{"id":5225,"date":"2026-02-09T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:07:54","slug":"sofra-srce-porodicnog-zivota-u-osmanskoj-kuci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/2026\/02\/09\/sofra-srce-porodicnog-zivota-u-osmanskoj-kuci\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofra \u2013 The Heart of Family Life in the Ottoman Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a traditional Ottoman urban house, marked by warmth, a quiet rhythm, and a strong sense of family life, space never served only one purpose. Throughout the house, people lived, worked, talked, rested, and shared meals, following the rhythm of day and night, needs, and customs. Movable and thoughtfully designed furniture allowed every corner of the home to be transformed, in a moment, into a place of togetherness. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u2728\ufe0f\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By bringing in the demirlija, the sofra was prepared \u2014 modest yet dignified \u2014 set in the center of a soft, colorful carpet. A large copper tray, richly decorated with fine savat, was placed on iron demirs, the work of skilled and widely renowned Sarajevo coppersmiths. Food was served in gleaming copper dishes, and family members sat on the floor in an intimate circle around the sofra. A wide, carefully woven sofra-bo\u0161\u010da was spread across their laps, while neatly folded pirlitani and mahramas rested on the demirlija. Beside the sofra, an ibrik and a le\u0111en were always present \u2014 symbols of cleanliness, order, and household upbringing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family most often gathered in the calm evening hours. Shared meals were an important, almost ceremonial family ritual, given special care and attention. Silence and calm prevailed during the meal, as all family members surrendered to the rich flavors and warm aromas of traditional Bosnian cuisine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This quiet, unhurried, and dignified way of life can be experienced when visiting Svrzo\u2019s House. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U tradicionalnoj osmanskoj gradskoj ku\u0107i, toploj, tihim ritmom ispunjenoj i porodi\u010dnoj atmosferi, prostor nikada nije imao samo jednu namjenu. U cijeloj ku\u0107i se \u017eivjelo, radilo, razgovaralo, odmaralo i objedovalo, prate\u0107i smjenu dana i no\u0107i, potreba i obi\u010daja. Pokretan i promi\u0161ljen namje\u0161taj omogu\u0107avao je da se svaki kutak doma u tren oka pretvori u mjesto zajedni\u0161tva. [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5227,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions\/5227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}