In Serbia, it is normal to live with my parents and grandparents in the house. In my house we have seven family members. My grandparents also lived in the same house. We younger people take care of the elderly and the youngest in the house. Of course we all work and help .In Serbia, the economy is not strong and that is why we all stick together. In Serbia, the family always comes first.
The word Kosovo means “Land of the Blackbird” in Serbia. Every other geographical location there is named in Serbian as well, that should give you the logical conclusion who has lived in those lands for centuries. Kosovo and Metohija is considered the “cradle of Serbian civilization” and “Serbian holly land”. Kosovo is where Serbians fought Ottomans who were marching to conquer Europe. A lot of Serbian blood has been shed trough the centuries to protect those lands because they’re sacred to the Serbian people. A larger population of Albanians didn’t really live there until after WW2. In the 90s, when Yugoslavia was in a civil war and it was falling apart, Albanians living in Kosovo took up arms and started killing and banishing the Serbian population, a lot of Serbians were kidnapped and taken to the infamous “yellow house” in Albania were they were cut open for organs to be sold on the black market. Albanians started claiming that Kosovo and Metohija is their rightful land and that they started destroying and burning down medieval Serbian churches and monasteries to erase all traces of Serbian life there for centuries (there are videos of it on TH-cam, for anyone interested) that even UNESCO had to intervene and the under their protection the last 4 non-destroyed Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Kosovo because they’re a thousand years old heritage that shouldn’t disappear. So, yeah, I think it’s pretty clear why Serbians will never recognize Kosovo as independent aka Albanian. What Jerusalem is to Jewish people, Kosovo is to Serbian people. 🙂
Dang! Wow. Thank you for that information. I had no idea. The history sounds so sad. I've only read a bit about Milosevic and what happened recently. From the tiny amount I've read, it seemed like that was too many sad events. So, it's unfortunate to hear there were even MORE sad events like that. Hopefully, the future will be peaceful!
@Illyrian Warrior serbs let Albanians to come and live on Kosovo, and then Albanians started embarrassing them and make them leave, that's why there's more Albanians.
@@janakolasinac1686 Sorry to hear about your grandfather's home and your home! I can't imagine how hard it is to deal with that. Idk how the insurance system is there. You seem to know a lot about the history. Thank you for the information.
Serbia or Serbian Orthodox church to be exact uses Julian calendar and that's why Christmas is on January 7th and new years or Orthodox new years is on 14th of January. But that calendar is only used for religious purposes in our every day life we use same calendar as rest of the world. And that is not the case only for Serbia many Orthodox churches use Julian calendar so Christmas is on January the 7th in Serbia, Montenegro, Serbian part of Bosnia, Russia, Georgia...
@@evanramino1700 Ok-Dragan gave basic information about Orthodoxy-there is much more to add---but the main information is that Orthodoxy was the first Christianity--Constantine (Roman Empire--17 emperor from the territory of Serbia)--all other Christian faiths broke away from Orthodoxy through the centuries--greeting
@@dejanprokic5999 , Before 1600 hundred and some years we all use the same calendar Julian calendar,and then they found out about month February LEAP-YEAR. A new calendar they give the name after a Roman pop Gregorian. Maybe you can explain better.Pozdrav.
Cool video! Sounds a lot like the Asian culture in Serbia. We're not require to leave the house until 21, 23.. We also don't leave our parents or grandparents in some home. They took care of us, it will be our time to take care of them in return. No shaming, nothing, it's in our cultures. We are not big into gifts as well, whatever the occasion is, usually is about food & getting together that is far more important. I mean in terms of generality. Well, we Asians aren't tall in general, not that kind of tall. That is probably the obvious exception. :-) Cheers from Malaysia
Thank you. The focus on gift giving instead of enjoying time together makes people less happy here. People in general here look to what others have and compare themselves. When they have less, they feel inferior. Hopefully, the focus of other countries is more on what matters most. Health and fun. Money is important but what's the point of having money if you arent happy. The way Serbians and people in Malaysia behave during holidays/special occasions seems to push people towards the right path. Anyways, thanks for checking out my video! Have a great one.
@@evanramino1700 You pointed out the obvious :-) Kudos 👍😊 I believe there's more to just things/ or possessions. Life in itself is a priceless 'gift'! Cheers from Malaysia 🍸
Average height for Men is actually more, because if you don't include older generations. Men up to 40 are over 6 feet and average is 182-183cm. Younger generations up to 20-25 are even taller. I'm 6 4 and many teenagers are taller then me.
@@milanbojanic565 Well not everyone is tall, im 182 but many of my friends are above 190cm, and im born in belgrade. Serbs are very tall actually. My grandfather is 197cm and my father 189, but my mother is short 163cm
I guess in US is like "what goes around comes around" situation , parents kick their kids out of the house when they are 19, but when they get old they get shoved into the nursing homes in return.
Yea. I was happy to learn Serbians don't do that. There are many here that do take care of their parents though. Being in a nursing home sounds so depressing!!
Doing an essay in the States, comparing my Ethiopian origin country to Serbia. I attend a Serbian Orthodox Church which is where my interest originates, but I am loving this video! You are adorable & charismatic. The reason Christmas falls in January is because they follow the Eastern Orthodox calendar, which have Jesus’s birthday in January.
Younger generations in Serbia are much taller than before. Like, my father is 5`5`` and I am 6`2`` , I am positive that 20 year olds in Serbia are well over 6 feet on average.
Actually Serbs are 177cm the study that said serbs are 180cm is only of 300 people the correct study cites thousand of test subjects that study is more accurate
If you take a roommate in your apartment (that was owned by your family since your grandfathers grandfather) and after a few years he claims that a room he lives in is a separate apartment and in his ownership, what would you do? Would you recognize his "independence"?
Wow! I'm impressed. You have mentioned very important facts that hardly anyone talks about, and all in one video! Not to mention the part where you talk about the Serbian map! 👍 Thumbs up for that! I live in the U.S. and I often see elderly over 90 years of age shopping for their groceries even though they can hardly walk or reach higher shelves. If I could, I would bring them all to my house! 😄 Maybe one day! And yes, I'm attached to my kids, especially my son. A bond between a Serb mother and her son is strong!
Thank you! I heard Serbian men get VERY angry when you talk bad about their mom. lol. Where does the Serbian population live in the US? I looked in NYC and it doesn't seem like there is a concentration of Serbians in one area in NYC.
@@evanramino1700 Serbs are everywhere 😄. Just look for Serbian Orthodox Church on the internet. Whichever city has a church, large Serbian population will be there. Also, look for Serbian restaurants. Google should help you locate them. But you'll find Serbs in every major city. All the best!
@@life.in.the.slow_lane Everywhere. lol That's good. The church and restaurant look up is a good idea! I was just curious if there was one city that has the most. Anyways, thank you!
@@evanramino1700 There is a saying in Serbia that the second largest Serbian city in the world is Chicago. I believe there's a population of over 500 000 Serbian people in it. Only Belgrade has a larger number of Serbs with its 2 000 000 occupants. Greetings from Serbia!
And for Christmas we don't give presents. For children yes. But it is more important for us to gather with our family. And then we gather with all our loved ones in front of the Church.
