Janjevo and Janjevci Traditional Cache
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Janjevo, is a town in Kosovo that is mainly inhabited by Janjevci Croats. Janjevci get their name from this town. It is located in Lipjani municipality. The population of Janjevci has decreased since the 1970s. Since 1971, the Janjevci have immigrated from Janjevo to Zagreb and Kistanje in Croatia, causing a decline in the population of the Janjevci. The Albanians who live there are not in conflict with the Croats. There is a Catholic church located in the town where this cache is placed.
The Janjevci as a specific group is one of two regional communities in Kosovo who nationally identify as Croats. They are a Slavic nation and are mostly descended from traders who settled in Kosovo during the 14th century from Republic of Dubrovnik (then known as Ragusa). They have maintained their Catholic faith throughout the centuries.
The first written mention is by pope Benedict XI in 1303, mentioning Janjevo as the center of the catholic parish of Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicolas).
Janjevci families started migrating to Croatia in the 1950s (when all was part of Yugoslavia), with most settling in Zagreb. By the beginning of the 1970s, there was a large community of Janjevci along and within the vicinity of Konjšćinska Street in Dubrava, city district of Zagreb. They have since turned this area into a vibrant shopping district.
Because of rising anti-Croat rhetoric in the Serbian media on Kosovo from the late 1980s and the subsequent pressure, Croats from Janjevo and Letnica and other Croat-inhabited villages were became more inclined to leave Kosovo. They mostly migrated to Croatia.
During the Yugoslav Wars, a significant part of the Janjevci emigrated to Croatia in several waves (1992, 1995, 1997, 1999).
According to records in 2002, there are 966 families of Janjevci in Croatia, with the majority of them residing in the capital Zagreb (669 families), and the rest in other parts of Croatia (297 families).
Before 1991, there were 8,062 Janjevci in Kosovo. In 1998 about 1,300 remained. After the Kosovo War, in Janjevo itself only around 350 remained, the rest fled mostly to Croatia. In 2008, there were only 300 Croats estimated to live in Janjevo. In 2011, about 270 Croats lived in the area.
Cache is located in vincinity of the church of Saint Nicolas where Catholic priest Don Mato Palic is serving a mass every sunday at 11:00 in Croatian language, there are also few nuns here who run a nuber of singers for the chorus.
Every time I visit them I am inspired by their warmth, hospitality and faith and every time I visit I leave a piece of my heart here and I take a piece of their heart with me.
Also, since there are a lot of children there and they just love visitors and candies, please take extreme stealth when looking for this cache.
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Va n fgbarjnyy oruvaq gur puhepu.