(12 May 2024)
BOSNIA STONE SPHERES
SOURCE : ASSOCIATED PRESS
LENGTH : 5:50
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grab, Bosnia – 08 May 2024
1. Various of Nedzad Ikanovic walking through forest
2. Close of two stone spheres on forest floor
3. Ikanovic walking through forest, stopping to pat a large stone sphere
4. Several stone spheres on forest floor
5. Close of a stone sphere
6. Stone spheres perched next to forest creek seen from behind a moss-covered tree
7. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Nedzad Ikanovic, Stone Spheres Park
“This is a special place where we used to play, we each picked “our” own sphere, we were always drawn to them, we were in awe of them because of their unusual, spherical shape, different from the shape of all other rocks, we were always drawn to them, we have a strong connection with them from childhood.”
8. Various of stone spheres, including lined next to forest creek
9. Ikanovic walking through forest, past stone spheres
10. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Nedzad Ikanovic, Stone Spheres Park
“Now tour operators bring numerous visitors here and this has become a serious tourist attraction of Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
11. Various of stone spheres, some moss-covered, on forest floor, next to forest creek
12. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Nedzad Ikanovic, Stone Spheres Park
“Foreigners usually meditate next to the stone spheres while locals come to see and photograph them, to spend time in the park because we also have a playground for children here. The natural surroundings here, even if there were no stone spheres, are beautiful so people feel comfortable in this place.”
13. Various of stone spheres, some moss-covered, on forest floor, next to forest creek
14. Group of tourists walking through forest
15. Close of stone sphere on forest floor
16. Two tourists talking photos of forest, leafy tree branch in foreground
17. Stone spheres lined next to forest creek at short distance from one another
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sirkku Visuri, visitor from Finland:
“I like it so, so very much; this is a fairy country, I think.”
19. Group of tourists walking through forest
20. Group of tourists gathered around a large stone sphere
21. Two tourists crouching next to, with palms pressed against a stone sphere
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Paivikki Rintala, visitor from Finland:
“It is calming and it has certain lightness also because this is like a fairy land with the tree energies, water energies and ground energies and, of course, energies of the stones so it is a good combination of all beautiful energies.”
23. Long shot of a group of tourists surrounded by forest standing in a circle, talking
24. Group of tourists standing around a large stone sphere
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaap Glim, visitor from The Netherlands:
“Well, for me it is mostly the nature because it is really beautiful here, really beautiful. We are from Holland (where) everything is flat, obviously it is not flat over here, we do not have waterfalls and we do not have spheres and it is so quiet, so peaceful, yeah.”
26. A woman standing next to, with her palms pressed against a large stone sphere before walking away
27. A woman crouching next to, her palms pressed against a stone sphere
28. Close of stone sphere on the edge of forest creek
29. Woman crouching next to, her palms pressed against a stone sphere seen through three branches
30.SOUNDBITE (English) Jelka Glim, visitor from The Netherlands:
“The nature, the energy from this place, it is so quiet and so peaceful, it is so nice. I feel happy, yeah, right now to be here.”
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