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Serbian Paschal song with the flowering trees and dancing?

Kristos

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Serbians (Serbian, Bosnian: Срби, Srbi; Hungarian: Szerbek; Albanian: Serbët) typically is used as a demonym of all of the people of Serbia, of any ethnic heritage, be they Serb, Bosniak, Hungarian, or Albanian. However, it may also be used as a reference to ethnic Serbs.

However, it could also be used as the translation of the Serbian word "Србијанци" - Srbijanci, especially when distinction is made between the two. In a similar way, the adjectives "Serb" and "Serbian" could be used to mean "of Serbs" and "of Serbia", respectively, though they too are used interchangeably.

In the Serbian language, Srbijanci are Serbs from Central Serbia, or broader, from Serbia. Not all Serbians are Serbs, nor are all Serbs Serbians. The term Serbians (Srbijanci) excludes ethnic Serbs who are from neighboring countries, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro or Macedonia. An English speaker might use the word "Serbians" to mean "Serbs". Further confusion ensues, as in English, the word "Serbs" may be used to refer to ethnic Serbs, or to citizens of Serbia regardless of their ethnicity, and going from there, the word "Serbians" could be used in the same way.

Vuk Karadžić's Srpski rječnik (Serbian Dictionary) from 1818 had the entry:

Srbijanac - čovek iz Srbije; srbijanski - koji je iz Srbije.

meaning

Srbijanac - man from Serbia; srbijanski - that which is from Serbia.

A folk song played at social gatherings in Central Serbia has in its refrain the words "... jelek, anterija i opanci, po tome se znaju Srbijanci ...", meaning "... jelek, anterija, and opanaks – , is how you recognize a Srbijanac ...". The song describes the Serbian dress of people from Central Serbia, and the term Srbijanci is used as a literary expression, as its definition is uncertain.

The term Srbijanci is not part of the modern Serbian mainstream language, as its frequency and usage is minimal. An explanation might be that Serbs from Serbia would most probably would find the term insulting.

Are you a reincarnation of Sphinx?
 
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nestoj

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So here is where I show my complete ignorance of computers and internet but is Sphinx actually a person or just a bot? And if a person, is said person just messing with us with these wiki cut & paste posts, kind of like how trolls get giggles out of causing discord or really trying to contribute? :confused:

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^_^ Sorry, it was stronger than me.
 
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