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The Last Felting Mill at Solotuša

Serbia
26’, 1990

DIRECTED BY
Radoslav Ognjenović

SCRIPTWRITER
Nedeljko Ješić, Radoslav Ognjenović

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Milovan Urošević

EDITED BY
Milina Mitrović

PRODUCED BY
TV Beograd

The tailor's trade – the craft of making folk dress from felt, is one of the old rural and urban crafts that survived almost until the end of the twentieth century. The fabric for folk dress was made of pure sheep's wool through a long processing procedure. In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta, on the river Solotuša, only one felting mill has remained in which felt is manufactured using the traditional method – rolling.

 

Marga for A Soldier

Serbia
29’, 1990

DIRECTED BY
Dragoslav Lutovac

SCRIPTWRITER
Kamenko Katić

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Predrag Todorović

EDITED BY
Vesna Dujmović

PRODUCED BY
TV Beograd

The rich ritual practice of the Vlach-speaking population in eastern Serbia is particularly expressed in the context of death-related rituals. The pomane,i.e. the rituals commemorating the dead, still constitute a sacred space and time in which, as it is believed, a contact is established between the world of the living and the world of the dead, while bloodless sacrifice in the form of food and drink offerings ensures that the dead may enjoy in their eternal abode.

 

A Celebration at Ždrelo

Srbija
44’, 1990

DIRECTED BY
Dragoslav Lutovac

SCRIPTWRITER
Kamenko Katić

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Predrag Todorović

EDITED BY
Vesna Dujmović

PRODUCED BY
TV Beograd

The wedding-related ritual corpus belongs to those which are the most readily adapted to changes in their cultural environment. The cultural environment of the Gastarbeiters in eastern Serbia also reveals the ways in which their temporary stay and work abroad are reflect in the changes in ritual practice and the ways of demonstrating status symbols through wedding rituals.