СИРОВАРИ И ДРУГИ ОБИЧАЈИ СЕЛА ЦАКАНОВАЦ
SIROVARI AND OTHER CUSTOMS IN THE VILLAGE OF CAKANOVAC

Summary/Abstract: The tiny village of Cakanovac – only 156 inhabitants – lies 7 km from Preševo, a municipal town, and 3 km from the Railway Station of Preševo, the part of the town closest to the highway, Corridor 10, and it is inhabited by Serbs and Djorgovci (Orthodox Roma), who think of it as their own village that seems to separate them insurmountably from the rest of the population of Preševo, which comprises an absolute Albanian majority. The poor inhabitants still have high hopes for the future, mainly because they stick firmly to the centuries-old traditional Serbian customs, whose practice separates them from their immediate surroundings. This is the case with the custom known as “Sirovari“, an unusual name for a pre-New Year holiday on January 13th.

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