bosniaproject – Kentucky Folklife Program

On Our Plates: Behar Cafe

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Today was a fun fieldwork day. We popped over to Behar Café to sample their cevapi, burek, & coffee, and to check out some of the food items they carry. Behar is a Bosnian restaurant and grocery in Bowling Green, KY that specializes in cooking and selling items important to Bosnian foodways traditions, such as sausage and pita.

The Bosnia Project

Bosnia Exhibit Update

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Yesterday, @wku photographer Clinton Lewis stopped by to photograph the Husic family’s ćilim. The woven rug will be part of the upcoming exhibit, A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green, set to open September 29th at the Kentucky Museum.

The Bosnia Project

Bosnia Project Update

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Ever wonder what goes into to creating a museum exhibit? A lot! Here’s a sneak peak of our upcoming exhibit, A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green, which is currently under construction. The exhibit will open September 29th at the Kentucky Museum.

The Bosnia Project, WKU International Year Of

Update on the Bosnian Project

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Nermin Peimanovic showing off his son’s Bosnian fez along with socks that were knitted for him by his Grandmother. We’re happy to say these items will be featured in the upcoming exhibit, A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green. This exhibit will open this fall at the Kentucky Museum and is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

From the Archives, The Bosnia Project, WKU International Year Of

From the Archives: Kupus

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From the archives: Senida Husic and her family cooking up a pot of kupus in their Bowling Green, KY home. Husic described: “The part of [Bosnia] where my family is from, the stew is called ‘kupus’ which is essentially just ‘cabbage’. There are different variations of how it’s made, family to family, but mostly it’s referred to as kupus.”