Kosovo or Kosovo and Metohija have been part of Serbian territory since ancient times. And there is the Old Monestery and Churches from the 9th century, which was build by Serbian rulers.
Ancient times Slavic Avars and Serbs came to Ballkans in 7th century officially accepted christianity in 9th century those Churches in Kosova are build 100 years after Jesus death Albanians were Christians way way before slavs what do you guys think that when Serb Slavs moved to Ballkans in 7th century nobody lived in ballkans and ballkan was empty land 🤔
I love how he explained it and it's all true tbh. I was living with my grandparents up until i was 4 and my parents got their own house, but still everyday I would go to my grandparents house to talk to them, take care of them and bc my grandma's food was so good 🙏
About reactions on wrong map, most People would try to explain the Kosovo situation like people in the coments but some could be frustrated like People Who lost someone during 1999 war. We see Kosovo as occupied province beside formaly it is not declared as occupied.
There is something called family Value. They look out and look after each other whoever young or old as family. Feel sorry for western countries, they kick out each other as soon as become adult or getting old and that’s why you can hear a lot old people died alone in the house for long time no one noticed.
I travel 750km in one way many times in year, pack my wife and children to go to my parents in serbia to do everything around the house, cut grass, fix everything, cut wood for winter, buy everything in shop what they need, fix car, change tyres. They lived their working life to give every penny to me and my bro, so we do everything we can to make their life easier. That is in our culture. We the serbs don't kick our littleones out of the house like rest of the world. We help them to built their own, so they can leave and make their own life story. Serb
And yes, we care for elders, they brought us to this world, they kept us as a kids, gave us everything they had with love, we don’t betray outr the dearest . And health care is completely free here, so a re retaining homes, but no way anyone would send anyone there, unless there is no an other option.
The difference between your and our Christmas is because we celebrate it as it meant to be, the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Christ. So for Orthodox Serbian Christmas you say "Hristos se rodi" meaning "Christ is born" and the other one will answer "Vaistinu se rodi" meaning "He is truly born".
I had no idea there was a difference. Thanks for the information! I also forgot to mention you guys have that delish looking bread cesnica. Do you make that every xmas or is it a regular food you prepare/buy?
@@evanramino1700 We make it for Christmas and our family Saint day (Slava), usually made by our grandmothers or mothers as it symbolizes the body of Christ. The baker of the bread puts a coin inside and who ever gets the coin the following year will be prosperous for him/her. There is lot to tell for our Christmas like fasting, dried fruits, dried tree branches etc.. you must come here to experience.
@@duwxas You still keep the coin inside. That is so cool. I was reading about that and i thought that's probably going to be abandoned by now. Happy to hear it's still done. I like it. Serbian Christmas is awesome lol. Thanks for the information!
@@evanramino1700Thank you very much :) Everybody in the family tears a piece of cesnica with their bare hands, the coin is hidden in a piece, who finds the coin keeps it and the rest of the piece he/she got eats it. You must eat your piece either you got the coin or not.
I feel that average height in Belgrade at least is even greater. I'm 191cm, so around 6'3'' and I often times feel quite average when I'm walking around the city, it's not like there's a ton of people taller than me, but the majority either matches my height or are a couple centimeters taller, about 5 or 6.
I am really surprised how objective you are and yet everything you have observed are actually true. Greetings from Serbia. Have you ever considered to visit Serbia? If you do, besides Belgrade, you should visit Novi Sad and countryside of Serbia.
Thank you Martius. I'll be in Serbia in like 5 weeks. I was considering going to Novi Sad but i also want to see Nis and Kragujevac which are on opposite sides of Novi Sad lol. Idk what i'm gonna do yet but ya, Novi Sad looks like a great place to visit! Thank you for the suggestion. Have a great day man!
I am from Sweden. In general, up here in the northern Europe, the parents kicks out their 18 y/o kids, or when the kid thinkes it is old enough to take care of it self it moves away, sometimes as early as 10. In southern Europe, I meet alot of them, in general, the parents and the kids never cut the cord.
Kinda similar with indonesian culture tho. We're living with our parent even when we are married and have our own family. Mostly son who will take those responsibilities to our parents.
Gifts for New Years for kids ! We don't buy presents for Christmas we go to church and are selebrating Christ birth with friends and family ...big dinner and gathering! Don't mix that up please!!! Very important 😌
2:14 Thats true, officialy Serbs are 4th and 5th the tallest nation in Europe, after Dutch people and some scandinavian nations. 3:43 Our parrents expects of us to care of them when they became old and can not do some things alone. It is normal in not just serbian, in Balcan culture, italian culture, .... 6:56 True, but not just in Serbia. Whole Balcan and east Europe, Balcan, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus,... maybe Poland, Slovakia,... i am not sure for them.
Ya, i've been reading more about Montenegro and other neighboring countries. They have a lot in common with Serbia. The thing that blew me away the most was reading about how life was like in Yugoslavia. WOW! I was blown away. Things just seemed so great. I know the countries are independent now and like their independence but it's just surprising how great things were for the common person. Anyways, thanks for checking out the video. I can't wait to visit these countries in a month or two! Have a great day!
Serbs and Dutch are the tallest Europeans. Montenegro is a Serbian land. Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian (old) calendar. Kosovo is not recognised by the majority of the worlds countries. Peace...
Actually no, that is Serbia, bosnian serbs are average 1,85 tall, montenegrin serbs are also round that number, which does make them 2nd in europe or sometimes even first(depends on the source). This has to do with genetics and ancesutors of serbs on the certain territory.
@@vanja2565 They're all tall lol. Even Albanians. I remember in middle school. Two of my good friends were Albanian and they were both tall and skinny. Used to eat whatever they wanted and wouldn't get fat. Me on the other hand, i got fat fast! I was so fat. lol. But, they probably ate healthy food at home.
Well of course you don't kick your parents or grandparents to a retirement home. They didn't kick you out of the house when you were 20, right? It goes both ways. I've never found that special, I guessed it was just called being human and caring for your family, but apparently some counties don't see it that way 🙄
My grandfather once told me a story about a son who has build a new house for his young family and his parents have helped a lot around it.His parents were old and as all old people had that smell, poor eyesight and bladder control. He and his wife discussed what to do with new clean house and old parents ,they decided to place them in barn and to feed them fom one big old pot.Old parents cried but what could they do... so their son and oldest grandson started preparing the barn and upon placing pot in it grandson asked father Dad we should decide if this pot will be sufficient for you, mother and grandparents if they are still alive when I become a parent.
Same with us Arabs especially lavent Arabs. We all live and stay with our parents till we get narrated and we take care of everyone even if we move abroad, we send a lot of money back home. Mostly every country that’s not western follow these pure traditions. Plus, Serbians celebrate Christmas on Jan the 7th cuz their orthodox just like some of the Arab orthodox back home. Most Arab countries have indigenous arab Jews, orthodox arab Christians and arab Catholics, and then arab Muslims that Islam came down as the last religion for all the Arabs which some of them reverted to Islam. Do Palestine next please.
Planning on it. Hoping the people living in those cities speak English. There is no way i can learn Serbian in 5 weeks. lol. Thank you for the tip Danilo!
