The great Polish poet, Zbigniew Herbert said,
"The future is here, you just have to recognize it and single it out."
There is no future for anyone who doesn't want to conquer his own future.
THE LAND FOR US
My name is Zaim Bešović.
This place where we're sitting, this location is called Kulina.
This is a Bosnian stećak.
Opposite from it - we can't see it from the fog - stands Maglić.
In front of us, it's the Sutjeska River Valley.
I learned to walk with the help of this stećak.
And that's why I'm still connected to it to this day
and these parts of the world.
At the time, the concept was such: the creation of the working class an factories,
so my papa said back then:
"Study, so you can leave this desert."
The concept was to move the working class to the cities,
and to industrialize; can you imagine, "Leave this desert."
So in '67 I left for primary school in Popov most, and I was the first
from the Goražde County who was a full time student at the Air Force Gymnasium,
and later, the Academy, and who became a pilot.
And it was only after that that I learned that this was not a desert,
that this is a real wealth. Global wealth.
After the war, I withdrew. I withdrew my family, and I said,
"Whatever happened, it's done." And then they tried to organize the return,
people didn't want to; so they called me, "Zaim, would you like to go home?"
I said, "If that's the case, we left, let's go back."
And that's when I told them, "I accept, but I know that I'm in shit this deep."
"All I want is not to sink any further if I accept that."
-Greetings to our host! -Good morning! Did you get enough sleep?
I was the first to come back. The one to leave first was the first to come back.
I came back before the war, I started building a house... and other things.
And I also came back after the war.
It's not the same like before the war, but I can't replace this with anything else,
because I'm a part of this water, this land, this stećak; Maglić,
a part of my friends' circle, neighbors.
How are you doing, my good friend? I've lost you in this fog!
My good old friend, how are you? Welcome!
I'm as happy to see you as my own brother.
In May of 2000, when they came back, the head of the municipality was
Neđo Vladišić, who we've visited today, and he welcomed us at Tjentište.
At that time, he said something that was unheard of.
He said that people have always lived normally around here, neighbors are welcome.
Let's go have coffee!
We've always lived amicably and as people, and we will continue to do so.
And it was just like he said.
We in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at least according to the statistics, are quite religious.
In all dominant religious traditions, it's an obligation to live together.
It's not a matter of choice, or a matter of whim.
It's an obligation to live with and respect those you share your life with.
We're in front of the Church of Lord's Rapture in Bijelo Polje.
It's in the vicinity of Mostar.
This year was interesting, especially for this parish,
as the church has celebrated its 150th year.
We had an interesting moment during the celebration of Ascension Day,
which is celebrated in this parish;
each year, when we'd celebrate this day, we'd invite
our Muslim neighbors, headed by their representative, Idriz,
who would share this day of celebration with us.
However, this year things were uncomfortable and he immediately...
Came back, Idriz, so I asked him what should we do this year -
it was during Ramadan, it's uncouth to invite you,
how should we handle it?
He didn't know what to answer at that moment, so he said that...
-I said that I'd come... -Yes, but he couldn't...
-I knew for a year that it fell on Ramadan... -So he couldn't eat anything or drink.
So what do you do? It's uncomfortable if someone
comes to your saint's day and not eat or drink...
You know us Serbs and our customs. Everyone has to eat and drink.
So then I had the idea, why shouldn't we organize Iftar?
Because it could be such a success, not just here, but also in the region.
We decided to do it, definitely, I had invited Idriz,
he was really happy, as well as many of the people who come here.
Muslims who come to our saint's day, I invited them all.
The people were elated by the invitation.
It was wonderful. That evening, we were good hosts, we made a dinner,
the people had dinner and went to their prayer.
I was quite surprised.
More by the idea itself... But they accepted it as normal,
it wasn't seen as unnatural or strange.
They were all surprised by the creativity of the idea.
"How come you thought of that first?"
I don't know if we were the first!
-I don't know the history... -I mean, maybe we weren't the first,
but the first who were public about it... -There's no record of something like this happening.
In any case, it was well received. There were no negative...
comments that I've heard.
-Or heard. -Negative comments can only come from ignorance.
For example, I had cases where people from the region called and asked,
"Why are you letting Muslims pray to their God in your church?"
And I'd respond by asking them if they knew what Iftar was.
