"Before we start walking and talking about Vlachs and Vlach magic, try not to look down on their traditions and customs with scorn. The centuries-old traditions that you will hear about today are the cornerstone of their value system and the way they view the world. Also, keep in mind that they are also Christians and cherish many of our customs. And no, that doesn't stop them from believing in some things unique to their culture." With these words, the guide Rade (by the way, half-Serbian, half-Vlach) introduced himself to us before we set foot on the paths where the human foot rarely treads today. Where, if you surrender to nature, you can still feel the mystique that surrounds the name of this people. A small but well-chosen group of enthusiastic people, of various nationalities (in addition to the Serbs there were Italians, Americans and Spaniards), of different ages (from the younger generations, up to one grandmother who showed that age is just a number) in the company of the dog Freud (who, like the real Freud, eagerly looked at everything visible and invisible to us), and among whom I was, shaved in eastern Serbia, in the vicinity of Majdanpek. Before us was a long path - 18 kilometers where there were uphills, downhills, mysterious caves, overgrowth (which is the definition of a rock vault), dried up riverbeds, but also those rivers that had to be crossed. To make the trail even better, Rada's guide made sure that he told us about the legends and customs of the Vlachs that marked some places. The history of a nation is not dictated only by cause and effect relationships, but also by the geography of a place. Thus, Rade explains to us that the Vlachs were mainly miners (since the area itself is rich in mineral resources) and herders, while black and white cows, just like the ones we see on the wrappers of milk chocolates, look at us confused from the edge. The road takes us past the Felješana rainforest, which has the interesting fact that it was there first
"Before we start walking and talking about Vlachs and Vlach magic, try not to look down on their traditions and customs with scorn. The centuries-old traditions that you will hear about today are the cornerstone of their value system and the way they view the world. Also, keep in mind that they are also Christians and yes
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