Someone has probably answered this by now, but just in case they haven’t… Serbia is an Orthodox nation, so they go by the Orthodox, or Julian, calendar vs the Gregorian calendar that most nations use. That means that some major holidays like Christmas, New Years, and Easter will fall on different days. There are times when Easter will fall on the same day, but Christmas is always January 7 and New Year’s January 14. Basically the differing calendars come from the Great Schism of 1054 when the Catholic and Orthodox churches split, and they chose not to adopt the new Gregorian calendar.
Тhe biggest problem with Americans is that raw materials, in Serbia, the most important thing is family and that everyone be together, the american family is torn apart and that is a huge problem.
In Serbia Santa Clause is connected with the New Year. Orthodox Serbs celebrate Xmas by old calendar (in January 7th) and correctly Xmas for them is family gathering with traditional values and customs - Burning the oak branch instead of decorating coniferous tree (that is reserved for new year which comes before Xmas in Serbia)
Xmas should be for the family and not about the gifts. The malls here are PACKED for like 2 months before Christmas. It's annoying. If it makes people happy, it's cool i guess. But, Serbian way is way better imo. Thanks for watcihng Colin!
@@evanramino1700 xmas here is not commercialized at all. Serbs keep it spiritual, religious and personal. there is xmas wheat - wheat grains are wetted on st nicolas, some 2 weeks before xmas, by xmas wheat seedlings are nice and green so you light a candle in the middle of it. we call it bozicno zito. it the anticipation of xmas people organize oak burning. google for paljenje badnjaka. next to bonfire we share cooked wine or brandy and even fish stew or roast meat. there are many more traditional customs for xmas here. but Easter with colored eggs is nice too. this year is on May the first. if you will be here you will enjoy
@@colinafobe2152 Just to clarify this: burning of the oak branch (badnjak) is not a substitute for Christmas tree (you can still have Christmas tree if you want). But oak ritual comes for pre-Christian tradition, and it's connected to Perun, ancient Salvic God of thunder and war.
@@Sleepery22 but in serbia as far as i know "xmas tree" is called "new year tree" novogodisnja jelka. badnjak oak is not subtitute but it is completely different tradition
@@colinafobe2152 It's called 'new year tree' (novogodisnja jelka), first coz the calendar is shifted, and people put it up for Gregorian new year, keep it over the Christmas holidays all the way till Julian new year (13th). Second, in socialist times it was not cool to call it 'Christmas tree'.
Nice video, thanks for sharing. One very important aspect of Serbian culture is our Slava, which nobody seems to have mentioned in the comments. Serbs are the only people to celebrate Slava. I suggest you research the topic!
When we talk about the so-called Kosovo as an independent state, we should look at the world map, which clearly shows how many countries have not recognized this territory as independent state! See the map in the following attachment. th-cam.com/video/4CPZpKTOaEo/w-d-xo.html
@@80sgirl96 Oh nice! you're gonna love it. Make sure you go to the farmers market and buy a ton of foods from the locals. the food here is sooo amazing! i do that daily now lol. my recent vid was about that. wish you the best!
Yeah, as a Serb all of these were accurate! My grandma frequently visits her mother to take care of her and talk to her (about every day). When my older sister announced she wanted to move out at the age of eighteen, my parents (and i) couldnt really understand why, because it would simply make much more logical sense for her to stay here for a bit longer. We were also not taught much about Kosovo and i usually see many graffiti of "Kosovo je Srbija" (kosovo is serbia). I am personally not too much into politics so i don't mind any beliefs regarding that subject. I can also confirm the facts about height and how we spend our Christmas
The reason Christmas falls on january 7th is that our orthodox church still uses the old medival calendar (julian calendar i think) which lags behind 13 days behind the new Gregorian one because of inaccuracies in measurements at the time, that's why a lot of holidays are off by 13 days
Kosovo je Serbija as for Poland the cradle was GreaterPoland(Wielkopolska with city of Poznań) the same with regards to Kosovo-Serbian people are Proud Nation-i have always had great experiences and what we have in common is that WE FIGHT TILL THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD-Serbia and Poland had the highest casualties during 2nd WW-POZDRAWIAM BRACI SERBÒW-KOCHAM WAS❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️KOSOVO WILL BE SERBIAN ONCE AGAIN
We are majority Orthodox Christian, we use different calendar - Gregorian calendar, Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7th. We also have new year that falls usually around 13th or 14th of January.
4:00 My family live in this single place for more than 200 years. There are some families here that have roots for more than 250 years. Maybe more... Mate, no offend, BUT, there are other Christianities than Catholic. If you don't learn in school that there is Orthodox Christianity (Russia, etc.) then your educational system sucks. Here, it is normal to know the existence of all religions. Not all, all, but most important. Nice overview, though...
so if you ask your grand grand fother or look more deep im sure you will find that russian brought prisoniers to occupy balkan countries as you can see albanian land is mre then Until Nis but you stole and you are very good to start wats with lot of countries in Balkan and never win no good history.
Serbians are ortodox and thats why we celebrite Christmas in 07. january... that's easiest way to explain you that :) Btw it's excelent video and from some other perspective you were watching our culture. And if you ever will coming to Serbia you are welcome to be my guest.
In Serbian you take care of family, we all stick together, Christmas is about the birth of jesus christ also it falls on January 7th is becuse jesus was born
I must say you got it right. Since I am Serb I could go over the Kosovo issue for hours, but I guess the majority of comments have done that already. I can add that staying with parents is not exclusive to Serbs, it happens a lot in southern Europe. Italians even have a word for it: mammone!
We "don't think" that Kosovo is part of Serbia, but we know... it was never recognized in the UN, and the fact that the Americans and other fools recognized it means nothing!!! Those geography lessons are wrong!!!
Wow what a great insight about serbia little is known about this place i only knew this as a war torn country during the war i guess i was correct sorry if my facts are not accurate..but now i am glad this place is in my bucket list..
Regarding our Orthodox Christmas that falls on the 7th of January... it's because of the old Christian calendar that all Orthodox Christians celebrate. However, even though we don't exchange gifts during our Christmas (we do on New Year's Eve instead), we Serbs are the only culture/people that treat "the first guest that pays us a visit" in the morning of Christmas Day like a KING or QUEEN.....we give them breakfast (food to go), drink (alcohol), clothes, in some cases even money LoL...this has to do with the Jesus's birth and the Kings that traveled to see the baby Jesus. Another interesting fact about Serbia and the Culture.....the original meaning of the Cross is ancestry, your grandparents and relatives that are not alive anymore ....the Orthodox Cross has two smaller crossing sections besides the big in the middle ( bottom is a little bit slanted upwards...it means the beginning of everyone's life on Earth; and at the top, which is straight across....it means the end of life on Earth) Also many Serbs feel that family is more important than anything in the world....the 4 symbols of C(fire symbols)around the Cross in our Crest(Heraldry)and the flag, represent just that "Family is very important, and the fire/warmth in the family house has to be always ON" Cheers 🍻
@@evanramino1700 Oh that is a great idea! A lot of things to see here. My favorites are Uvac canyon and Golubac fortress. You can google it just to see how it looks. 👍
My boyfriend, who is a Serb, is about if not over 6 foot, meanwhile my short barely 5-foot ass is just heading for the heels every time I have to take a picture with us side by side. But he's nice and can be a gentleman at times. Though he is stubborn as hell when we disagree.
