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** Explore the Serbian Culture ** On this page you will find a lot of information about Serbian culture. You will learn about the languages, religion, food, and music just to name a few. I have also included some personal stories on this page for you, because I am part Serbian. I have been to many events with my family that included some form of the Serbian culture, and I also have many cousins that participate in some Serbian cultural events on a regular basis.

Language: Serbian- originated from the Southwestern Slovac languages.
 * Serbian is the official language of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro (Wikipedia, 2011)

Religion: Serbian Orthodox St. Sava Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Orthodox Churces in Serbia.

Food Sarma is a dish that many of my family memeber make for different Holidays. It is made of sour cabbage, mixed meats and bacon.

Every year for the Holidays during the warm months my family likes to roast a lamb. For St. George in May we roast a lamb at my uncle's house, and for Labor Day in September we roast a lamb at my Grandpa's house.

Holidays  Christmas- Th  e Orthodox religion celebrates Christmas on January 7th each year   In the Serbian Culture many holiday's have different dates each year. Some holiday's that are celebrated on the same day each year are: (World Travel Guide, 2011) My family celebrates St. George day on May 7th every year by going to my aunt and uncle's house.
 * In 2011 New Year's Day was celebrated on Februrary 1st, while in 2012 New Year's Day will be celebrated on January 1st.
 * Just like Christianity, Orthodox celebrate Easter on a different day each year. This coming year Good Friday will be celebrated on April 13th, and Easter will be celebrated on April 15th.
 * St. Sava's day- January 27th
 * Constitution Day- Februrary 15th
 * Victory Day- May 9th
 * St. George is the Patron Saint of the Grubisich Family

Music and Dance media type="youtube" key="ApDOK882tMU" height="315" width="560" Many of my cousins participate in a dance team that goes to folk dance competitions and performs at many church events.

Folk Music Instruments

The instrument to the left is called a Tambura. This instrument is something that is played in folk bands. Three of my cousins play the tambura in the Tambura band at St. George Serbian Church in Joliet.

References Serbian culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Retrieved December 10, 2011, from [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_culture#Language] Serbian Church in History. (n.d.). //Kosovo - Serbian Orthodox Church and Post-war Suffering//. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from [] Serbian CookBook - The largest collection of Serbian recipes. (n.d.). //Serbian CookBook - The largest collection of Serbian recipes//. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from [] Serbia Public Holidays. (n.d.). //Travel Guides - World Travel Guide//. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from []

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