Vasojevići

Il clan Vasojevići (in montenegrino: Vasojevići/Васојевићи albanese: Vasajt) è il più grande sottogruppo nazionale montenegrino, che, secondo alcune fonti, avrebbe origini albanesi.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Occupa l'area tra Vjetarnih Lijeva Rijeka a sud e Bihor presso Bijelo Polje a nord, Mateševo a ovest e Plav a est, e rimane uno dei sette sottogruppi statali (Vasojevići, Moračani, Rovčani, Bratonožići, Kuči, Piperi and Bjelopavlići). Vasojevići corrisponde anche al nome della regione medesima.

Nonostante oggigiorno il centro maggiore sia collocato a Andrijevica (città del Montenegro nord-orientale), la popolazione si stende fino a Lijeva Rijeka (Fiume Sinistro) nel Montenegro centrale. Il fondatore, Vaso, arrivò nell'area dopo la battaglia del Cossovo e da lì il gruppo accrebbe rapidamente, arrivando a occupare la zona delle montagne Komovi e le sponde del fiume Lim; poi continuò l'espansione nel tempo in direzione della Serbia attuale e del resto del Montenegro.

Storia modifica

La prima notazione scritta del gruppo Vasojevići compare per la prima volta in un archivio di Ragusa nel 1444. Prima di ciò pare che il nome Vasojevići e poi tutta la tradizione popolare del gruppo sia arrivata ai nostri giorni solo per via orale.

Secondo la leggenda, il gruppo risalirebbe alla persona di Stefan Nemanja (XII sec.), gran principe di Raška, fondatore della dinastia Nemanjić e, a seguito della sua morte a San Simeone, patrono della chiesa ortodossa serba.

Personaggi di origine Vasojevići modifica

Milla Jovovich - modella e attrice statunitense
Slobodan Milošević - ex presidente di Serbia e Jugoslavia
Momir Bulatović - ex presidente del Montenegro ed ex primo ministro della Jugoslavia

Note modifica

^ Robert Elsie, The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, London, I.B. Tauris, 2015, p. 3, ISBN 978-1784534011.
«The now Slavic-speaking Kuçi [Kuči] tribe of Montenegro, for instance, was originally Albanian-speaking. The same may be true, at least in part, of the Montenegrin Vasoviqi [Vasojevići] and Palabardhi [Bjelopavlići] tribes. On the other hand, many of the Albanian tribes took their origins from the north, i.e. from Montenegro and even from Herzegovina, and were no doubt originally Slavic-speaking.»
^ Ioana Duicu, Metal Adornments Of/With Balkan Influences, Components Of Women's Folk Costumes In Oltenia And Banat (PDF), in Cogito, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, 2015, p. 126. URL consultato il 21 giugno 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale l'11 novembre 2022).
^ Andromaqi Gjergji, Albanian Costumes Through the Centuries: Origin, Types, Evolution, Tirana, Academy of Sciences of Albania, Institute of Folc Culture, 2004, p. 118, ISBN 9789994361441. URL consultato il 17 maggio 2021 (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 marzo 2023).
«This also explains the severity of the measures with which the official circles of Cetinje tried to eliminate the folk costume of several Albanian clans in Montenegro, as one of the means for their denationalisation. Thus, in 1860, the government in Cetinje first issued the order that ornaments and embroideries must be removed from different parts of the costume of the women of the Vasaj tribe (Vasojevic) such as on the xhubleta, aprons, jackets etc. and Montenegrin garments worn instead; then the governor sent men to the Vasaj who “took the multicolour coats from the women's clothes chests so the people would wear the Montenegrin costume. He did the same thing in the neighbouring zones of the Moraça, Ravcaj, Bratonozhiq and other, because there too, a similar women's costume was worn” (121, p.823). Despite the drastic measure, the women of the Vasaj clan retained their folk costume until the beginning of XX century.»
^ Arben Arifi e Luan Tetaj, The Monastery of Deçan and the Attempts to Appropriate It, in Journal of International Cooperation and Development, Richtmann Publishing, 2020, p. 67. URL consultato il 2 febbraio 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 28 dicembre 2021).
«In Montenegro, Albanian tribes such as Kuçi, Bjellopavliq (Palabardhët), Piprraj, Vasoviq, and others were among the assimilated ones»
^ Vickers Miranda, Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo, Hurst & Company, 1998, p. 8.
«In Kosovo, especially in its eastern part, most Albanians were gradually assimilated into the Eastern Orthodox faith by numerous methods, including the baptism of infants with Serbian names and the conducting of all religious ceremonies such as marriages in the Serbian language. In Montenegro entire tribes such as the Kuc, Bjellopavliq, Palabardha, Piprraj and Vasovic were assimilated; those who resisted assimilation retreated into the hills of what is now northern Albania.»
^ Qemal Murati, Sprovë për një fjalor etimologjik onomastik Shqiptar, in Studime Albanologjike, vol. 6, ITSH, 2012, p. 19. URL consultato il 21 giugno 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 22 maggio 2022).
«Procesi i kalimit të elementit shqiptar në atë serb me rrugë të ndryshme asimilimi ka ndodhur te shumë fise të Malit të Zi, në Kuç etj., si p.sh. te Piperët, te Vasojeviçët etj.»
^ Vogel Rudolf, Südosteuropa-Schriften - Volume 6, 1964, p. 176.
«"Auch die montenegrinischen Stämme der Piperi und Vasojevići sind ihrer Herkunft nach stark albanisch fundiert "»
^ Rrok Zojsi, Survivances de l'ordre du fis dans quelques micro-régions de l'Albanie, in Buda (a cura di), La Conférence nationale des études ethnographiques (28-30 juin 1976), 1977, pp. 196–197.
«Pourtant, quelques groupes d'un fis, éloignés excessivement de leur base, entrèrent en rapports socio-économiques avec d'autres fis du nouvel emplacement et tombèrent sous leur influence, comme p. ex., des différents frères du fis de Keç Panta, le Hot et le Triesh restèrent albanais, cependant que les Vasojeviq et le Pipër se slavisèrent. Quoique ayant perdu la base économique commune et les traditions culturelles communes, ils n'en conservèrent pas moins l'idée d'une origine commune.»
^ Kahreman Ulqini, Tradition and history about the Albanian origin of some Montenegrin tribes, in Kultura Popullore, vol. 03, 1al, 1983, pp. 121–128. URL consultato il 1º agosto 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 9 luglio 2022).

