'Slava' ceremony of the colonial merchantsSIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Milanka MatićeditorNataša MiškovićeditorMiddle Eastern Studies, University of BaselCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:siba.4062Borba fotodokumentacija, BelgradeVremeBorba0117Photoarchive BorbaDomestic TradeExchangeAnnual CycleFood QuestBuilding Interiors and ArrangementEquipment and Maintenance of BLDGSOrganized CeremonialEcclesiatical OrganizationPhotographic plate1929-02-12Svetozar GrdijanGrdijan, Svetozar Three dignitaries representing the merchants' organizations of Belgrade pose together with archpriest Božić and patriarch Dimitrije at a table prepared for the slava ritual. The table is covered with a white cloth and features a tall candlestick decorated with a tricoloured ribbon, a loaf of bread, a glass of red wine and a carefully bound bunch of basil on a plate filled with water. The glass cabinets behind are decorated for the occasion with a large kelim and an icon of three saints. Inside the cabinets, various stuffed birds are on display.The photograph appeared in the newspaper Vreme on 13 Feburary 1929 in its 'Belgrade Chronicle' section. From left to right: archpriest Božić, patriarch Dimitrije, Stevan Sekerezović, president of the Colonial Merchants' Association, Mihajlo Đurić, vice-president of the Chamber of Merchants, and Toma Radenković, president of the Merchants’ Association of Serbia. The colonial merchants celebrated their slava on the day of the Three Holy Hierarchs ('Sveta Tri Jerarha') in the hunters' room of the Hotel Imperijal.Not specifiedNot specified90130SerbiaYugoslaviaBelgradeSlava udruženja trgovaca-kolonijalista. Vreme 2566, 13 February 1929, 9.
Domestic TradeExchangeAnnual CycleFood QuestBuilding Interiors and ArrangementEquipment and Maintenance of BLDGSOrganized CeremonialEcclesiatical Organization