In Serbia average height for men under 30 is 6 feet. And there are some indications that it will just rise and that in decade it will be around 6'1'' -6'2''
Hello, You probably already had the answer about christmas being the january 7th, but in case, here is the simple reason: serbians are orthodox, and although they casually use the gregorian calendar, the religious calendar is still the julian one, wich has two weeks delay. Regards :-)
Actually average height is around 185cm or even more for male, as much people i've met in my life. Im 183cm tall and 95% of people i stand to are taller than me, lol. So first hand information from Serbia. :D p.s. women are also tall around 175-7cm on average
In Serbia like in most orthodox Christian countries the older Julian calendar is used by the Orthodox Church - that is why Christmas is on the 7th January in Katholik and Protestant confession they use the Gregorian calendar that basicallly took out 2 weeks so not movable feasts move 2 weeks in advance
Kosovo is a Serbian name. , cities in Kosovo, Pristina, Mitrovica, Prizren, Djakovica... these are Serbian names. the fact that the albanians settled in kosovo and drove away most of the serbs, that the usa attacked us in 1999, that is not a reason for serbia to leave kosovo. and we will be back. if you still don't understand, find out how many medieval Serbian monasteries, churches, and cities there are in Kosovo. we celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar. the Serbian church has been using the Julian calendar for 1000 years.
Because of glogorian calendar who is going 13 days in future, in old Serbia christmas was celebrating 25.12, but now because of new calendar its 13 days furter.
You must have found out by now but Serbia celebrates Christmas on the 7th because we traditionally use the Julian calendar which is because Serbians are Christian but a different type of Christian, orthodox Christianity, and orthodox Christianity uses an old fashioned calendar
We use the old calendar, that is why it is all 14 days later than the new calendar. Example: Easter 14 days later than yours / Christmas 14 days later than yours / That is why we are celebrating two new years/ 01.01 we call it the calendar new year, and 14.01 according to the old calendar
The Serbian Orthodox Church use old Julian calendar. 25th December in Julian, falls on 7th January in Gregorian calendar.
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It's Jan 7 by the Gregorian calendar which makes it Dec 25th by the Julian calendar. We celebrate our religious dates based on the days of the Julian calendar. That's why we have another New Years day on Jan 14th. And presents are for kids for New Year and not Christmas.
Serbs and all other Orthodox use Julian calendar to mark religious dates. So December 25th is still Christmas but according to this calendar it isn't December 25th until 07th January Gregorian calendar which is used now.
Celebrating Christmas on January 7 is just a matter of the calendar. The current (world) is Gregorian, it is a new calendar (search the net about it). The Serbian Orthodox Church uses the old Julian calendar (search on the net), which is late compared to the Gregorian! After 1000 years, the difference is 14 days. According to the Julian calendar, January 7 is actually December 25 😊!!!
Not only Serbs are tall, Dutch and Scandinavians are similar, same as Serbian west neighborhood, north and island Croatians are a lot shorter though. And average is definitely above 180cm, it is more like 183cm or something
the reason why Christmas in Serbia and other countries like Russia is on the 7th of January is because Christmas is celebrated that day in the Orthodox religion and calendar
In Serbia we celebrate 7th jan Christmas bicaose we have old calendar, actually air Christmas is also 25th December just in our calendar 25th December is when is your 7th January so we celebrate 25th also just then is in Julian calendar 7th jan
In Serbia, it is normal to live with my parents and grandparents in the house. In my house we have seven family members. My grandparents also lived in the same house. We younger people take care of the elderly and the youngest in the house. Of course we all work and help .In Serbia, the economy is not strong and that is why we all stick together. In Serbia, the family always comes first.
Yep. That is awesome. Family should always come first. Thanks for watching Katarina! Cool name btw. It's very uncommon here.
if you don't have money for a babysitter, you have a grandparents who will be happy to help, fon no money !
Very similar to Asia in that sense. My Mrs was 40 living with parents and sister in big 3 storey house. We now live by Hilton on Trg Slavija
Serbia, pretty much like the Philippines when it comes to family
Oh to je istina prijatelju moj
The word Kosovo means “Land of the Blackbird” in Serbia. Every other geographical location there is named in Serbian as well, that should give you the logical conclusion who has lived in those lands for centuries. Kosovo and Metohija is considered the “cradle of Serbian civilization” and “Serbian holly land”. Kosovo is where Serbians fought Ottomans who were marching to conquer Europe. A lot of Serbian blood has been shed trough the centuries to protect those lands because they’re sacred to the Serbian people. A larger population of Albanians didn’t really live there until after WW2. In the 90s, when Yugoslavia was in a civil war and it was falling apart, Albanians living in Kosovo took up arms and started killing and banishing the Serbian population, a lot of Serbians were kidnapped and taken to the infamous “yellow house” in Albania were they were cut open for organs to be sold on the black market.
Albanians started claiming that Kosovo and Metohija is their rightful land and that they started destroying and burning down medieval Serbian churches and monasteries to erase all traces of Serbian life there for centuries (there are videos of it on TH-cam, for anyone interested) that even UNESCO had to intervene and the under their protection the last 4 non-destroyed Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Kosovo because they’re a thousand years old heritage that shouldn’t disappear.
So, yeah, I think it’s pretty clear why Serbians will never recognize Kosovo as independent aka Albanian. What Jerusalem is to Jewish people, Kosovo is to Serbian people. 🙂
Dang! Wow. Thank you for that information. I had no idea. The history sounds so sad. I've only read a bit about Milosevic and what happened recently. From the tiny amount I've read, it seemed like that was too many sad events. So, it's unfortunate to hear there were even MORE sad events like that. Hopefully, the future will be peaceful!
Every country that experienced american bomb democracy becomes an unhappy country.
@Illyrian Warrior serbs let Albanians to come and live on Kosovo, and then Albanians started embarrassing them and make them leave, that's why there's more Albanians.
@Illyrian Soldier You’re not illyrians and dardaina is Serbia word, bye
@@janakolasinac1686 Sorry to hear about your grandfather's home and your home! I can't imagine how hard it is to deal with that. Idk how the insurance system is there. You seem to know a lot about the history. Thank you for the information.
In Serbia family is everything!!!
Serbia or Serbian Orthodox church to be exact uses Julian calendar and that's why Christmas is on January 7th and new years or Orthodox new years is on 14th of January. But that calendar is only used for religious purposes in our every day life we use same calendar as rest of the world. And that is not the case only for Serbia many Orthodox churches use Julian calendar so Christmas is on January the 7th in Serbia, Montenegro, Serbian part of Bosnia, Russia, Georgia...
Dang. It's like that in other countries too. So cool and interesting! Thank you for the information! Appreciate it!
@@evanramino1700 Ok-Dragan gave basic information about Orthodoxy-there is much more to add---but the main information is that Orthodoxy was the first Christianity--Constantine (Roman Empire--17 emperor from the territory of Serbia)--all other Christian faiths broke away from Orthodoxy through the centuries--greeting
@@dejanprokic5999 , Before 1600 hundred and some years we all use the same calendar Julian calendar,and then they found out about month February LEAP-YEAR. A new calendar they give the name after a Roman pop Gregorian. Maybe you can explain better.Pozdrav.
