r/AskBalkans

First of all, happy Easter to Orthodox friends and all members of this sub.

As the title says, are we losing our heritage and culture?I'm not a church person, I like the folklore around it and the fact that it has become an element of our identity (plus the koine language of the gospels, i love it) but during this Orthodox Easter, I see that no one pays attention anymore to customs, people do not fast, they do not participate in the Epitaph march, they dont bake cookies, they dont go to church....they dont even watch Jesus of Nazareth by Zeffirelli :P

Every day is the same just like last week, only some old folks really care about orthodox Easter and feel something different.

I'm not saying this from a religious point of view, I m not a believer myself, I just feel that there is disconnection from our culture.

Its like there is a cultural assimilation taking place, no one has a distinct culture, it feels like an average... America holiday like the ones we see on TV.

I am Swedish and my man is Bosniak. We are struggling finding a name we both like. First sons name is Dino so we are looking for something with similar style - short, simple and not too religious.

I don’t get it. All Serbian restaurants smells like shit and there is a fog wall.

I was in a restaurant, trying to enjoy some food and 4 guys at the next table like 1m away non stop smoke, cigarette after cigarette.

I’m a smoker too, but that’s too much. In my country it was like that back in 1991 Balkantourist era…

On the news in my country pretty much everytime saying how bad and corrupt is Orban. I’m wondering what Hungarian people think, is that the true? And if so, why voting for him for the last 20 years?

I’ve also heard that Hungarian voting system was quite complicated. What’s so complicated?

https://preview.redd.it/w7vd64w7tjug1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21e0154ba1a5354f2ed6c3a02797dfc3d78306af

This Picture made me think that only the cities are growing while towns are dying out. Many countries already house half their population in the capital+surrounding areas. Do you think there will be programs to repopulate the towns or does your government already do something about it? Or do you think this is the only way small nations survive against bigger economies?

OMG I just realized I can ask you guys!!!! When I was a kid there was a candy that I have thought about ever since. They came in a bag with Betty Boop on it and we're round pink/reddish balls, crunchy and with a sweet lovely smell that I can still feel 🤤 This was eighties/nineties Bosnia. Anyone remember them? Do they still exist in some corner of the world?