Only those who don't know can give a negative comment.
We are simply trying, trying to teach those around us through our example.
I don't know, we might be succeeding, we might not be succeeding.
It's not up to us. But it's up to us to do things that way.
To try.
God will decide.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has invested itself into unity.
Invested into unity.
Our way of historical existence witnesses to the fact
that all our differences are infused into our unity.
I remember it always, that period when we came back
and you're sitting on a rock somewhere, literally, you spend an entire day
and you don't hear a single bird sing, or you can't see it fly by.
So it was a very ugly feeling, that everything is dying,
and you have a feeling that you're a part of all that,
that you're nowhere to be found either.
I've spent 6 years in Novi Sad, of my youth, studying, working,
but it never came into question whether I'll come back here.
Bosanski Petrovac as the second municipality by square meter in BiH...
And with only 5500 to 6000 citizens has a huge potential
for people who first have to understand that they have to and should work
in order to live from their own labor; I really think there's a huge potential
both in Petrovac and BiH. No one can question that.
When it comes to the "Čardaklije" rural household,
I can say that it's my idea.
Basically it was my life goal, my life dream.
Simply because I really appreciate the village life,
especially a village where my family had arrived back in 1825.
Through this story, in a very healthy way, I raise my children
so that they can be aware at an early age
that they already have to work and organize
so that they can have a life; that's already reason enough for me
for doing all of this.
Often I'm annoyed by the fact that
people adress me with "boss," or worse, when someone's puzzled
when they see me working in the kitchen or in any other part of my property.
It's strange because as long as we're surprised when we see
a man working, and not surprised by the man who doesn't do anything,
that's going to be a problem.
We have to go back to that individuality that our people here aren't keen about,
where they live in collectivism.
The highest form of freedom is to find yourself in that chaos,
and to find support within yourself.
It doesn't mean living a life apart from the other,
in conflict with the society you live in.
It's the opposite: it's going back to yourself, in order to go back to the society
and by doing good for oneself, doing good to others.
I first came here in 2001, and as most visitors who came here then,
I was completely fascinated by this natural beauty and untouched nature.
It occurred to me then that this could be
the starting point to my new life.
I started working in hospitality and that went on for 7-8 years,
when it came to global warming,
there wasn't enough snow, simply, a man couldn't life off of those three months alone.
So I came across an interesting article - everybody knows a lot about it by now -
that the most prestigious tourism and culture magazine, National Geographic,
announced that BiH was the top destination for mountain biking in the world.
This was in 2014, and then I started to research and I came across very interesting statistics.
Europe, for example, has 60 million bicycle tourists.
With the National Geographic reference, and these numbers,
it was reason enough for me to try and do it here.
When the first group of Austrians arrived and was elated after a tour of the Vran mountain
which was 60 kilometers long, then I saw that the Blidinje lake really has
a lot of potential for mountain biking.
So I continued to actively pursue it.
In 2012, when I started to do mountain biking, I began noting down the statistics
to see where it will lead me, what the results will be,
and I can say that each year I see a growth of 50 percent.
During my life on the Blidinje, I simply got used to these mountains,
and they became normal to me and something that's nothing spectacular.
But the foreigners, when they come here, they simply leave excited
and most of them say that we don't know what we have.
Freedom is the key question of human existence.
Human freedom is something that makes us godlike.
It's the most valuable thing we have within us.
And no one can...
Take that without asking us.
An old man had taught me, "People can take away everything from you
without asking you, except for your honor." That's freedom.
I didn't take notice before, I had a hectic life just like most people.
You can't but run through the city.
You can't be calm in a rush.
We lived in the city, in Banja Luka.
We had our own newsstand, we worked, and...
Then we decided to leave all of it, sell it and buy our own property, live and work here.
Now we have 80 goats. We began with goats.
Somehow we came up with it because the terrain was good for goats
and it was overgrown... The terrain was for goats, to have something to eat
so we began, and then we looked it up online, how to raise goats,
we learned that goat milk products are highly regarded, and that was it.
If a person wakes up and doesn't only wait for the TV,
or for someone to call him; people will not come to your home
and drag you to work. A person has to snap out of it a bit.
A man has to work from scratch to have enough, and not have to choose.
So... There's always work. When we look for...
We were looking for workers at times, to... People who look for work will find it.
We've been here for a year now.
