A legend of the Barkić line, Oćevija's potters, who over three generations shaped ever more perfect vessels from Fox Hill clay — until, so it's said, Anto's jug rang out in the marketplace of Istanbul.
A legend of Oćevija's wedding-eve custom of breaking a turtle's shell — a superstition said to have turned back an aga's horsemen on a night in 1643.
Oćevija is a village in the Vareš municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This site documents its history, population, and above all its unusual folk traditions and customs.
