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, written by

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. It is set in Stanković's native

Vranje Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 55,214 while the city administrative area has 74,381 inhabitan ...

, a town in southern

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. It features many themes of

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folklore Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, myths, legends, proverbs, Poetry, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also ...

and patriarchal customs which were still present in the late nineteenth century. The play is very popular to this day. The Serbian composer

Petar Konjović Petar Konjović ( sr-cyr, Петар Коњовић, , 5 May 1883 – 1 October 1970) was a Serbs, Serbian composer and academic. Education and career Petar Konjović was born in Čurug, where his father worked as a teacher. He was educated in No ...

wrote an

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of the same name based on the play. Serbian plays Plays set in the 19th century Vranje 1902 plays Plays set in Serbia {{1900s-play-stub