Serbian Sokol movement, a phenomenon throughout three centuries: Anniversaries of the Sokol 2022

Abstract

The history of the Sokol movement in Serbia is significant, interesting, and full of numerous events that are worth remembering and celebrating anniversaries. On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the restoration of the Sokol movement in Serbia (1992-2022), the Sokol Association of Serbia organised the symposium "The Sokol movement of Serbia in three centuries and the Sokol anniversaries in 2022." It was held on 29 October 2022 in the Municipal Centre for Physical Culture of Belgrade - the former Sokol House "Matica", and since 1934 under the name "King Aleksandar I Karadjordjević". In the introductory lecture, I presented aspects of the origin and development of the Sokol training system in Serbia, based on ten significant anniversaries from the chronological factography of the Sokol movement, the contributions of its founders, as well as the characteristics of today's modern Sokol movement. The discussions of the participants of the meeting through the prism of perception of the importance of this training system, in the light of modern life and current events, will justify the attribute of the Sokol movement as a kind of phenomenon of the Sokol movement.