Since we moved. We work, we fight.
The milk is not being purchased yet. Goat milk. But we're selling,
we deliver it around the city.
Now everyone has a task, from the child - they also have their own
responsibility and has to listen.
So now we all have something to do.
I'm sorry to say that I could build a wall of tears,
line up photos of top young people from the Balkans who have left
or who have disappeared here in the fog that they inhabit.
But who could put together 10 great governments,
five quality universities.
My name is Tamara Cvetković. I was born in Milići. I'm 27.
For the past six months I live and work - at first I was a volunteer,
now I work - at the Center for Peacebuilding in Sanski Most.
I have an MA in primary school education,
I've completed my degree, did my practice term,
and I came back to Milići after 15 years of life in Bijeljina.
And I saw that I can't fit in because we all know what it's like in BiH
and how certain things are done, how to keep your job;
that it's not enough to be a good worker, a good student, or a person.
But that it's important to have connections, money, in order to stay employed.
I don't think I've ever dreamed of living on the other end of BiH, in Krajina.
That would've never occurred to me.
But I suppose that was my destiny and some things simply fell into place
and I came to Sanski Most.
The main reason are two people, two visions: Vahidin Omanović and Nurudin Rahmanović.
the directors of the Center for Peacebuilding who I met last year in Potoci, in Mostar at peace camp.
They said, we have two offers for you:
one of them is to come to us to Sana - they didn't even finish and I said
"I'll come to Sana!" But you didn't hear our other offer!
I said I didn't care!
BiH is a beautiful country. But it's not put to use enough.
I think there's no point for us well-educated, smart, young people
to leave BiH, because the number of people leaving is unimaginable.
They abandon their homes because of a better tomorrow
somewhere in the West: the United States, Australia, whichever.
I don't want to - that's my answer. Simply put, I don't want to leave BiH.
I want to try and change the situation here with young people, with fresh blood.
It's difficult, it's not an easy task. It's nothing that happens overnight.
But I think that it's doable.
And that, as a small flood, we can occupy BiH,
because I stand behind the saying, "Be the change you want to see."
And that only 1% of people change things in the world.
I think I'll stay here for the rest of my life.
That's my plan for the future.
About 60 years ago, in America, a black man couldn't sit
where he wanted on the bus.
There were certain seats.
Today, in that same country, the only person in the history
whose birthday is celebrated as a national holiday
is the man who had created change; his name is Martin Luther King.
Not even the 1% - sometimes you just need one man.
One leader, one visionary.
Of course, he has to have legitimacy, and I'd say, credibility.
Mostar Rock School is a project dealing with music education.
It was founded in 2012, in the fall. It's still taking place to this day.
The first group had 16 young participants, now you have over a hundred.
We decided to apply music in order to create new connections.
I'd say that the main goal is to connect people.
People say that culture is 10 years ahead of politics.
We took that seriously and... Used the culture as a tool
which attracts people.
At the rock school, they are taught to do things as a team,
to work together, to present their ideas. To listen to the ideas of others.
To make compromises.
And they are taught that the result is better collectively than when it's individual.
Those are the values that are connected to life matters as well.
That's why I think that the rock school matters.
It doesn't matter what they'll do tomorrow. Whichever profession they choose.
If they're open enough to accept people, to give them a chance,
and also open enough to enter a circle of ten people
that they've never seen before and to say loud and clear what they think,
that's a fully realized individual.
I definitely think there's future, it's only a matter of thinking that
the future is made; it's not something you wait for.
At the same time, I'd really like to ask parents who raise their children
so that already at the primary school they are sending them to Germany
or abroad when they're done with high school, what do they live here for then?
Look around you - this is...
I live on planet Earth.
This is a part of it. Of course some things connect you to your birthplace,
in important and deeper ways.
I think it's time for people to move and start thinking positively,
that things can be done, to stop saying, "That can't be done here."
Yes it can!
But you have to become active and create your own future.
There's no future for those who want to be mere numbers
of their religion, their ethnicity, their nation.
Which can then be manipulated daily.
There's no future for those who in advance partake in the game
of an a priori negative narrative, negative philosophy
about the inability of any kind of change.
I, who is aware of all the limitations of this political system,
who has written hundreds upon hundreds of pages of derisive criticism of that system,
I will never get tired of fighting for things to be better.
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