Paper short abstract:

Jevremova Street - Street of Meetings is a street event held in the center of Belgrade. It aims to revive the spirit of cosmopolitan urbanity and tolerance, since the population of the neighborhood in which the street is located has, throughout its history, been multiethnic and multiconfessional.

Paper long abstract:

This paper aims to present from an ethnographic point of view a specific street event, Jevremova Street - Street of Meetings, which has been held for two years now in the center of Belgrade, Serbia. The festival is held on Palm Sunday, which is the feast of the Stari Grad municipality, where the street is located. Jevremova Street is situated in the oldest part of the city, which has for centuries been the hub of Belgrade's civic life. The festival aims not only to recreate the civic spirit of Serbia of the late 19th and early 20th century, but also to revive and establish, by means of various street performances and events, the spirit of cosmopolitan urbanity and tolerance characteristic of this part of the city, which has, throughout its history, been multiethnic and multiconfessional.

The concept of the event is interesting. The linear space of the street is transformed into an intersection of different segments of time and of the cultural, confessional, ethnic and professional identities and practices that used to exist or are present to this day in the life of the street and the entire neighborhood. Through the participation of various, both professional and amateur, performers, as well as the participation of citizens who live and work on or near Jevremova Street, tableaux and events are staged which, as in a mobile exhibition, revive the memory and tradition and shape the spirit of urbanity and community, and (re)construct the various identities of the oldest neighborhood of Belgrade.

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