Last Saturday, the crew of the Foundation “Heritage Guardians – Bassania” visited the Hadžići Municipality. The original plan was to visit the hillfort site above the village of Gornja Bioča; however, after two hours of climbing and exploring the terrain, it turned out that the information we received from a resident was not correct.
No drywall remains, no well, and no clear traces of human activity were found on the site. Considering the terrain configuration, it is assumed that the hillfort was not used for a long time and was probably abandoned early.
After that, the Foundation team visited three necropolises in the village of Budmolići. The first is the Bjelica necropolis, located inside the Muslim graveyard, where 18 medieval tombstones were recorded: 11 chests, two gables, one gable with a base, and four slabs. Although the literature refers to the existence of a Bosnian Church in this place, we did not see the remains of its foundations anywhere.
The second necropolis, known as the Staro Čičkovo Groblje, consists of six medieval tombstones in the form of slabs that sank into the ground. It is assumed that Bjelica and the Staro Čičkovo Groblje were once a single necropolis that was later cut through by a local road.
The third necropolis – Lijehe – contains three medieval tombstones: two chests and one slab. This location is particularly interesting because of local beliefs and customs: until recently, people would bring cattle with urinating problems to this place to pass between the chests three times for healing, while during dry periods, people would pour water on the medieval tombstones in prayer for rain.
We would like to thank Derviš Jasika, the author of the book we used to search for necropolises, which provided the most precise and detailed list of necropolises in the Hadžići Municipality – certainly the best of all municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Translated by Prijevodi.ba
