Although by the 1930s Bosnia's and Serbia's Jews started shifting to speaking Serbo-Croatian at home, Ladino was still alive and well. Very sad that community simply doesn't exist anymore.
The history of Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina spans from the arrival of the first Bosnian Jews as a result of the Spanish Inquisition to the survival of the Bosnian Jews through the Yugoslav Wars and the Holocaust. Judaism and the Jewish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina has one of the oldest and most diverse histories in the former Yugoslav states, and is more than 500 years old, in terms of permanent settlement. Then a self-governing province of the Ottoman Empire, Bosnia was one of the few territories in Europe that welcomed Jews after their expulsion from Spain. (Wikipedia - History of the Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
@@kolobara08 And Bulgaria as well:), not only Bosnia&Herzegovina. We also had ladino's speaking people - sepharads and Bulgarians also:), this song is sung in Bulgaria also years ago.
sefardi jews actually made almost a third of thessaloniki’s population before the balkan wars. they were traders - especially cotton. sefardic jews ottomans took were most populous in athens, thessaloniki as i said, istanbul, and izmir. a lot of them lived in balkans. there were also small amounts settled in algeria, egypt and levant. after the balkan wars a lot of the male population died, and the rest left balkans for levant and anatolian cities.
Well hello from Sarajevo! It's a shame our Sephardic community is so small now. Hope to see you live in Bosnia soon!
It is a shame indeed. We hope to come back to Bosnia one day!
very beautiful version of a very precious song.
woooooowwwwwwwww, wonderfulllll!!!!!!! thanks from Argentina!!!! ❤❤❤
Sleep,Sleep,mother's little boy
free from worry and from pain,
Listen to the joy of your mother's words :)
Sephardic lullaby. Beautiful song.
Woah I had never heard/read that the Sephardim had a community here. Beautiful! Thank you.
Yes they ran from the Christians (Spanish inquisition, etc.) into the comparably tolerant Ottoman empire. wrap your head around that...
Ermozo!!!!
Prachtig gezongen!
Thank you Kamerkoor; JIP. I used to associate Ladino with Spain, Morocco or Turkey; had not idea it was also spoken in Sarajevo
Although by the 1930s Bosnia's and Serbia's Jews started shifting to speaking Serbo-Croatian at home, Ladino was still alive and well. Very sad that community simply doesn't exist anymore.
The history of Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina spans from the arrival of the first Bosnian Jews as a result of the Spanish Inquisition to the survival of the Bosnian Jews through the Yugoslav Wars and the Holocaust. Judaism and the Jewish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina has one of the oldest and most diverse histories in the former Yugoslav states, and is more than 500 years old, in terms of permanent settlement. Then a self-governing province of the Ottoman Empire, Bosnia was one of the few territories in Europe that welcomed Jews after their expulsion from Spain. (Wikipedia - History of the Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
@@kolobara08 And Bulgaria as well:), not only Bosnia&Herzegovina. We also had ladino's speaking people - sepharads and Bulgarians also:), this song is sung in Bulgaria also years ago.
@Beriyev IYI turkiye ve balkan yahudileri tarihi kitabini oneririm dostum 👍🏻
sefardi jews actually made almost a third of thessaloniki’s population before the balkan wars. they were traders - especially cotton. sefardic jews ottomans took were most populous in athens, thessaloniki as i said, istanbul, and izmir. a lot of them lived in balkans. there were also small amounts settled in algeria, egypt and levant. after the balkan wars a lot of the male population died, and the rest left balkans for levant and anatolian cities.
Gracias por cantar en español es una hermosa canción muchas gracias my husband is from ex Yugoslava and I’m Mexican and I love your song
Thank you, Norma!
Eso no es español
@@DaveDrumstick however origined from Old Spanish ;-). But it is Ladino, you are right.
Ladino ♥️
@@DaveDrumstick Es español antiguo o castellano antiguo.
El castellano de la época
Es español del medievo
El español del medievo o ladino
El Ladino solo mantuvo la fonética del Español Medieval pero el Español Moderno aún así es más conservativo que el Ladino en vocabulario y gramática.