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Guide to Sarajevo
Ethnographic style

Guide to Sarajevo society

Guide to the coffeehouses of Sarajevo

	Traditional so-called Bosnian coffeehouses differ from ordinary ones. They serve Bosnian coffee in a unique way, and seldom sell alcohol.
	Read about:
	-What traditional coffeehouses serve uniquely?
	- sok od smreke (juice from juniper berries and watter)
	- salep (hot beverage made from the root of salep plant)

Everyone in Sarajevo has a group to hang out with – or a so-called raja. However, it is more than just a group of friends.
Read about:
- What is raja?
- playing the social butterfly
- provoking fun
- a peculiarkind of popularity

	How people in Sarajevo developed the art of enjoyment. Mostly connected to socializing intensively in coffeehouses.
	Read about:
	- metzeluk = socializing while having a bite to eat
	- ćeif [tscheif] = state of good mood, pleasure and enjoyment
	- merak = delight
	- sevdah = slow type of music with strong vocals and mostly lyircs about love (Portuguese = fado)

	Word papak is very well integrated into the Sarajevo vocabulary. But who is papak?
	Read about:
	-Bosnia's papak = someone who is an outsider
	- to understand better: - google Sarajevska fuk'ra (in Bosnian)

	Cozy atmosphere and local traditions are part of the Sarajevo's hidden charms
	Read about:
	- mahala = name for neighbourhood in Ottoman period, today can be a name for social control
	- Ferhadija [ferhadzija]= pedestrian street, in Austro-Hungarian part of the city center
	- Baščaršija [basch - tscharsija] = old Ottoman part of the Sarajevo