Serbia
26′53″, 2021.
DIRECTED BY
PRODUCED BY
SCRIPTWRITER
Snežana Šaponjić Ašanin
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Božidar Stanojević
EDITED BY
Mišo Rajičević
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The village of Maće in the Ivanjica region abounds in high-quality slate suitable for shaping flat stone slabs. As such, they are ideal for covering housing and commercial buildings. They provide excellent protection against all weather conditions, and durability is measured in centuries. In spite of fast spread of modern technologies, this traditional architecture has managed to preserve its authenticity and sustainability. The knowledge and skills of extracting this stone in quarry pits, its processing and the method of covering buildings have been passed down from generation to generation and preserved to this day.

Snežana Šaponjić Ašanin is an ethnologist, Museum Advisor at the Čačak National Museum. Her field of research work includes the intangible culture of our people and she is the regional coordinator for intangible cultural heritage for central Serbia. She is the author of a large number of events, research projects and ethnological films.