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Vidovdan is one of the most important religious holidays of the Serbs, Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbia, as it is of great a historical importance because of the Battle of Kosovo which was fought between Medieval Serbia and the invading Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389. The lyrics refer to the battle and Serbs of Kosovo.
In Krajište and Vlasina there are epic stories of the extermination of Romans in a battle, and of the settling of Serbs [2] [3] Unlike East Slavic mythology, south slavic mythology distinguishes between two different kinds of dragons: the benevolent zmej and the malevolent ala. [4]
In Serbia, there is the example of the epic song Carica Milica i zmaj od Jastrepca (Serbian: Царица Милица и змај од Јастрепца) and its folktale version translated as "The Tsarina Militza and the Zmay of Yastrebatz". [47] [48] Zmey of Macedonian fairy tales
The earliest surviving record of an epic poem related to Serbian epic poetry is a ten verse fragment of a bugarštica song from 1497 in Southern Italy about the imprisonment of Sibinjanin Janko (John Hunyadi) by Đurađ Branković, [3] [4] however the regional origin and ethnic identity of its Slavic performers remains a matter of scholarly dispute.
Although Serbia's strategic fall was the Battle of Maritsa in 1371, Kosovo was the spiritual fall of Serbia and a beginning of a new era for the Serbs. The real Kosovo Battle was not as decisive as presented by the myth because the final downfall of medieval Serbian state happened 70 years after it, in 1459, when the Ottomans captured Smederevo.
The "March on (or to) the Drina" (Serbian: Марш на Дрину, romanized: Marš na Drinu, pronounced [mârʃ na drǐːnu]) is a Serbian patriotic march which was composed to commemorate the Serbian victory in Battle of Cer during World War I and came to be seen as a symbol of Serbian resistance and victory in the World War I. Along with the other World War I song, Tamo daleko, it became ...
During the Bosnian War, the song was a marching anthem for nationalist Serb paramilitaries (revived "Chetniks"). [14] The song has been rewritten multiple times in various languages and has retained its militant and anti-Bosnian themes. [2] "Remove Kebab" is the name for the song used by the alt-right and other ultranationalist groups. [5]
Arise, Serbia! Arise, empress! Let your children see your face. Make them turn their hearts and eyes on you, and let them hear your sweet voice. Chorus: Arise, Serbia! You fell asleep long ago, And have laid in the dark. Now wake up And rouse the Serbs! Raise your imperial head high, so land and sea may know you again. Show Europe your ...