Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina holds Ottoman-rooted crafts, coffee ritual and mountain customs.

Textile & dress Crafts Food & cooking Games & sport Music & dance

Knowledge in this place

Zmijanje embroidery

Zmijanje embroidery

Blue-thread geometric embroidery from the Zmijanje region, inscribed by UNESCO.

Textile & dress

Konjic woodcarving

Konjic woodcarving

Hand-carved walnut furniture and objects, inscribed on the UNESCO list.

Bosnian coffee ritual

Bosnian coffee ritual

Coffee brewed in a copper dzezva and served slowly with sugar cubes.

Stari Most bridge diving

Stari Most bridge diving

The Mostar tradition of diving from the rebuilt Ottoman bridge into the Neretva.

Sevdalinka song

Sevdalinka song

A melancholic urban love song central to Bosnian musical identity.