The RTS Diaspora Program team recently visited the Serbian community in Gothenburg, Sweden. They attended a gala concert in honor of the Serbian Society Sinđelić’s 50th anniversary. This is what Gothenburg looks like these days...

‘Now, we receive a lot of, if I may say so, not praise, but very positive views of our diaspora, because they see how much we have integrated into Swedish society, go to schools, learn languages, etc. Swedes are now among the first in Europe to have strict criteria and it is much harder for our people to regularize here; of course, this is not a problem for our people because we are hardworking, diligent, fast to fit in, fast in learning languages, etc.,’ says Mila Opalić, Diaspora Coordinator at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in the Kingdom of Sweden.

‘My main task is to bring these children together, so that the children do not forget their roots, that they continue to speak the Serbian language, that they have traditions, that they have nice time together… we all took our first steps in this club of ours, so that it is something very significant, and that is passed down from generation to generation, from me to my children and so on, and that is how my grandchildren will dance one day,’ says Ana Rakić, culture officer of the SS Sinđelić. ‘We have various activities. In sports, there is basketball, football, chess, table tennis, and we compete in all ages. In basketball, we have all three youth ages, we have female basketball, mainly youth aged from 7 to 12, from 12 to 15, and additionally up to 16, three different ages, so both in folklore and in various sports,’ says Obrad Žarkovi, sports officer.

Source: Radio Television of Serbia

Photo: Serbian Society Sinđelić Gothenburg Sweden