{"id":236,"date":"2014-02-15T21:25:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T21:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleksandarpetrovic.org\/english\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:34:42","slug":"assemblies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aleksandarpetrovic.org\/en\/filmography\/documentaries-and-short-films\/assemblies\/","title":{"rendered":"Assemblies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Fairs)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

orig. Sabori<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Production company:<\/td>Dunav film, Belgrade, 1965<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Screenplay:<\/td>Aleksandar Petrovi\u0107<\/td><\/tr>
Director:<\/td>Aleksandar Petrovi\u0107<\/td><\/tr>
Camera:<\/td>Nikola Majdak<\/td><\/tr>
Film editing:<\/td>Aleksandar Ili\u0107<\/td><\/tr>
Choice of music:<\/td>Aleksandar Petrovi\u0107<\/td><\/tr>
Associates:<\/td>D. Kosti\u0107, R. Vuji\u0107, B. Babi\u0107<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabori represents the medieval feasts or gatherings of people around churches, or monasteries, on a particular Saint\u2019s day. This tradition was a common practice in the medieval Serbian state before the conquest of the Ottoman Empire. The custom of the Sabori continued until the twentieth century, in an almost hidden form, under Tito\u2019s communist regime. The Church as an institution, was never really persecuted by the communists, but \u201caggressively marginalized\u201d. Religion was forbidden in schools, however, a significant number of Serbs continued to practice their faith. Petrovi\u0107 filmed these Sabori \u00ab invisible \u00bb  to the state media. The film compares the fresco scenes of Serbian medieval monasteries to scenes of these assemblies (Sabori<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing on his pictorial sensibility- Petrovi\u0107 had a degree in Art History- on the symbols, without narrative, but accompanied by sound and music, he made his short film Sabori <\/em>a timeless documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: the French title \u201cKermesses\u201d was chosen by the production (communist) to show only the festive side, taking care not to make any allusion to the religious celebration as is in the real Sabori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivals:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n