By the way, we have the oldest calendar in the world, which is used by NASA and there are no delays or errors. It is now 7529 years
Christmas is always on 7th and publicly too, the other date (that US uses is just used as justification to get good meal and to drink)
In sebia we say "kosovo is heart of serbia" and i think its beautiful
And the saying is the true.
Cosovo is Albania
@@yurisako3914cosovo maybe 😂😂 but Kosovo i Metohija is part of Serbia
@@yurisako3914 каква бре Албанија, то је Српска земља. Скадар је 700 година био Престоница Србије
Greetings from France! Serbia is an amazing country with good people so you should definitely visit it, and it's going to be hard to leave it. ❤💙🤍
Glad to hear you liked it! I can't wait to go. I just gotta do a back procedure. Then, i'm OUT lol. Thanks for watching Gaming Master123 :).
Thank youu❤️💙🤍
Cool video!
Sounds a lot like the Asian culture in Serbia. We're not require to leave the house until 21, 23.. We also don't leave our parents or grandparents in some home. They took care of us, it will be our time to take care of them in return. No shaming, nothing, it's in our cultures. We are not big into gifts as well, whatever the occasion is, usually is about food & getting together that is far more important. I mean in terms of generality. Well, we Asians aren't tall in general, not that kind of tall. That is probably the obvious exception. :-)
Cheers from Malaysia
Thank you. The focus on gift giving instead of enjoying time together makes people less happy here. People in general here look to what others have and compare themselves. When they have less, they feel inferior. Hopefully, the focus of other countries is more on what matters most. Health and fun. Money is important but what's the point of having money if you arent happy. The way Serbians and people in Malaysia behave during holidays/special occasions seems to push people towards the right path. Anyways, thanks for checking out my video! Have a great one.
@@evanramino1700 You pointed out the obvious :-) Kudos 👍😊
I believe there's more to just things/ or possessions. Life in itself is a priceless 'gift'!
Cheers from Malaysia 🍸
Average height for Men is actually more, because if you don't include older generations. Men up to 40 are over 6 feet and average is 182-183cm.
Younger generations up to 20-25 are even taller.
I'm 6 4 and many teenagers are taller then me.
I have only 170, and they call me shorty 😪 !!! 🤣,😂😂😂
@@milanbojanic565 Well not everyone is tall, im 182 but many of my friends are above 190cm, and im born in belgrade. Serbs are very tall actually. My grandfather is 197cm and my father 189, but my mother is short 163cm
I guess in US is like "what goes around comes around" situation , parents kick their kids out of the house when they are 19, but when they get old they get shoved into the nursing homes in return.
Yea. I was happy to learn Serbians don't do that. There are many here that do take care of their parents though. Being in a nursing home sounds so depressing!!
Kosovo is Serbia .
@Illyrian Soldier yes yes
No Kosovo is Kosovo 🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰
@@edonshatri6446 no🤍
@@edonshatri6446 Back in your albanian mountains.
Kosovo je Serbija-Pozdrawiam z Polski Bracia❤️❤️
Doing an essay in the States, comparing my Ethiopian origin country to Serbia. I attend a Serbian Orthodox Church which is where my interest originates, but I am loving this video! You are adorable & charismatic. The reason Christmas falls in January is because they follow the Eastern Orthodox calendar, which have Jesus’s birthday in January.
Have you seen the original south Slavic script, called the Glagolitic script? Looks very similar to the Ethiopian one.
Get out the Glagolitic script. I think you’ll find it quite interesting..
Younger generations in Serbia are much taller than before. Like, my father is 5`5`` and I am 6`2`` , I am positive that 20 year olds in Serbia are well over 6 feet on average.
i'm gonna be the shortest mo fo there lol.
Actually Serbs are 177cm the study that said serbs are 180cm is only of 300 people the correct study cites thousand of test subjects that study is more accurate
@@edonshatri6446 ahhahahaha bro come to my city, i never see guy under 176cm lol
Boys and Girls born after nato bombing are much taller then generations before. Girls are almost 6 ft and guys are even taller on average
@@edonshatri6446 You are just jealous that Albanians are 165 cm tall, lol🤣come to any city in Serbia, you will see why we have lots of NBA players...
When u come to Serbia, feel free come to reataurant Stara Pivnica in Zemun (part of the capital Beograd) and be our guest.
Your restaurant looks beautiful! Thank you for your kind invitation Milan. I appreciate it!
I'm coming
If you take a roommate in your apartment (that was owned by your family since your grandfathers grandfather) and after a few years he claims that a room he lives in is a separate apartment and in his ownership, what would you do?
Would you recognize his "independence"?
In that case, no.
@@evanramino1700 The same thing has happened with Kosovo and Metohia.
Such an honest and cool video. Fine and correct observations .)
Thank you. Really appreciate the positive feedback!
Wow! I'm impressed. You have mentioned very important facts that hardly anyone talks about, and all in one video! Not to mention the part where you talk about the Serbian map! 👍 Thumbs up for that! I live in the U.S. and I often see elderly over 90 years of age shopping for their groceries even though they can hardly walk or reach higher shelves. If I could, I would bring them all to my house! 😄 Maybe one day! And yes, I'm attached to my kids, especially my son. A bond between a Serb mother and her son is strong!
Thank you! I heard Serbian men get VERY angry when you talk bad about their mom. lol. Where does the Serbian population live in the US? I looked in NYC and it doesn't seem like there is a concentration of Serbians in one area in NYC.
@@evanramino1700 Serbs are everywhere 😄. Just look for Serbian Orthodox Church on the internet. Whichever city has a church, large Serbian population will be there. Also, look for Serbian restaurants. Google should help you locate them. But you'll find Serbs in every major city.
All the best!
@@life.in.the.slow_lane Everywhere. lol That's good. The church and restaurant look up is a good idea! I was just curious if there was one city that has the most. Anyways, thank you!
@@evanramino1700 I believe Chicago still has a largest Serb population. Good luck.
@@evanramino1700 There is a saying in Serbia that the second largest Serbian city in the world is Chicago. I believe there's a population of over 500 000 Serbian people in it. Only Belgrade has a larger number of Serbs with its 2 000 000 occupants. Greetings from Serbia!
Evan Ramino, sitnice koje mnogi ne vide, ti prepoznajes, svaka cast, na takvoj promisljenosti i mudrosti za tvoje godine!!!
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And for Christmas we don't give presents. For children yes. But it is more important for us to gather with our family. And then we gather with all our loved ones in front of the Church.
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I can confirm that we're tall. I'm 181, a woman. My two brothers are 193 and 195.
About average hight- most Serbs have Dinaric antropology type. Those men are tall and strong highlenders. 😀
Kosovo or Kosovo and Metohija have been part of Serbian territory since ancient times. And there is the Old Monestery and Churches from the 9th century, which was build by Serbian rulers.
