Mokrin ( sr-cyr, Мокрин) is the largest village in the

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municipality, in the

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

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. The village has a

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ethnic majority (83.47%) with a present

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(6.23%) and Hungarian minority (4.9%). It has a population of 5,270(2011 census)

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as ''Mokrin'' (Мокрин), in Hungarian as ''Mokrin'' (previously ''Homokrév''), and in

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as ''Mokrin''. The name of the village derived from Serbian word "mokro" ("wet" in English).

History

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Moriš (Maros/Mureș) culture necropolis of 312 graves was unearthed in Mokrin. The graves of the men had large golden discs placed at the breasts. Only a small amount of the graves were found to have weapons and tools.O počecima bronzanog doba u Evropi vid. opširnije: M. Gimbutas, Bronze Age 32-47. The village was first named ''Homokrév'' and it was located on the banks of the river Harangoda, today referred to as

Aranka The Aranca or Zlatica ( Romanian: ''Aranca'', Serbian: Златица / ''Zlatica'', Hungarian: ''Aranka'') is a 117 km long river in the Banat region of Romania and Serbia, left tributary of the river Tisa. Hydronymy The Serbian an ...

or Zlatica. During the 13th and 14th centuries, it was under the possession of Hungarian landowners. According to an Ottoman census of tax payers from 1557 and 1558, there were 30 Serbian households in the village. Its current name dates from 1723. In 1778, the village had a population of 1,609. At the beginning of the 20th century, Mokrin underwent a period of economic prosperity, mostly due to its strategic location on the

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railway, which was very important at the time. There were 1,780 households in Mokrin at that time and 9,279 citizens of which 6,233 were ethnic

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, 1,063 ethnic

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, and 838 ethnic

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Features

The village is famous throughout the region for its annual competition in striking

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Easter Sunday Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

, according to the

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. The competition is called ''Tucanijada'' in Serbian. One person holds an

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in his or her hand, while another person hits it with his own

. The egg which remains whole wins, while the cracked egg must be given to the winner.

Famous people

* Mika Antić, poet *

Đorđe Ivanović Đorđe Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ивановић, ; born 20 November 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Čukarički. Club career Spartak Subotica Early years and loan spells After moving to Serbia from Croatia, Iva ...

, football player *

Peđa Krstin Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles r ...

, tennis player *, writer, poet, journalist and TV personality * Vasa Stajić, philosopher and writer * Bogdan Ibrajter Tane, journalist, writer and painter * Imre Szabó, photojournalist

References

External links

Mokrin Virtual Village

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