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Sheep-farming
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  • Sheep-farming is basic activity for the people who live in the mountain regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For many of them it is the only income they can have here. Since the pasture is of excellent quality, no polution at all, the sheep meat from Bosnia is delicious.

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    Spinning wool
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  • If the troop is small, the pasture is in the close vicinity of the villages and those who tend it are children or aged woman.
    Hand-made spinning wool is activity which aged woman practice when tending the troop. This kind of handicraft is an very old tradition in Bosnia, however, it can barely seen around today, only if you're lucky.

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    Taking photos
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  • War is the last thing comes to people's mind. After going thorugh a long civil war, what all ethnic groups want is peace. Thouch reconstruction going on still war scars are visbible in most part of the country. Be sensitive taking photos of those war damage.

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    No shoes, please!
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  • Leave your shoes outside please - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Leave your shoes outside
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    by american_tourister
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    In most homes people remove their shoes before entering. It is a cultural holdover from the time of Turkish rule but is also very practical. The roads and streets are usually muddy or slimy in the winter and dusty in the summer. Most homes have hardwood floors with carpets for padding. This keeps the household from becoming muddy or dirty.

    As it is custom you get used to wearing slip on shoes and making sure that you are not wearing socks with holes in them.

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    Cyrillic writings disappearing
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  • Disappearing cyrillic writing in Bihac - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Disappearing cyrillic
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    by dabuwan
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    As the cyrillic alphabet is identified by the local Moslim population with the Serb aggressors, there are almost no Cyrillic writings in BiH, unless you travel to Republika Sprska (that is part of BiH, anyway) where, on the other hand, everything is written in Cyrillic. Republika Sprska is inhabited only by Serbs and it has a sort of independence inside BiH.

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    Burek
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  • Burek is probably the most common food in BiH: you'll find in every town.
    It is a delicious pie, usually filled with meat or cheese, but other less popular variations may be found. It is quite cheap at 1.5 KM (= 0.75 E) for a big piece.
    Burek can be found also in Albania and Turkey, that is probably the country of origin of this pie.

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    Dead people posters
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  • Some posters announcing somebodys death in Bihac - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Some posters announcing
    somebodys death in Bihac
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    Throughout all BiH the death of a Moslim is announced by printing a small poster that is then hung around town, usually to the light poles.
    The posters are usually green, show a picture of the dead person, and there are always some arabic writings and the turkish half moon on them.

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    Visitng Mosques
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  • There many famous mosques in some parts of Bosnia but not all of them are accessible by visitors. Some are just opened in the prayer time to let people get in and closed again after they are out. Mosques are regular functioning places of prayer and visitor hours should be respected while visitng. Taking pictures of people praying can be seen as offensive.

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    They can fix anything
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  • What do you mean duct tape is no good? - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    What do you mean duct
    tape is no good?
    by american_tourister
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    During the war and almost ever since, it has been difficult for the Bosnians to purchase many hard goods. Because of the shortages during the war and the terrible economy since, the Bosnians have become masters at improvisation.

    They don't throw away anything, they repair it. They fix their own cars, plumbing, heaters, wagons, and appliances. They are as resilient as Cubans when it comes to this.

    The problem is that repaired is not always "as good as new". This leads to some errors and sadly, some accidents.

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    Catholic church
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  • When traveling around B&H, you may ask yourself, whos part is this one. The easiest way to find out wether the place belong to Muslim, Srebs or Croats is to look at the church and its bell-tower. If the bell-tower is like this one on the picture, it is a catholic church and the place belong to Croats.
    Minaret indicate Muslim population, while orthodox church those of the Serbs.
    Sometimes you might be confused wheter the church is catholic or orthodox, it is simple, just look at the position of the church's door.

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