similar to the Jinn. They are less powerful than the Jinn, because when a Šejtan e...

Lamija Hadziosmanovic – The Bosnian Cook In a Sarajevo bookshop we found a cookbook in English called ‘Bosnian Cook’. I hunted for day...

This dish is popular with in Bosnia, serve it with a tossed green salad. 1 ¾  cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 5 to 6 eggs Milk 1...

Until today the tree cult has been preserved in Bosnia, where specific trees, like linden (tilia platyphyllos) or Tisa, Tisovina (Taxus bacc...

Traditionally in Bosnia and Herzegovina the spiritual healers, stravarke, bule and hodžas, annul all those psychological and physical prob...

Just few decades ago, every settlement in Bosnia, no matter how big it was, had its traditional healers, herbalists, stravari, faladžija, No...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn67ynfGMuI Manydishes that did not originate in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose oriental originis undisputed,...

All Bosnia seem to love rahatluk. Ad who can blame them? The name is a corrupted form on the Arabic rahat-lokoum, which means „a little swee...

Stravarka repeat three times Surah Ikhlas and then the following  formula: In my Aliye there are nine spells; not nine of them, there ar...

The most typical form of urban music in Bosnia is the sevdalinka or love - song . ( The name is derived from the Turkish word sevda - love -...