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Vampire Threat to Serbia?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on 29 November 2012 by delclem

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A recent ABC story starts: “For the people in a tiny Serbian village there is nothing sexy or romantic about a vampire. In fact, they are terrified that one of the most feared vampires of the area has been roused back to life. Rather than ‘Twilight’s’ Edward, the people of Zorazje fear that Sava Savanovic is lurking in their forested mountains of western Serbia.” >full text

Image: Sava Savanovic the vampire, of Serbian folklore (story & illustration (c) ABC, 2012).

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Going for a Smoke: Letter from Sarajevo

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on 3 April 2011 by delclem

Welcome to Sarajevo: On Ron Haviv’s famous war photo from 1994 you can see men wearing uniforms in front of a ruined house. A fire and smoke break. Nowadays, a poster outside Sarajevo airport carries the same title, but it shows a happy family, the Sebilj Fountain in the old part of town – and a bottle of Coke: icon of a lifestyle change in the 15 years after the war?

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