Srbija do Tokija
Srbija do Tokija, (Serbian: Србија до Токија), meaning "Serbia to Tokyo", is a slogan used by Serbian soccer fans to taunt rival ethnic groups in the beginning of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. At that time, mid 1991, Serbian soccer club Red Star Belgrade has won the European Cup, and was competing for the worldwide title in Tokyo, Japan, ultimately winning the Intercontinental Cup. This was the greatest success of any soccer club ever in Yugoslavia, and was much envied by the other nations at the time of increased ethnic hatred. There have been incidents of graffiti containing the message in Vojvodina, Central Serbia, as well as in Republika Srpska.[1][2][3] Such graffiti was also seen in Kosovo during the Kosovo War.[4]
This slogan has inspired a joke in 2006 in the time when Montenegro split from Serbia and Montenegro, and the line is Srbija kao Nokia (Serbia like Nokia), in reference to its ever smaller size with the dissolution of the two Yugoslavias, and the possible independence of Kosovo.[5]
References
External links
- Article on the 2006 secession of Montenegro from Serbia, exploring how "Srbija do Tokija" is no longer applicable, at the International Herald Tribune
- Article on Serbian/Albanian conflicts in 1999, including the use of "Serbia to Tokyo" as a graffito, at the New York Times
- Review of Melanie Friend's No Place Like Home: Echoes from Kosovo, in which "Serbia to Tokyo" is compared to threats of rape and murder.