Cooperage belonged to the Luković family and was relocated to the museum from Arilje. It is erected nearby garden of plum orchar


Cooperage belonged to the Luković family and was relocated to the museum from Arilje. It is erected nearby garden of plum orchard. During autumns the plums are put in large vats for fermentation which lasts in the mountains more then average. It is equipped with bricked kettle, wooden barrel for cold water (tabarka) and old tube (kapalica). Production and trade in brandy, šljivovica, increased in the late XIX century when, due to vine disease, a mayority of vineyards were devastated. Brandy is an essential part of the customs associated with annual and life cycles.


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