BOSANSKE TETOVAZE

Bosanke katolkinje s tetovažama na rukama -Bosankski običaji koji datiraju još iz turskog vremena

It dates from the time when Bosnia and Herzegowina was occupied by Turkish folks( 1463 -1878)and it is widely known that they have taken catholic boys and girls to Turkey, where they have been thaught to forget everything their know about their origin and muslim religion was taught to them. That was the reason why catholic folks tatooed their children with crosses, women on their hands and men on chest , so that they could always know that they were catholic once*** Two children of the Bosnian Queen Katarina Kosaca were taken as slaves to Turkey like that !!!Only very old folks have these tatoos today. My grandmother also has a cross on her arm and she was born on 1931!

Sudbina Katarine Kosace- The sad fate of Queen Katarina,the last Bosnian queen

Sultan zarobljava i odvodi u ropstvo dvoje njene nejake djece Katarinu i Sigismunda . Kako je papa Pio II. umro 1464. godine u Ankoni oèekujuæi križare, Katarina nije doèekala oèekivanu, a uvijek obecavanu, pomoæ za osloboðenje svoje domovine i djece iz turskoga ropstva u koje ih odvede el Fatih. Umrla je u samostanu na Campidogliu i pokopana u crkvi Aracoeli u Rimu. Svoju djecu nije nikada više vidjela. S bolju u duši je saznala da se oboje njene djece u ropstvu odgaja po zasadama islama. Nije docekala da mac kralja Stjepana Tomaša, njegova oca, preda sinu Sigismundu. Ostavila ga je u polog vlastima u Dubrovniku kako bi ga oni predali Sigismundu, ako se oslobodi turskoga ropstva.

Mostarci joj ovoga proljeca, uz uskršnje praznike, u znak zahvalnosti i priznanja njenoj ljubavi i želji za osloboðenjem Bosne od Turaka i suosjecanja za otetom djecom podigoše spomenik kraljici i majci i kao žrtvi el Fatiha.