Sovljak () is a village in

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. It is situated in the

Bogatić Bogatić ( sr-cyr, Богатић, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. As of the 2022 census, it has 24,522 residents. Geography Bogatić is located in the western part of Serbia. The nearest large ...

municipality, in the

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. The village has a

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ethnic majority and its population numbered 554 people by the 2011 census.

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Sovljak is west from its municipal center, Bogatić. The village is one of the smallest in

Mačva Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; ) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava (river), Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is nam ...

by population (second smallest in the municipality) but it is one of the oldest. Sovljak is known for the village tourism. There is an ethno-park "Sovljak" in the typical architectural style of the area. The houses were built c.1920 and the entire yard, sort of an outdoor museum, covers . There is a

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in the yard, planted c.1910. One of the attractions in the village is and old style village house called ''osećanka'', built in the late 19th century. Central room in the house is turned into the museum, and it makes one unit with the surrounding ''vajat'' (wooden

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), barn,

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and the outdoor

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. The house used to have a

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and now has an exhibition of the local

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. The village is also setting of the August festivities of "

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evenings" with the traditional ceremony of the "Mačva wedding" and the competition for the Harambaša.

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