Serbia Culture

Serbia People, Culture, Festivals constitute a very important chapter in the historical and cultural evolution of the Serbians. These three different topics are in fact closely related to each other opens up the scope of vying deep into the many facet of the Serbian national life.

All generations are the product of the previous generation and in that sense the present generation owes the cultural richness to the ancestors dating back to antiquity. Around the 3500 BC, a civilization evolved in the Danube belt that were the earliest known Serbian people.

In times came the nomadic race from the Russian grasslands and consequently the land was annexed in the Roman empire. After some century long rule of the Ottoman regime, it was the Orthodox church that championed the native cause to uproot suppression. The many phases of development, war and peace and evolution, left the Serbians rich in terms of culture and civilization.
With so many kinds of invasion in the country, it is not surprising that present demographic distribution of Serbia show Jews, oriental sects, Muslims, catholics, protestants along with the majority Serbian Orthodox Church followers.

Though the religious holidays in Serbia are decide according to the Orthodox Church rules, the state of Serbia is on a whole is impartial in the treatment of the citizens irrespective of the religion.

The major festivals in Serbia include the Christmas celebrations and Good Friday-Easter Celebrations according to the Julian calender. The non religious Serbian festivals include the Guca festival and the Exit Festival.