Moračani

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Moračani are a historical Montenegrin highland tribe traditionally inhabiting the Morača river valley region in central Montenegro.

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Moračani canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tribe ⓘ
associatedMonastery Morača Monastery ⓘ
collectiveNameForm plural noun in local language ⓘ
country Montenegro ⓘ
culturalIdentity Montenegrin highlander ⓘ
culturalRegion Balkan highlands ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Mountains
customs Montenegrin tribal law (customary law) ⓘ
ethnicComposition Montenegrins ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Old Montenegro ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Serbo-Croatian ⓘ
folkloreType epic oral tradition ⓘ
hasRiver Morača River ⓘ
historicalAllegiance Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ⓘ
historicalMilitaryRole tribal warriors ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ottoman period in the Balkans ⓘ
historicalRegion Morača ⓘ
historicalStatus semi-autonomous tribe ⓘ
language Montenegrin ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
locatedIn Montenegrin Highlands ⓘ
central Montenegro ⓘ
modernAdministrativeRegion Kolašin Municipality ⓘ
Podgorica Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Podgorica region
monasteryCenturyFounded 13th century ⓘ
monasteryReligion Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Morača River ⓘ
neighboringTribe Bjelopavlići ⓘ
Kuči ⓘ
Piperi ⓘ
Vasojevići ⓘ
partOf Brda (Montenegrin Highlands tribes) ⓘ
regionType highland tribe territory ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
resisted Ottoman Empire ⓘ
traditionalChurchAffiliation Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
traditionalDiocese Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral ⓘ
traditionalDressRegion Montenegrin highland costume ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Morača river valley ⓘ
traditionalWeaponCulture Balkan gun and dagger culture ⓘ

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