United states of Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱🍀
Ancient times
Slavic Avars and Serbs came to Ballkans in 7th century
officially accepted christianity in 9th century
those Churches in Kosova are build
100 years after Jesus death
Albanians were Christians way way before slavs
what do you guys think
that when Serb Slavs moved to Ballkans in 7th century
nobody lived in ballkans
and ballkan was empty land
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I love how he explained it and it's all true tbh. I was living with my grandparents up until i was 4 and my parents got their own house, but still everyday I would go to my grandparents house to talk to them, take care of them and bc my grandma's food was so good 🙏
About reactions on wrong map, most People would try to explain the Kosovo situation like people in the coments but some could be frustrated like People Who lost someone during 1999 war. We see Kosovo as occupied province beside formaly it is not declared as occupied.
Ya. I could see how it could be frustrating for some people.
There is something called family Value. They look out and look after each other whoever young or old as family. Feel sorry for western countries, they kick out each other as soon as become adult or getting old and that’s why you can hear a lot old people died alone in the house for long time no one noticed.
I agree with you. It's always sad to have older people feeling lonely and neglected.
I travel 750km in one way many times in year, pack my wife and children to go to my parents in serbia to do everything around the house, cut grass, fix everything, cut wood for winter, buy everything in shop what they need, fix car, change tyres. They lived their working life to give every penny to me and my bro, so we do everything we can to make their life easier. That is in our culture. We the serbs don't kick our littleones out of the house like rest of the world. We help them to built their own, so they can leave and make their own life story. Serb
And yes, we care for elders, they brought us to this world, they kept us as a kids, gave us everything they had with love, we don’t betray outr the dearest . And health care is completely free here, so a re retaining homes, but no way anyone would send anyone there, unless there is no an other option.
The difference between your and our Christmas is because we celebrate it as it meant to be, the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Christ. So for Orthodox Serbian Christmas you say "Hristos se rodi" meaning "Christ is born" and the other one will answer "Vaistinu se rodi" meaning "He is truly born".
I had no idea there was a difference. Thanks for the information! I also forgot to mention you guys have that delish looking bread cesnica. Do you make that every xmas or is it a regular food you prepare/buy?
@@evanramino1700 We make it for Christmas and our family Saint day (Slava), usually made by our grandmothers or mothers as it symbolizes the body of Christ. The baker of the bread puts a coin inside and who ever gets the coin the following year will be prosperous for him/her. There is lot to tell for our Christmas like fasting, dried fruits, dried tree branches etc.. you must come here to experience.
@@duwxas You still keep the coin inside. That is so cool. I was reading about that and i thought that's probably going to be abandoned by now. Happy to hear it's still done. I like it. Serbian Christmas is awesome lol. Thanks for the information!
@@evanramino1700Thank you very much :) Everybody in the family tears a piece of cesnica with their bare hands, the coin is hidden in a piece, who finds the coin keeps it and the rest of the piece he/she got eats it. You must eat your piece either you got the coin or not.
@@duwxas Sounds very fun and cool! I have to try it when i get there!
Thank you man,God bless you
Appreciate it Filip! Thank you and god bless you as well!
I love your video because you saw real deal with family support in Serbia. We stick together, help each other, respect our parents
I feel that average height in Belgrade at least is even greater.
I'm 191cm, so around 6'3'' and I often times feel quite average when I'm walking around the city, it's not like there's a ton of people taller than me, but the majority either matches my height or are a couple centimeters taller, about 5 or 6.
I am really surprised how objective you are and yet everything you have observed are actually true. Greetings from Serbia. Have you ever considered to visit Serbia? If you do, besides Belgrade, you should visit Novi Sad and countryside of Serbia.
Thank you Martius. I'll be in Serbia in like 5 weeks. I was considering going to Novi Sad but i also want to see Nis and Kragujevac which are on opposite sides of Novi Sad lol. Idk what i'm gonna do yet but ya, Novi Sad looks like a great place to visit! Thank you for the suggestion. Have a great day man!
@@evanramino1700 you, too. 👍
That's right, my brother, we take care of our old people because they took care of us all our lives and never turned their backs on us.
Just seeing this in 2023. Thanks Ramino for this great piece. I will be in Serbia by March God Willing.
I am from Sweden. In general, up here in the northern Europe, the parents kicks out their 18 y/o kids, or when the kid thinkes it is old enough to take care of it self it moves away, sometimes as early as 10.
In southern Europe, I meet alot of them, in general, the parents and the kids never cut the cord.
Kinda similar with indonesian culture tho.
We're living with our parent even when we are married and have our own family.
Mostly son who will take those responsibilities to our parents.
Gifts for New Years for kids ! We don't buy presents for Christmas we go to church and are selebrating Christ birth with friends and family ...big dinner and gathering!
Don't mix that up please!!! Very important 😌
2:14 Thats true, officialy Serbs are 4th and 5th the tallest nation in Europe, after Dutch people and some scandinavian nations. 3:43 Our parrents expects of us to care of them when they became old and can not do some things alone. It is normal in not just serbian, in Balcan culture, italian culture, .... 6:56 True, but not just in Serbia. Whole Balcan and east Europe, Balcan, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus,... maybe Poland, Slovakia,... i am not sure for them.
Ya, i've been reading more about Montenegro and other neighboring countries. They have a lot in common with Serbia. The thing that blew me away the most was reading about how life was like in Yugoslavia. WOW! I was blown away. Things just seemed so great. I know the countries are independent now and like their independence but it's just surprising how great things were for the common person. Anyways, thanks for checking out the video. I can't wait to visit these countries in a month or two! Have a great day!
Serbs and Dutch are the tallest Europeans.
Montenegro is a Serbian land.
Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian (old) calendar.
Kosovo is not recognised by the majority of the worlds countries.
Peace...
@@Varbyboi PEACE!
Actually no, that is Serbia, bosnian serbs are average 1,85 tall, montenegrin serbs are also round that number, which does make them 2nd in europe or sometimes even first(depends on the source). This has to do with genetics and ancesutors of serbs on the certain territory.
@@vanja2565 They're all tall lol. Even Albanians. I remember in middle school. Two of my good friends were Albanian and they were both tall and skinny. Used to eat whatever they wanted and wouldn't get fat. Me on the other hand, i got fat fast! I was so fat. lol. But, they probably ate healthy food at home.
Well of course you don't kick your parents or grandparents to a retirement home. They didn't kick you out of the house when you were 20, right? It goes both ways. I've never found that special, I guessed it was just called being human and caring for your family, but apparently some counties don't see it that way 🙄
My grandfather once told me a story about a son who has build a new house for his young family and his parents have helped a lot around it.His parents were old and as all old people had that smell, poor eyesight and bladder control. He and his wife discussed what to do with new clean house and old parents ,they decided to place them in barn and to feed them fom one big old pot.Old parents cried but what could they do... so their son and oldest grandson started preparing the barn and upon placing pot in it grandson asked father Dad we should decide if this pot will be sufficient for you, mother and grandparents if they are still alive when I become a parent.
I have 15 years and im from Serbia.I am 185cm tall.
I have a friend from serbia, he is 190cm (6"3') at 14. (Im also a serb)
I'm really gonna be the shortest guy there than ha lol
I love Serbia from Finland 🇫🇮😘❤️🇷🇸
Same with us Arabs especially lavent Arabs. We all live and stay with our parents till we get narrated and we take care of everyone even if we move abroad, we send a lot of money back home. Mostly every country that’s not western follow these pure traditions. Plus, Serbians celebrate Christmas on Jan the 7th cuz their orthodox just like some of the Arab orthodox back home. Most Arab countries have indigenous arab Jews, orthodox arab Christians and arab Catholics, and then arab Muslims that Islam came down as the last religion for all the Arabs which some of them reverted to Islam. Do Palestine next please.
