Diva Grabovčeva

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Diva Grabovčeva († around 1680 in Kedžara near Jablanica , Eyâlet Bosnia ) is a legendary martyr of the Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

Memorial to Diva Grabovčeva in Kedžara (bronze statue by Kuzma Kovačić , 1998)

Their martyrdom stands for the myth of the resistance of the Catholic population against the Muslim Ottomans ruling in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina . Diva is still worshiped today by the predominantly Catholic Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina . On the first Sunday in July each year, on the feast of her martyrdom, Holy Mass is celebrated in Kedžara , in which several thousand believers and pilgrims take part.

Legend

Bosnia and Herzegovina had been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for almost 200 years in the 17th century . Diva is said to have lived in the community of Prozor-Rama (Herzegovina). The rich Ottoman beg from the neighboring region of Kupres Tahir Kopčić is said to have fallen in love with the 20-year-old diva. He is said to have persistently wooed the woman who, for reasons of faith, refused to consent to the marriage. For her protection, Diva was sent to a relative in the mountains by her father. The Beg had her located and murdered her. Diva's Muslim friend Arslan avenged her and killed the beggar. Diva's grave is said to be in the village of Kedžara. The tomb is placed in the village of Šćit near Rama.

At the place where her blood was shed, a stone is said to have stood from which a small spring has flowed and a flower has been growing since her death. The alleged stone can be viewed today.

The legend can be found in many Croatian stories and folk songs .

In the media

literature

  • Ćiro Truhelka : Djevojački roughly: legenda iz bosanske prošlosti [The girl's grave: a legend from the Bosnian past] . Ed .: Franjevački samostan. 2003, ISBN 953-96497-0-6 (Croatian, t-com.hr - first edition: St. Kugli, Zagreb 1922, historical story).
  • Dubravko Horvatić: Diva Grabovica . Zagreb 1987 (Croatian, story for children).
  • Ivan Aralica : Graditelj svratišta [The builder of the inn] . Znanje, Zagreb 1986 (Croatian, t-com.hr - novel).

music

The successful Croatian band Thompson dedicated the song of the same name to her on the 2006 album Bilo jednom u Hrvatskoj (Once upon a time in Croatia). Popular front man Marko Perković named his daughter, who was born in 2007, Diva Marija .

Movie

Her life was processed in 2012 by the author Miljenko Karačić as a documentary entitled Divin krik s Vrana .

Opera

  • Blago Karačić: Diva Grabovčeva . Naša ognjišta, Duvno 1978 (tragedy in three acts).

Web links
  1. Mijo Džolan: Diva Grabovčeva: Cvijet neispisanog kršćanskog martirologija .
  2. Ivan Aralica: Zapis o Divi Grabovčevoj .
  3. Milan Bešlić: Graditelj forme .
  4. Mirko Jozić: Diva Grabovčeva: Simbol identiteta i uporište nade .
  5. Mijo Džolan: Poruka mučenice Dive Grabovčeve .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marko Dragić: Hrvatske predaje i legende iz Bosne i Hercegovine (=  Deset kamih mačeva . Volume 1 ). Mala nakladna kuća Sveti Jure, 1999, p. 139, 181, 183 (Croatian).
  2. ↑ Diva Grabovčeva. Retrieved January 17, 2018 (English): "According to a legend, ..."
  3. ^ Hrvatsko kulturno vijeće: Kuzma Kovačić. Retrieved October 25, 2013 (Croatian).
  4. ↑ diskografija.com: Diva Grabovčeva (with text). Retrieved October 25, 2013 .
  5. ↑ diskografija.com: Bilo jednom u Hrvatskoj - 2006 - Thompson. Retrieved October 25, 2013 .
  6. ^ Croatian TV (HRT): Nagrađen "Divin krik s Vrana". Retrieved October 25, 2013 (Croatian).
personal data
SURNAME Grabovčeva, diva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian national heroine
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH around 1680
Place of death Kedžara near Jablanica