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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian Croats
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The Bosnian Community in the USA has a long and distinguished history dating back one hundred years. According to Embassy estimates there are some 350,000 people of Bosnian origins living in the United States. The traditional centers of residence and culture for people from Bosnia and Herzegovina are situated on the East Coast (Atlanta, Jacksonville, New York ), in Mid-West (St. Louis, Chicago) and on the West Coast.
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Bosnian food generally does not combine sweet & savory foods, and you will never encounter such a thing as a Caesar salad with mandarin oranges. On the other hand, many a fine chef will experiment with sweet and savory tastes like the 'Medeno Meso' (Honeyed Meat) made in pre-war Banja Luka by a well known chef. The delineation between fruit and vegetables is strong, with fruit used only for dessert-type dishes. You will never encounter any dish where sugar is added unless it's a dessert. The food is generally heavy fresh produce, which needs little or no added spice. As such, there are few spicy or hot dishes, and dishes advertised as "spicy", such as stews like paprikas or gulash are usually spiced with paprika and not chilies, and do not carry overt pungency.
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Reuters has an article about the new Bosnia and Herzegovina flag. This article reads that Bosnian Moslem leader Alija Izetbegovic, the chairman of the country's collective presidency, has proposed declaring the old flag with the fleur de lis to be the banner of the Bosnian Moslem people.
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U.S.-sponsored peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, led to an agreement in 1995 that called for a Muslim-Croat federation and a Serb entity within the larger federation of Bosnia. Sixty thousand NATO troops were to supervise its implementation. Fighting abated and orderly elections were held in Sept. 1996. President Alija Izetbegovic, a Bosnian Muslim, or Bosniak, won the majority of votes to become the leader of the three-member presidency, each representing one of the three ethnic groups.
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Although successful economically, Austro-Hungarian policy - which focused on advocating the ideal of a pluralist and multi-confessional Bosnian nation (largely favored by the Muslims) - failed to curb the rising tides of nationalism. The concept of Croat and Serb nationhood had already spread to Bosnia and Herzegovina's Catholics and Orthodox communities from neighboring Croatia and Serbia in the mid 19th century, and was too well-entrenched to allow for the wide-spread acceptance of a parallel idea of Bosnian nationhood. By the latter half of the 1910s, nationalism was an integral factor of Bosnian politics, with national political parties corresponding to the three groups dominating elections.
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Since its founding in 2003, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) has attracted significant public attention in New York City, the Tri-State area and beyond. This vibrant cultural event, organized annually in New York City by two not-for-profit organizations, brings together a wide spectrum of the New York audiences, such as film enthusiasts from all walks of life, as well as the Bosnian-American community proud of its cultural heritage. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) represents and celebrates contemporary Bosnian-Herzegovinian cinematography.
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