The long conflict that has engulfed Bosnia-Herzegovina and dissolved or forced to emigrate internal communities could not adversely affect the distribution and maintenance of certain traditions, related, for example, music or dance. At one time, the heritage of folk dances of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the richest and perhaps the least known of the former Yugoslavia, and currently, the repertoire is kept alive by folk groups that in socialist Yugoslavia enjoyed a rich state subsidies, and who have crossed a period of severe economic uncertainty in the years following the war. Given the divided ethnic composition of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the main religious festivals are both Catholic and Orthodox, and Muslim: the Bajram stand between them and Kurban Bajram, a three-day period that is repeated twice a year according to the lunar calendar, during which schools are closed, we organize visits to all family members and preparing the baklava, sweet typical of Turkish and Balkan (a pastry filled and covered with sugar syrup and honey). Unfortunately, the spirit of religious tolerance that once brought all Bosnians to celebrate the religious festivals of different communities is dissolved during the war years, as the destroyed mosques, synagogues and churches targeted ethnic hatred. Was maintained, but this tends to disappear, the so-called Bosanska Korrida, which sees a large crowd watching a fight between bulls. § The kitchen is similar to that of other Balkan countries, rich oriental influences arrived with the Ottoman rule: they are ubiquitous kebab, the bosanski lonac, dish similar to a stew in which the meat is mutton mixed with cabbage and paprika The burek, a cake layered with cheese and meat, and pida, a kind of flat bread stuffed with minced meat.
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