The Moračani ( sr-cyr, Морачани) are one of the historical

tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

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and one of the seven highlander tribes from the

Brda region Brda ( Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Брда, "Highlands" or "Hills"), is a historical and ethnographical region in Montenegro. The historical tribes of Brda: Vasojevići, Bjelopavlići, Piperi, Kuči, Bratonožići, Morača and Rovčani co ...

. According to folklore, their founder was Bogić Moračanin (16th century), hence they also call themselves ''Bogićevci''. The region that they occupy is called Morača.

Geography

To the east is the tribe of Vasojevići, to the south the Piperi (tribe), Piperi and Bratonožići, to the west the Rovčani, to the northwest the Uskoci (tribe), Uskoci and north the Šaranci.

Notable people

*Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo V, Gavrilo Dožić *Mihailo Dožić *Sekula Drljević *Amfilohije Radović *Andrija Mandić *Miodrag Perović *Andrija Milošević *Vojin Ćetković *Danijel Furtula *Igor Rakočević

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moracani Tribes of Montenegro Kolašin Municipality Mojkovac Municipality