When you go to Serbia, make sure to check city's like Sombor, Kragujevac, Kruševac, Niš, Zaječar, Vrnjačka Banja,... Not only Belgrade or Novi Sad. 😊
Planning on it. Hoping the people living in those cities speak English. There is no way i can learn Serbian in 5 weeks. lol. Thank you for the tip Danilo!
@@evanramino1700 I believe they do👍🏼
@@danilozivanovic03 yay! Happy to hear that!
@@evanramino1700 Serbia has good English proficency
@@vanja2565 Glad to hear that. Can't wait to check it out! Thank you for watching the video!
Someone has probably answered this by now, but just in case they haven’t…
Serbia is an Orthodox nation, so they go by the Orthodox, or Julian, calendar vs the Gregorian calendar that most nations use. That means that some major holidays like Christmas, New Years, and Easter will fall on different days. There are times when Easter will fall on the same day, but Christmas is always January 7 and New Year’s January 14. Basically the differing calendars come from the Great Schism of 1054 when the Catholic and Orthodox churches split, and they chose not to adopt the new Gregorian calendar.
Тhe biggest problem with Americans is that raw materials, in Serbia, the most important thing is family and that everyone be together, the american family is torn apart and that is a huge problem.
In Serbia Santa Clause is connected with the New Year. Orthodox Serbs celebrate Xmas by old calendar (in January 7th) and correctly Xmas for them is family gathering with traditional values and customs - Burning the oak branch instead of decorating coniferous tree (that is reserved for new year which comes before Xmas in Serbia)
Xmas should be for the family and not about the gifts. The malls here are PACKED for like 2 months before Christmas. It's annoying. If it makes people happy, it's cool i guess. But, Serbian way is way better imo. Thanks for watcihng Colin!
@@evanramino1700 xmas here is not commercialized at all. Serbs keep it spiritual, religious and personal. there is xmas wheat - wheat grains are wetted on st nicolas, some 2 weeks before xmas, by xmas wheat seedlings are nice and green so you light a candle in the middle of it. we call it bozicno zito. it the anticipation of xmas people organize oak burning. google for paljenje badnjaka. next to bonfire we share cooked wine or brandy and even fish stew or roast meat. there are many more traditional customs for xmas here. but Easter with colored eggs is nice too. this year is on May the first. if you will be here you will enjoy
@@colinafobe2152 Just to clarify this: burning of the oak branch (badnjak) is not a substitute for Christmas tree (you can still have Christmas tree if you want). But oak ritual comes for pre-Christian tradition, and it's connected to Perun, ancient Salvic God of thunder and war.
@@Sleepery22 but in serbia as far as i know "xmas tree" is called "new year tree" novogodisnja jelka. badnjak oak is not subtitute but it is completely different tradition
@@colinafobe2152 It's called 'new year tree' (novogodisnja jelka), first coz the calendar is shifted, and people put it up for Gregorian new year, keep it over the Christmas holidays all the way till Julian new year (13th).
Second, in socialist times it was not cool to call it 'Christmas tree'.
Nice video, thanks for sharing. One very important aspect of Serbian culture is our Slava, which nobody seems to have mentioned in the comments. Serbs are the only people to celebrate Slava. I suggest you research the topic!
When we talk about the so-called Kosovo as an independent state, we should look at the world map, which clearly shows how many countries have not recognized this territory as independent state!
See the map in the following attachment.
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It's totally okay to live with your parents until you are 30, married with two children.
Will be there in a few weeks for a family wedding! Cannot wait!
Nice. you're gonna LOVE It. But, you've probably already been here before lol.
@@EvanRamani It will be my FIRST time!!!
@@80sgirl96 Oh nice! you're gonna love it. Make sure you go to the farmers market and buy a ton of foods from the locals. the food here is sooo amazing! i do that daily now lol. my recent vid was about that. wish you the best!
@@EvanRamani Thank you so much!!!
Yeah, as a Serb all of these were accurate! My grandma frequently visits her mother to take care of her and talk to her (about every day). When my older sister announced she wanted to move out at the age of eighteen, my parents (and i) couldnt really understand why, because it would simply make much more logical sense for her to stay here for a bit longer. We were also not taught much about Kosovo and i usually see many graffiti of "Kosovo je Srbija" (kosovo is serbia). I am personally not too much into politics so i don't mind any beliefs regarding that subject. I can also confirm the facts about height and how we spend our Christmas
The reason Christmas falls on january 7th is that our orthodox church still uses the old medival calendar (julian calendar i think) which lags behind 13 days behind the new Gregorian one because of inaccuracies in measurements at the time, that's why a lot of holidays are off by 13 days
Thank you for all nice words
Im 6.1 and I feel average when I go to Serbia.
Kosovo je Serbija as for Poland the cradle was GreaterPoland(Wielkopolska with city of Poznań) the same with regards to Kosovo-Serbian people are Proud Nation-i have always had great experiences and what we have in common is that WE FIGHT TILL THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD-Serbia and Poland had the highest casualties during 2nd WW-POZDRAWIAM BRACI SERBÒW-KOCHAM WAS❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️KOSOVO WILL BE SERBIAN ONCE AGAIN
Hvala ti, brate. Pozdrav i tebi!
We are majority Orthodox Christian, we use different calendar - Gregorian calendar, Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7th. We also have new year that falls usually around 13th or 14th of January.
Yes, Julian, not Gregorian. Thanks for correcting me.
4:00 My family live in this single place for more than 200 years. There are some families here that have roots for more than 250 years. Maybe more...
Mate, no offend, BUT, there are other Christianities than Catholic. If you don't learn in school that there is Orthodox Christianity (Russia, etc.) then your educational system sucks. Here, it is normal to know the existence of all religions. Not all, all, but most important.
Nice overview, though...
My bad Dejan. I should have know about that lol. I'm an idiot. I can't blame it on the education system.
so if you ask your grand grand fother or look more deep
im sure you will find that
russian brought prisoniers to occupy balkan countries
as you can see albanian land is mre then Until Nis
but you stole
and you are very good to start wats with lot of countries in Balkan and never win
no good history.
Serbians are ortodox and thats why we celebrite Christmas in 07. january... that's easiest way to explain you that :) Btw it's excelent video and from some other perspective you were watching our culture. And if you ever will coming to Serbia you are welcome to be my guest.
Merci mon frère continue comme ça.
Thank you Geronimo!
i can confirm in serbia we are tall, im 173CM and im 12
I'm 6'6 so would feel at home with these tall people hahaha. But also dating a shorter serbain girl hence being here to learn about Serbia.
In Serbian you take care of family, we all stick together, Christmas is about the birth of jesus christ also it falls on January 7th is becuse jesus was born
I must say you got it right. Since I am Serb I could go over the Kosovo issue for hours, but I guess the majority of comments have done that already. I can add that staying with parents is not exclusive to Serbs, it happens a lot in southern Europe. Italians even have a word for it: mammone!
Interesting video! Thanks
Thank you!
