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Awesome day is Skopje today! We visited Matka Canyon, which is insanely gorgeous. We took a boat to the second-deepest cave in Europe. Then off to a monastery with original Byzantine frescos. Finally we took had a walking tour around Skopje and befriended a very sweet dog who liked belly rubs so much she followed us around all afternoon.

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Quick Pita (Soft & Fluffy Greek-Style)

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Romanian embroidery details

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D U B R O V N I K

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Klisura monastery, Serbia. XIII century.

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In the Balkans, we don't say: What is going on?

We say: Koji kurac više?!

And I think that's bjutiful🥰🥰

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OK, so I've been obsessed with traditional costume lately and decided to do a Balkan-inspired lookbook (??). It wasn't easy, as there isn't much eastern European / Balkan CC available, so I had to make do with what I had, and some of these aren't perfect.

List of countries that served as inspiration, from left to right:

Montenegro 🇲🇪 - Serbia 🇷🇸 - Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦 - Bulgaria 🇧🇬 - Croatia 🇭🇷 - Serbia 🇷🇸.

Most CC is from @marsmerizing-sims, thank you!

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Balkan gothic aka. grandmas house

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Bosnian wedding

Bosnia 1992 🇧🇦

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"Long live March 8th, Women's Day of Struggle" Yugoslavia 1945.

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Historical Solidarity between Socialist countries like Yugoslavia and Poland with decolonizing countries in Africa

In the early weeks of 1961, news broke that sent a jolt through much of the decolonizing world: Patrice Lumumba, the Republic of the Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister, had been executed. Lumumba had become a powerful symbol of African independence after he led Congo to liberation from Belgian colonial rule in June 1960. But his time in office was short lived. Just months into independence, he was deposed in a coup backed by internal rivals and western powers. Captured and handed over to secessionist forces in Katanga with the complicity of Belgian authorities, Lumumba was killed on January 17, 1961.

His death was met with outrage in Socialist nations. In Yugoslavia, anger exploded into the streets. In Belgrade, a crowd estimated at 150,000 gathered to condemn what they saw as a brutal act of neo-colonial interference. Chanting slogans and carrying placards that read “Glory to Lumumba; Death to Colonialism,” the protestors marched with growing intensity. Clashes with police erupted, culminating in the storming and looting of the Belgian embassy. The protests were not isolated to the capital, they spread to other cities as well, with Congolese students studying in Yugoslavia joining in. That same year, Belgrade’s new student dormitory was named in Lumumba’s honor.

Other Socialists countries experienced similar reactions. In Poland on February 14th, 1961, the Belgian embassy was met with riots, when around a thousand students (mostly from the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute), gathered outside and chanted slogans, denouncing Belgium as responsible for Lumumba’s death. Polish authorities, far from suppressing the unrest, appeared to welcome the public outrage. Government officials issued statements condemning Belgium, and state-run newspapers published fierce denunciations of “imperialists” and “colonial murderers.” While Premier Jozef Cyrankiewicz even sent an official telegram of condolence to Congolese rebel leader Antoine Gizenga, recognizing him as the legitimate vice premier of the Congo. The night after that protestors stormed the embassy destroying it and covering Belgian officials with crimson paint.

Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Lumumba’s assassination was not just seen as the silencing of a leader, but was also interpreted as an attack on the very idea of self-determination. His legacy ignited mass mobilizations, symbolic acts of remembrance, and a wave of anti-colonial solidarity.