Keep the garlic, the cross and be on the lookout – vampires can be next. That, at least, consider a remote Serbian village peasants nucleation, lost between the slopes of the mountains and forest jungle. The local council has warned residents to carry in their pockets and put garlic in rooms wooden crosses that protect from evil spirits.
All of these “precautions”, of course, are intended to attract visitors to one of the poorest regions on the border with Bosnia.
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