Cult of trees - Zapis

"The selected tree becomes a zapis through the rite of consecration performed by a Serbian Orthodox priest in which a cross is inscribed into its bark. The zapisi (plural) are chosen from large trees, primarily oaks, but also elms, ashes, and pear trees. The zapis is inviolable. Climbing it, sleeping under it, and picking its fruits and twigs, are also forbidden. Even the branches and fruits that fall from the tree should not be collected. A village may have more than one zapis: the main one in the settlement or near it, and several others in the village's fields, usually chosen so that they surround the settlement. Zapis is inherited from the pre-Christian religion of the Serbs, in which it had been used as a temple."

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