Interesting Facts about Serbia

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6 curious facts about Serbia.

1389-1815 Ottoman Empire rules Serbia
If someone requests a song, the musicians are tipped in an amusing way. The person places a bill on the neck of the instrument, or sticks the money onto the perspiring forehead of the musician.
Egg tapping: Serbian Easter includes a special ritual with Easter eggs. Children and adults tap their eggs together to see which egg is strongest. One person holds an egg in his fist with only the tip showing while another person taps it with the tip of her own egg. The winner is the one whose egg does not crack.
When you are introduced to someone in Serbia, you shake hands and both you and the other person say your own first and last names,

It is not unusual for friends and family to kiss each other on the cheek when they see each other. Men kiss men and women kiss women. Three kisses in all- first one cheek, then the other, then the first cheek again.
When King Uros Nemanja brought his wife to Serbia from France in the 12th century, he planted flowers that would remind her of home. He didn’t want her to be homesick. The lilac trees took root along the fertile banks of the Ibar River and grace the countryside to this day.