The team "Ilic" from Bijela, a family team composed of three generations, united by the love for stone construction, took the first place at the 4th Montenegrin Championship in the construction of stone boundary walls (suvomedja).
The second was the mixed team “Second Chance” from Herceg Novi-Trebinje, while the third place belonged to another mixed, Podgorica-Herceg Novi team, known as "Podgorica at Sea”.
The championship was organized within the event "Our Karst", which was held last weekend at the Orjen mountain.
By organizing the competition, we want to preserve and revive the ancient art of stone construction in the dry technique, without bonding material. The transfer of this skill from generation to generation is due to our adaptation to the karst life, that is, the adjustment of karst to our needs. What was once a necessity of survival today is a cultural value both in terms of non-material and in terms of material heritage. Also, the art of masonry and the cultural landscape as its product are all the more significant segments of the tourist offer which has long crossed the boundaries of the sun, the beach and the sea. It is important that year-to-year awareness among the local population of the importance of preserving this traditional skill is growing, among other things, through these cultural-sport-recreational competitions, said the organizers.
Orjen’s sedlo (1600 m) was the center of the two-day program dedicated to karst and the preservation of its tradition. The hikers from Herceg Novi and Podgorica ("Subra", "Gorica" and individuals) are traveling through the central part of the massif, visiting its highest but craggiest spots, getting acquainted with the difficulties of crossing this kind of terrain and at the same time the hidden beauty of Orjen.
"Despite the significant range of inaccessibility, Vucji zub (1805 m) and Veliki kabao (1894 m) through the centuries have been significant military milestones, as well as the rebel’s refuges. “Mountain, pastoral, and even old-smuggling paths lead to them, the organizers said.
The organizers were PC "Subra" and the Agency for Development and Protection of Orjen. The event was organized by the Herceg Novi Tourist Organization, Ministry of Sport, Montenegro Mountain Association and Herceg Novi Municipality.
Text by Slavica Kosic, on July 1st 2019, read more at Vijesti
