HOLY AND TRADITIONAL BREADS

An Intercultural Dialogue

Bread is a symbol of spirituality and reflection of culture traditions. Religious breads are present in every period of human life, from born to dead, end even after dead.The secret of Bread lies in its true natural, spiritual and cultural uniqueness.

        Bread is a product of nature and culture! Bread harbors collective memories and represents a lasting bond with the passing desire for eternal life. Traditional, ceremonial and holiday breads and bread creations follow a person throughout his entire life.
What is human life without holidays and tradition?
The consumer lifestyle has created a lot of alienation , and we are forgetting our tradition and culture. We are becoming a "lonely crowd"!
The goal of this project is for us to discover more about the tradition, culture and religion we belong to as well as to learn about the tradition, culture and religion of other people through a unique theme, which is traditional and holiday breads. The significance of the project lies within the act of expanding cultural dialogue.
The realization of the project will be based on the territory of Vojvodina (Serbia) a great example of "Little Europe", namely a multi-cultural, multi-national, multi-religious and multi-language community where over 20 different peoples have been living for more than three hundred years. 
Our cooperatives on this project are the hard-working housewives which are the real protectors of customs and tradition. They have prepared breads and other bread products which they regularly make throughout the year on special occasions for their household, friends and neighbors. We thank them wholeheartedly.
The collected material will be organized and presented in the middle of 2010.
The project supervisor is ethnologist Dr. Vesna Marjanović.