"This time, my father persuaded her, and they are both proud. "I wanted to preserve the tradition - but also to show that I'm grown-up and brave," he said, adding that he had wanted to compete last year, but his mother said 'no'. "It's a fantastic feeling," he said after emerging from the chilly emerald water to cheers of relief and admiration from the crowd. Sunday's contest drew 40 local and international competitors and an audience of several thousand. To this day, the 'swallow dive' that Celebi celebrated is still performed by Mostar's divers - although Petrovic took a safer option, jumping in feet-first. IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-CLEMENT, THE ALL-MERCIFUL To GOD, who ennobles exalted minds by travels, and has enabled me to visit the holy places to Him who laid the foundations of the fortresses of legislation, and established them on the groundwork of prophecy and revelation, all praise be given: and may the richest blessings and most excellent benedictions be offered to the most noble and. He said that the divers "run up before jumping from the bridge, fall down into the river and fly through the air like birds performing tricks". Celebi wrote that, when seen from a distance, the bridge "looks round like a bow out of which an arrow has just flown, and the bow froze". The first written account of young men leaping off Stari Most into the rushing waters of the Neretva comes from the 17th century Ottoman explorer Mehmed Zilli, known as Evliya Celebi, who traveled the empire for 40 years, recording his observations in his Book of Travel. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it was rebuilt in 2004. The graceful Ottoman-era Old Bridge that gives the city its name was finished in 1566 or 1567 and stood until Bosnian Croat artillery destroyed it in 1993, during the Bosnian War. "In this town, it's an obligation for every boy my age to dive off the Stari Most," he said. At just 16, debutant Emil Petrovic is the youngest participant in this year's contest, the 452nd held on the gravity-defying white bridge that arches over the Neretva River through a point 24 meters (79 feet) above the water. This brand new translation by the foremost scholar of his age, brings Evliya sparkling to life, so that we can relish his charm and intelligence once more, whether he is describing high jinks in the bathhouses, being kidnapped by bandits, Ottoman Istanbul in its baroque heyday or a worldwide convention of trapeze artists.By Dado Ruvic MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - Extreme sports might seem like a modern innovation for adrenaline junkies, but in the ancient Bosnian town of Mostar, jumping or diving from the 24-metre-high bridge is a test of courage that dates back more than 400 years. As part of the program ‘Our Shared Europe’, this exhibition aims to foster dialogue for mutual respect and understanding with the Islamic communities of Europe. This translation brings his sparkling work to life. The exhibition ‘Evliya Çelebi: The Book of Travels’ opened on Tuesday, January 24th, and will run through the 17th of February at the Archaelogical Museum of Thessaloniki. He is in the pantheon of the great travel-writers of the world, though virtually unknown to western readers. He is in the pantheon of the great travel-writers of the world, though virtually unknown to western readers. Evliya Celebi was the Orhan Pamuk of the 17th century, the Pepys of the Ottoman world - a diligent, adventurous and honest recorder with a puckish wit and humour. Įvliya Celebi was the Orhan Pamuk of the 17th century, the Pepys of the Ottoman world - a diligent, adventurous and honest recorder with a puckish wit and humour. This brand new translation by the foremost scholar of his age, brings Evliya sparkling to life, so that we can relish his charm and intelligence once more, whether he is describing high jinks in the bathhouses, being kidnapped by bandits, Ottoman Istanbul. Evliya Celebi was the Orhan Pamuk of the 17th century, the Pepys of the Ottoman world - a diligent, adventurous and honest recorder with a puckish wit and humour.
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