News
6. January 2019
Recently, in Sarajevo, a book entitled "Sevdalinka - the Alchemist of the Soul" has been published in Norway by Dr. Esad Bajtal. Sevdalinka as a cultural phenomenon of BiH space was created, as the author says, in the real-life reality that emerged from a specific mentality and cultural-historical identity.
(Radio Free Europe, 16.06.2012)
6. February 2019
During today's meeting of the Municipality, the representatives of the Tuzla Association of Musicians informed the Mayor Jasmin Imamović about the realized activities concerning the nomination of Sevdalinka for the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Together with the ethnologist of the East Bosnian Museum, Vesna Isabegović, the members of the Association presented an initiative of the State Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO...
(Klix.ba, 12.01.2017)
Together with the ethnologist of the East Bosnian Museum, Vesna Isabegović, the members of the Association presented an initiative of the State Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO...
(Klix.ba, 12.01.2017)
1. April 2019
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Sevdalinka artist Božo Vrećo will give a concert on 24 February in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels (The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart), according to Klix.ba.
This concert is one of the projects through which the non-profit cultural-artistic association Gratiartis tries to present the Sevdalinka in the capital of Europe in the best light, to include it in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural assets.
6. May 2019
Sevdalinka is a song of enormously high poetic, musical and historical value. It affirms the local cultural identity, is handed down from generation to generation and is a source of inspiration for interpersonal exchange. It represents a unique heritage of living tradition. It has been constantly renewed, interpreted, continues to this day and will continue to do so. She lives, that is important for UNESCO, on whose list she should rightly be included.
(Nezavisne.com, 29.01.2017)
(Nezavisne.com, 29.01.2017)