Hari Mata Hari in Sarajevo after Eurovision 2006Â
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Olympic Hall Zetra: Swan lake
Olympic Hall Zetra is an indoor arena in Sarajevo. It was built in 1983 and a year after held the ice hockey games and speed skating events in the 1984 Winter Olympics. At the moment, the arena hosts sport events and concerts. Last night, my roommates, their boyfriend and sister and I went to Zetra [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Jenny from the mahala
I don’t remember much about a conversation I had with a Croatian friend of mine. We were chatting about one of her musical favorites, JLo. Briefly, as she said: "The Bosnians have this one song called ‘Jenny from the mahala’, the Bosnian version of the original ‘Jenny from the block’." And she started humming the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: Damir Niksic’ “If I wasn’t muslim”
My Croatian friend, V. once said that among the ex-Yugoslavia, the Bosnians are most famous for their humors. I cannot comment on that since I have little command of the Bosnian language. "If I wasn’t Muslim" is a sarcastic song about being Bosnian Muslims in Europe, surrounded by Christian European neighbors (*). Again, I cannot [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24
Reader’s comment: “Christmas Eve†was inspired by a true incident in which a young couple — a Serbian boy and Muslim girl — tried to escape Sarajevo by crossing over that city’s one remaining bridge. “When the girl was shot and killed by a sniper, the boy refused to leave her and he got shot, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: “Burek:” a Dino Merlin’s crazy song
I will ask one of my friend to translate the Bosnian lyrics. The last time I talked to a religious Bosniak friend of mine, I got a "It’s too vulgar. He says everything about men and women, I can’t translate it to you." Hmm,make me wonder. Burek is the second popular fast food meal beside [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Singer Sami Yusuf
A Muslim singer who lives in England. He is very popular here in Sarajevo, at least among the more religious Bosniaks. I really liked the song "Supplication" when I first heard it. I’ve always had a thing for music exotic Middle Eastern and Arabic elements. As a non-Muslim, I care little about the lyrics, however, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The movie “Grbavica” directed by Jasmilom Zbanic
Grbavica is a part of the city Sarajevo. Won 1st Prize on the Berlin Movie Festival. Sypnosis (source) Single mother Esma lives with her 12-year-old daughter, Sara, in post-war Sarajevo. Sara wants to go on a school trip and Esma starts working as a waitress in a nightclub in order to earn the money. Sara [...]
Read the rest of this entry »3rd place Eurovision 2006, Lejla
The people from Sarajevo are really proud of the fact that the band Hari Mata Hari with Lejla won 3rd place in the Eurovision song contest 2006. (In my opinion, they could have got 2nd. Blame the break up of the former Soviet Union. Read my analysis of the voting breakdown.) The band is also [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How to get your son to cut his hairs?
Well, maybe you should let him watch Eurovision. The 2nd place winner of this year contest is Dima Bilan, who represents Russia with the song “Never let you go.†Not only he was popular with the young girls. You know how teenagers are “Ooh, you see him dance, you see him shake shake…†In the [...]
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