#balkans region

[wearenemies]

[albanian-folklore]

 Detail of an Albanian traditional costume from Shestan.

[yugocar]

one of the fundamental things non-europeans (and many europeans frankly) don't understand, by not knowing european history, is the historical relationship between the balkans/eastern european countries with their surrounding empires (western european powers, russia, ottomans). the birth of most of these countries, in the 19th/20th century, was defined by the interests of the empires at the time. empires which leveraged their power to to determine the future of these nations, with little to no care for the populace of the regions they were shaping. it's okay not to know this, you cannot possibly know the history of every part of the world, but this is the exact reason why some sweeping statements about europe as a continent sound nonsensical. particularly so for the people who live in its newer and poorer countries. for the various people of eastern europe, grouping them with the same countries whose leaders played with the future of their nations/people as though they were toys, is absurd. and they are right to find it absurd. if you erase a significant portion of history of an entire area for your convenience, a history that defines their current reality, its people are right to dismiss you. of course there are times when simply saying europe/european is appropriate and necessary, it's just that a lot of people can't seem to tell the difference when it should be used. naturally the point of all this is very simple - don't make sweeping statements about places (any place) you know nothing about, and if you don't listen to people when they try to talk to you about their own history, why on earth would they listen to you in return?

[stoopidassjamesfranco]

The funniest thing about CH to me is JFK being classified Caucasian while Abe is European American on the wiki

[ghelgheli]

you think kurdistan should be a thing?

[acebytaemin]

can you pleaaaaase translate the tags in balkan on the purple haired lee know set? the crowd is on the edge of their seat

IN BALKAN is sendinggggg me omg but ofc babe these ones aren’t even bad i can share confidently. *clears throat* so. the tags are as follows:

so first of all lutka means doll (feminine form) which i LOVE calling people in croatian men specifically. but anyway loš by breskvica is this song right here

just to paint the picture. the specific lyrics i chose ‘a ja bi da ti igram cele noći / mirišem ti na killian crne oči’ means ‘i want to dance for you all night / smell like killian / black eyes’ but the way it’s phrased is like ‘i smell like killian to/for you’ but idt he wears killian idk he smells like but to be honest it could be febreeze fuck if i care. ‘ti nisi fin bebe’ means ‘you’re not nice baby/babe’ which. self explanatory all of this tbh iykyk 🫶🏻

then loša by breskvica:

and the only lyric i mentioned was ‘zmija balkanska’ which means ‘balkan snake’ which <33 but tbh this song is kinda me in general. also loš = bad (male form) and loša = bad (feminine form) hope that helped!

[sege-h]

“Please...I have just endured 500 years of misery...”

Macedonians coming out of 500 years of being under Ottoman rule only for WW1 to get started by nearby events almost immediately

[rainerrs]

One of the beautiful mountain valleys in Kosovo!

[strawhatsufi]

hello, when you say people in the Balkans who aren't Slavs, like who were there before them, are you referring to Illyrians and Romans and such?

I am referring to currently alive people. You can learn about some of them literally by looking at a map of the Balkans.

[shoplifting]

Actually everyone do me a favor and take this quiz, it gives you the names, you don't even have to remember them yourself. It has an app version for mobile. Should take 20-30 minutes max. I'm being nice, just UN-recognized states, no Olympic ones or territories.

Don't comment "[continent/region] messed me up, haha, the education system failed us" or "I didn't even know [country] existed". It's not cute or funny, just exhausting.

[albanian-folklore]

Albanian Jewellery

[dodgebolts]

upon having traveled internationally exactly twice I can confirm that being a geoguessr player means that you are consciously trying to find clues while outside that will tip you off to a region. like maybe I know the Bosnian bollards now and made sure to study them on the bus rides to and from work instead of napping like everyone else. my bad

I’m so obsessed with this guy

[civilmentor1]

Current affairs - 27 August 2024

1.Balkan Region Source: The HinduSyllabus Reference: Geography Context: A tragic incident occurred in the Balkan region where the death toll from a migrant boat capsizing in the Drina River, which flows between Serbia and Bosnia, rose to 12. Background: The boat was transporting between 25 and 30 migrants when it overturned while crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia. About the…

[da-riya]

I still think wearing cat ears on a first date is the best way to win over someone

[balkanin]

Izvjestilac za Kosovo u EP: Strana koja odbije francusko-njemački sporazum biće međunarodno izolovana

Izvjestilac za Kosovo u Evropskom parlamentu Viola fon Kramon izjavila je da će strana u pregovorima Beograda i Prištine koja odbije francusko-njemački sporazum ili koja nije konstruktivna biti sve više međunarodno izolovana, kao i da pokušaji da se zajednica srpskih opština /ZSO/ opiše kao druga Republika Srpska ometaju napore da se riješi ozbiljan problem. Ona je za rekla da će strana koja…

[thunderboltfire]

I don't know the broader context, but it's somewhat funny to mention Nevarra in the same breath as Eastern European feel, when the first name that comes to my mind when I think of it is Navarra - a historical kingdom and currently a region in Spain. Anyway, I have a hard time trying to find a geographical name in Thedas that sound distincly Eastern European. Are there some?

The funniest thing BioWare can do is make it so Cassandra is the only person in Thedas with her accent and Emmrich is just some English bloke