Controllo di autorità	VIAF (EN) 310733911

[Elsie-1] Robert Elsie, The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, London, I.B. Tauris, 2015, p. 3, ISBN 978-1784534011.
«The now Slavic-speaking Kuçi [Kuči] tribe of Montenegro, for instance, was originally Albanian-speaking. The same may be true, at least in part, of the Montenegrin Vasoviqi [Vasojevići] and Palabardhi [Bjelopavlići] tribes. On the other hand, many of the Albanian tribes took their origins from the north, i.e. from Montenegro and even from Herzegovina, and were no doubt originally Slavic-speaking.»

[2] Ioana Duicu, Metal Adornments Of/With Balkan Influences, Components Of Women's Folk Costumes In Oltenia And Banat (PDF), in Cogito, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, 2015, p. 126. URL consultato il 21 giugno 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale l'11 novembre 2022).

[3] Andromaqi Gjergji, Albanian Costumes Through the Centuries: Origin, Types, Evolution, Tirana, Academy of Sciences of Albania, Institute of Folc Culture, 2004, p. 118, ISBN 9789994361441. URL consultato il 17 maggio 2021 (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 marzo 2023).
«This also explains the severity of the measures with which the official circles of Cetinje tried to eliminate the folk costume of several Albanian clans in Montenegro, as one of the means for their denationalisation. Thus, in 1860, the government in Cetinje first issued the order that ornaments and embroideries must be removed from different parts of the costume of the women of the Vasaj tribe (Vasojevic) such as on the xhubleta, aprons, jackets etc. and Montenegrin garments worn instead; then the governor sent men to the Vasaj who “took the multicolour coats from the women's clothes chests so the people would wear the Montenegrin costume. He did the same thing in the neighbouring zones of the Moraça, Ravcaj, Bratonozhiq and other, because there too, a similar women's costume was worn” (121, p.823). Despite the drastic measure, the women of the Vasaj clan retained their folk costume until the beginning of XX century.»

[4] Arben Arifi e Luan Tetaj, The Monastery of Deçan and the Attempts to Appropriate It, in Journal of International Cooperation and Development, Richtmann Publishing, 2020, p. 67. URL consultato il 2 febbraio 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 28 dicembre 2021).
«In Montenegro, Albanian tribes such as Kuçi, Bjellopavliq (Palabardhët), Piprraj, Vasoviq, and others were among the assimilated ones»

[5] Vickers Miranda, Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo, Hurst & Company, 1998, p. 8.
«In Kosovo, especially in its eastern part, most Albanians were gradually assimilated into the Eastern Orthodox faith by numerous methods, including the baptism of infants with Serbian names and the conducting of all religious ceremonies such as marriages in the Serbian language. In Montenegro entire tribes such as the Kuc, Bjellopavliq, Palabardha, Piprraj and Vasovic were assimilated; those who resisted assimilation retreated into the hills of what is now northern Albania.»

[6] Qemal Murati, Sprovë për një fjalor etimologjik onomastik Shqiptar, in Studime Albanologjike, vol. 6, ITSH, 2012, p. 19. URL consultato il 21 giugno 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 22 maggio 2022).
«Procesi i kalimit të elementit shqiptar në atë serb me rrugë të ndryshme asimilimi ka ndodhur te shumë fise të Malit të Zi, në Kuç etj., si p.sh. te Piperët, te Vasojeviçët etj.»

[7] Vogel Rudolf, Südosteuropa-Schriften - Volume 6, 1964, p. 176.
«"Auch die montenegrinischen Stämme der Piperi und Vasojevići sind ihrer Herkunft nach stark albanisch fundiert "»

[8] Rrok Zojsi, Survivances de l'ordre du fis dans quelques micro-régions de l'Albanie, in Buda (a cura di), La Conférence nationale des études ethnographiques (28-30 juin 1976), 1977, pp. 196–197.
«Pourtant, quelques groupes d'un fis, éloignés excessivement de leur base, entrèrent en rapports socio-économiques avec d'autres fis du nouvel emplacement et tombèrent sous leur influence, comme p. ex., des différents frères du fis de Keç Panta, le Hot et le Triesh restèrent albanais, cependant que les Vasojeviq et le Pipër se slavisèrent. Quoique ayant perdu la base économique commune et les traditions culturelles communes, ils n'en conservèrent pas moins l'idée d'une origine commune.»

[9] Kahreman Ulqini, Tradition and history about the Albanian origin of some Montenegrin tribes, in Kultura Popullore, vol. 03, 1al, 1983, pp. 121–128. URL consultato il 1º agosto 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 9 luglio 2022).

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