Krajina Serbs who found their new homeland and refuge in the region of the Canadian megalopolis of Toronto do not forget the traditional customs from the regions they had come from.

They confirmed this by Krajina Evenings program, organized at the beginning of February in Hamilton, says Ilija Vujanović, originally from Kordun.

The organizer of this sixth event was the School of Serbian Folklore Sloga from Hamilton.

Performances were given by four dance ensembles, female and male singing groups and ethnic singers.

Folklore ensembles, singers and other artists presented choreographies from Kordun, Banija, Bosanska Krajina and Serbia to a large audience, which has been following the traditional performances of this school for years. The school management made the original costumes of these regions.

Members of the Serbian Society Kordun from Toronto, the traditional singing group Ćemer, who sang songs from Petrova Gora, were also greeted with thunderous applause. A group of women wearing traditional folk costumes demonstrated the custom of plucking from Kordun.

Ilija Vujanović, a member of Kordun Serbian Society Toronto, noted the importance of nurturing traditional creativity, language, songs and costumes.

He thanked the organizer and participants of the program for preserving their own customs and traditions, which also UNESCO recognized and included in the world cultural heritage as the intangible heritage of Serbs from Kordun.

The audience was entertained by Milivoj Dorontic’s orchestra, accordion player Branko Glavaš and singers Mirko Petrinjac and Nikolina Vlašić.

Boro Daić, director of the Folklore School Sloga, thanked the sponsors, collaborators, participants in the program and the audience for their help in organizing the program.

Source: Nezavisne novine

Photo: Sloga School of Serbian Folklore