I live in a country that exists since 2006 (it existed before, but it entered a union of countries called Yugoslavia until it became independant in 2006). It's located in South Europe, above Greece and Macedonia. After WWII, a military general formed a union of countries that wouldn't be joining the EU nor the SSSR. His name was Josip Broz Tito. At the time of his apsolutistic rulership (apsolutistic way of leading - leading until death) people in Yugoslavia were living very well, the pay checks were high, the population was growing and there was no crisis at all. Not everyone was, actually, happy about the way of living. The moto for Yugoslavia's people was: 'Serbs, Croats and Slovenians are the same, just different languages.". Croatia and Slovenia didn't agree with that, and riots in Croatia started to be common in the early 80s, after Tito had died in true sadness. As Yugoslavian sports teams were dominating, the country was falling apart. The Croats were desperate about breaking out of socialism. A lot of leaders tried to calm the situation down, but there was no luck. Zoran Milosevic came ontop and he started his brutal regime. He killed many innocent Croats, Muslims, even his own people, Serbs! In 1992, Croatia, along with Slovenia, broke off of Yugoslavia, but the end wasn't there. The Bosnian war (it was mostly in Bosnia, partially Serbia) started in 1995. Americans sent their armed forces, along with NATO to stop the Serbs from taking back Republika Srpska (a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina that belonged to Serbia before WWII). The Croats joined NATO and they attacked the Serbs too. After the Serbs had lost the war and Milosevic had weakened down, Milosevic's political oppoenents burnt down half of the interior of Belgrade's City hall. Milosevic stepped down, got arrested, and was sent to the Hague where he died in 2005. From then till 2012, Serbia was being controlled by democracy.
In my country (i'm pretty sure you now know which country i'm talking about) people like to celebrate in many ways. The most favourited way is eating meat and drinking wine and beer with it. Almost every person has a thing called 'Slava' (Celebration) once every year. On that day, the host celebrates a name of a holy person from our past and invites friends, cousins, family and there is a big feast. Usually, at those celebrations, people eat many types of beans, salads, turkeys (many are traditional), cakes and they drink a lot. During every meal on that day, there are usually more than 5-6 people eating. We also celebrate Christmas day on January 7th. Before Christmas day, we have a Badnje night. On that night, you shouldn't be going anywhere, as it gives you bad luck if you do. Weddings are celebrated like this: the groom dresses up and goes to pick up the bride, then they go to a church where the pope 'marries' them, after that they go to the restaurant (which is usually big, depending on the number of invited people) and they set up everything for the guests. When the guests arrive, the priest 'marries' the couple again in a more familiar way to all of the Christians. Anyways guys, i hope this wasn't too boring, i gotta go now. Laters.
In my country (i'm pretty sure you now know which country i'm talking about) people like to celebrate in many ways. The most favourited way is eating meat and drinking wine and beer with it. Almost every person has a thing called 'Slava' (Celebration) once every year. On that day, the host celebrates a name of a holy person from our past and invites friends, cousins, family and there is a big feast. Usually, at those celebrations, people eat many types of beans, salads, turkeys (many are traditional), cakes and they drink a lot. During every meal on that day, there are usually more than 5-6 people eating. We also celebrate Christmas day on January 7th. Before Christmas day, we have a Badnje night. On that night, you shouldn't be going anywhere, as it gives you bad luck if you do. Weddings are celebrated like this: the groom dresses up and goes to pick up the bride, then they go to a church where the pope 'marries' them, after that they go to the restaurant (which is usually big, depending on the number of invited people) and they set up everything for the guests. When the guests arrive, the priest 'marries' the couple again in a more familiar way to all of the Christians. Anyways guys, i hope this wasn't too boring, i gotta go now. Laters.
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