Multiculturalism and Acculturation in a Changing Multicultural Environment. Vojvodina and Bela Crkva

Abstract

The Vojvodina region is Europe in a nutshell – today, there are officially living 26 nations with their own languages, customs, traditions, and overall common cultural heritage in the autonomous Serbian province. The multicultural environment grew heavily during the 18^th and 19^th centuries due to wartime and colonialist politics. Bela Crkva as an example of a typical Vojvodina city shows, how a multicultural and multilingual society developed and sustained throughout the past 200 years.