We "don't think" that Kosovo is part of Serbia, but we know... it was never recognized in the UN, and the fact that the Americans and other fools recognized it means nothing!!! Those geography lessons are wrong!!!
Wow what a great insight about serbia little is known about this place i only knew this as a war torn country during the war i guess i was correct sorry if my facts are not accurate..but now i am glad this place is in my bucket list..
Regarding our Orthodox Christmas that falls on the 7th of January... it's because of the old Christian calendar that all Orthodox Christians celebrate.
However, even though we don't exchange gifts during our Christmas (we do on New Year's Eve instead), we Serbs are the only culture/people that treat "the first guest that pays us a visit" in the morning of Christmas Day like a KING or QUEEN.....we give them breakfast (food to go), drink (alcohol), clothes, in some cases even money LoL...this has to do with the Jesus's birth and the Kings that traveled to see the baby Jesus.
Another interesting fact about Serbia and the Culture.....the original meaning of the Cross is ancestry, your grandparents and relatives that are not alive anymore ....the Orthodox Cross has two smaller crossing sections besides the big in the middle ( bottom is a little bit slanted upwards...it means the beginning of everyone's life on Earth; and at the top, which is straight across....it means the end of life on Earth)
Also many Serbs feel that family is more important than anything in the world....the 4 symbols of C(fire symbols)around the Cross in our Crest(Heraldry)and the flag, represent just that "Family is very important, and the fire/warmth in the family house has to be always ON"
Cheers 🍻
great , all of that is true ..thanks man nice facts you choose
Thank you!
@@evanramino1700 yr'welcomme, if you ever come to Serbia (Novi Sad) feel free to contact, all the best
@@GG_TUBE that is very kind of you. 🙏
Everything you said is true. ☺ But you have never been to Serbia?
Not yet but going there in a month or so. Very excited :). Thanks for checking out the video!
@@evanramino1700 Omg, you will love it. Belgrade is so beautiful in spring time. ❤
@@lady89nen I can't wait. I do wanna go outside of Belgrade to see the rest of Serbia too though. :)
@@evanramino1700 Oh that is a great idea! A lot of things to see here. My favorites are Uvac canyon and Golubac fortress. You can google it just to see how it looks. 👍
@@lady89nen Thank you for the suggestion!
My boyfriend, who is a Serb, is about if not over 6 foot, meanwhile my short barely 5-foot ass is just heading for the heels every time I have to take a picture with us side by side. But he's nice and can be a gentleman at times. Though he is stubborn as hell when we disagree.
In Serbia average height for men under 30 is 6 feet. And there are some indications that it will just rise and that in decade it will be around 6'1'' -6'2''
Hello,
You probably already had the answer about christmas being the january 7th, but in case, here is the simple reason:
serbians are orthodox, and although they casually use the gregorian calendar, the religious calendar is still the julian one, wich has two weeks delay.
Regards :-)
I live in Serbia and I'm Serbian, I'm 15 years old and I'm 172 cm tall, I'm not even the tallest person in the class
7:21 religion reasons i guess, thats why we celebrate it on the 7th of january
As a Serbian, i can confirm this.
Kosovo and Metohia holy serbian lands. Ever and Forever.
My friend is from Serbia and he's over 6 feet tall 😊❤🇷🇸
Sest stopa je koliko na srpskož😁
Actually average height is around 185cm or even more for male, as much people i've met in my life. Im 183cm tall and 95% of people i stand to are taller than me, lol. So first hand information from Serbia. :D
p.s. women are also tall around 175-7cm on average
i know man. i got here and it's crazy! lol don't bring ur girl here
In Serbia like in most orthodox Christian countries the older Julian calendar is used by the Orthodox Church - that is why Christmas is on the 7th January in Katholik and Protestant confession they use the Gregorian calendar that basicallly took out 2 weeks so not movable feasts move 2 weeks in advance
Kosovo is a Serbian name. , cities in Kosovo, Pristina, Mitrovica, Prizren, Djakovica... these are Serbian names. the fact that the albanians settled in kosovo and drove away most of the serbs, that the usa attacked us in 1999, that is not a reason for serbia to leave kosovo. and we will be back. if you still don't understand, find out how many medieval Serbian monasteries, churches, and cities there are in Kosovo. we celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar. the Serbian church has been using the Julian calendar for 1000 years.
Because of glogorian calendar who is going 13 days in future, in old Serbia christmas was celebrating 25.12, but now because of new calendar its 13 days furter.
You must have found out by now but Serbia celebrates Christmas on the 7th because we traditionally use the Julian calendar which is because Serbians are Christian but a different type of Christian, orthodox Christianity, and orthodox Christianity uses an old fashioned calendar
Serbian man are very tall...and shows Klitschko😄👍
Im from Serbia and on january 7th is Srbian chrismas but 31st december is normal chrismas so we have serbian and normal chrismas
We use the old calendar, that is why it is all 14 days later than the new calendar. Example: Easter 14 days later than yours / Christmas 14 days later than yours / That is why we are celebrating two new years/ 01.01 we call it the calendar new year, and 14.01 according to the old calendar
Thanks Nervonzi!
Concerning Christmas, 12/25 or 01/07. Our Church calendar is Julian and western Church calendar is Gregorian. The difference is 13 days.
im 183cm and definately many serbs were tallee than me,even girls.I was shocked to be honest
The Serbian Orthodox Church use old Julian calendar. 25th December in Julian, falls on 7th January in Gregorian calendar.
It's Jan 7 by the Gregorian calendar which makes it Dec 25th by the Julian calendar. We celebrate our religious dates based on the days of the Julian calendar. That's why we have another New Years day on Jan 14th. And presents are for kids for New Year and not Christmas.
Thanks Aleksandar.
Average male height in Serbia is 6.0' by official data.
Serbs and all other Orthodox use Julian calendar to mark religious dates. So December 25th is still Christmas but according to this calendar it isn't December 25th until 07th January Gregorian calendar which is used now.
Celebrating Christmas on January 7 is just a matter of the calendar. The current (world) is Gregorian, it is a new calendar (search the net about it). The Serbian Orthodox Church uses the old Julian calendar (search on the net), which is late compared to the Gregorian! After 1000 years, the difference is 14 days. According to the Julian calendar, January 7 is actually December 25 😊!!!
Not only Serbs are tall, Dutch and Scandinavians are similar, same as Serbian west neighborhood, north and island Croatians are a lot shorter though. And average is definitely above 180cm, it is more like 183cm or something
gosh I love Serbia
the reason why Christmas in Serbia and other countries like Russia is on the 7th of January is because Christmas is celebrated that day in the Orthodox religion and calendar
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If workers worked 40 years or hit 65 years old they get retirement payment what is more the enough to live
In Serbia we celebrate 7th jan Christmas bicaose we have old calendar, actually air Christmas is also 25th December just in our calendar 25th December is when is your 7th January so we celebrate 25th also just then is in Julian calendar 7th jan
Ya, i didn't know that. Thank you for the explanation Lepi!
@@evanramino1700 no worries bro I hope to you understand what I mean bicaose my English is not so perfect 👍🙂
1:44 I think its important to mention that Vatican doesnt recognize Kosovo and Metohija too
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@@EvanRamani ok