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I suppose so. The article does focus on Serbia pretty heavily though, and states that rakija originated there.

malermeister 4y ago
I don't think there's any conclusive evidence on rakija's origin, afaik the earliest evidence found so far is from 11th century Bulgaria. Claiming it originates from Serbia is straight up Serbian nationalist propaganda imo.
SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
Claims that "$foodstuff originated in $sountry" when it's more a than a few hundred years old should generally be read as a puff piece to raise tourism and country profile. They're common, e.g. Hummus: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171211-who-invented-hummus https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171211-who-invented-hum... halloumi is from Cyprus, but that's ... divided now: https://www.halloumicheese.eu/halloumi-cheese/the-history-of-halloumi https://www.halloumicheese.eu/halloumi-cheese/the-history-of... Wine plausibly originated in Georgia (the country) but it's so old, who can really tell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine Arguing continuity of national borders over centuries in the Balkans is a fools game anyway.
- radiator 4y ago
  Since you say that Cyprus is 2 countries now, you must be from Turkey.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
    I apologise if I offended you, yes it's complex and I no doubt oversimplified. But you don't know me in the slightest, assume nothing. I have edited, since as you can surely see, nitpicking over this border is, as stated above "a fools game anyway".
    - 4gotunameagain 4y ago
      It's not really that complex to be honest.. Turkey invaded Cyprus, occupied half of it and instated a puppet state. It might be unpalatable for some, but it is the truth.
      - SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
        Yep, fools game to argue it under this topic.
- Zickzack 4y ago
  > Arguing continuity of national borders over centuries in the Balkans is a fools game anyway. Hear, hear. Yet, the knowledge of the so called historical regions will get you far in Eastern and Southern Europe. The maps of voting behavior pop up here every now and then. And this is only one aspect.

I don't think there's any conclusive evidence on rakija's origin, afaik the earliest evidence found so far is from 11th century Bulgaria. Claiming it originates from Serbia is straight up Serbian nationalist propaganda imo.

SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago

Claims that "$foodstuff originated in $sountry" when it's more a than a few hundred years old should generally be read as a puff piece to raise tourism and country profile. They're common, e.g. Hummus: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171211-who-invented-hummus https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171211-who-invented-hum... halloumi is from Cyprus, but that's ... divided now: https://www.halloumicheese.eu/halloumi-cheese/the-history-of-halloumi https://www.halloumicheese.eu/halloumi-cheese/the-history-of... Wine plausibly originated in Georgia (the country) but it's so old, who can really tell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine Arguing continuity of national borders over centuries in the Balkans is a fools game anyway.

radiator 4y ago
Since you say that Cyprus is 2 countries now, you must be from Turkey.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
  I apologise if I offended you, yes it's complex and I no doubt oversimplified. But you don't know me in the slightest, assume nothing. I have edited, since as you can surely see, nitpicking over this border is, as stated above "a fools game anyway".
  - 4gotunameagain 4y ago
    It's not really that complex to be honest.. Turkey invaded Cyprus, occupied half of it and instated a puppet state. It might be unpalatable for some, but it is the truth.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
      Yep, fools game to argue it under this topic.
Zickzack 4y ago
> Arguing continuity of national borders over centuries in the Balkans is a fools game anyway. Hear, hear. Yet, the knowledge of the so called historical regions will get you far in Eastern and Southern Europe. The maps of voting behavior pop up here every now and then. And this is only one aspect.