Banjani - Population, Settlement and Families in Banjani

Population, Settlement and Families in Banjani

And until the advent of the Slavs lived here Balkan and Mediterranean ethnic element, Illyrians and Vlachs, which in the 1st century AD were conquered by the Romans. The Slavs are found Romanized Balkan-Mediterranean world, which will be re-ethnic meltings - Slavized.

Montenegrin tribes often originate from a common ancestor, as is the example with Vasojevići, Drobnjaci, Šaranci, Jezerci, Uskoci, Pivljani, Golijani, Grahovljani, Rudinjani, Krivošije, Grbljani, Paštrovići, Bratonožići, Bjelopavlići, Kuči, Zećani, Ozrinići, Cuce, Bjelice, Ćeklići, Crmničani, Ceklinjani, Ljubotinjani, Riječani, Njeguši, Lješnjani, Lješkopoljci, Rovca, Moračani, Piperi, Hoti, Pješivci, Zagarčani, Komani or Bandići. But this is not the case with Banjani. However, it might be possible to speak about how the medieval Banjani. Some sources say that the Banjani simply dispersed in the second half of the 15th century, the introduction of the Turkish authorities, it seems largely to have been resettled by the Turks for strategic reasons in western Bosnia (Usora valley), and they emptied the Banjani area with various family settled Slav or Serbian side, creating some kind of neighborhood, and with some current native population. Thus, the majority of the population Banjani comes from refugees and fugitives from various Serbian regions. Ethnographers report that the migration of Slavs or Serbs floated here since the Middle Ages, from Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia, Seven Hills and Old Montenegro. They formed separate clan-families in the 16th and 17th centuries in Banjani, incorporated into the clan.

For example, Miljanić clan are known to have originated from Miljan, who with his father Milisav and other brothers Bijele and Mrko (from which they arise Bijelović and Mrkajić clans) came from Velestovo (Čevo), in middle 16th century, from the Old Montenegrin tribe Ozrinići, located in Katunska nahija, in the old Montenegro.

The clan of Antović has a tradition that evolved from the slavized ancient Romans, but this claim can not confirmed with surety.

Living in the neighborhood near and far the people of this area are linked to a lot of kinship (marriage), and although not originate from a common ancestor, their ethnic and structure of the generic pretty caught up. These are the Dinaric, therefore dinaric race. However, the Banjani's own genealogy of clans, who recognize the origin of the male gender lines, suggest that the origin of these people has its roots in Slavs-old Balkan, Illyrian and Roman Vlach ecumenism. For example, about half the population of the Banjani, which is a tribe living in the middle of last century, is the offspring Banjani natives, which in this region for more than four centuries. A is also considered that a large part natives originating from non-Slavic peoples - Mataruga illyrian tribe, who belonged to a larger tribe Španji, and after that belonged the largest illyrian tribe Docleati.That confirms Latin inscription in stone in roman castrum Salthua (Riječani village) as follow : " Caius Epicadi filius principes civitatis Docleatium (Caius Epicadi, the son of Princip of Docleatis").

It must be taken into account that the Slavs found other non-Slavic world (Romans, Illyrians and Vlachs), who are also a generic component of the ethnos Banjani. A well known is that the nomads as they move in the early Middle Ages to the southeast to the Adriatic coast, and some of them could keep in Banjani. Of course that was the dominant element of the Slavs ethnic people of this region, already by the late Middle Ages completely assimilated all the old Balkan ethnic minority.

Velimlje is the only village in Banjani that is already in the late 19th century acquired the status of the town and lived as a clerical-trade settlement until 1960, when it lost the status of the municipal center. However, there is taken as the local city hall.

Banjani villages: Klenak, Koprivice, Macavare, Milovići, Miljanići, Petrovići, Prigradina, Riječani, Tupan. But each of these villages has a number of villages or small groups of houses, which can be extracted as a separate village. For example a village Miljanići even includes five villages, namely: Dubočke, Birač, Muževice, Rusenovići, Jelovica, as well as their central settlement: Miljanići. Koprivica also consists of several villages: Renovac, Šake, Čista Vlaka, Crni Kuk, Šljeme.

Banjani in the last two centuries have had about forty clans. For some time the clans disappeared from the tribe - are shrinking their male descendants until it was gone, although it contributed to the frequent emigration from the passive lands. And in the last half century, some of the Banjani family shifted to nearby towns, and no longer live in the tribe, but not alienate his property, that possession. There are examples that have emerged from one of two clans, which is a branch of clan officially declared a special clan. Small part of the descendants of Miljanić clan (late 19th century) called Radovići. How to Velimlje built up as a small town, and the development of education and transport, to this end have lived longer or shorter, and some outsiders, so they can not be considered Banjani. But if their three generations lived in the tribe, should be considered as a Banjani as other clans, and even when we are one family. Middle of the last century

Banjani families: Antović, Baćović, Bijelović, Bakoč, Vasiljević, Gligović, Draganić, Djurković, Drašković, Elezović, Eraković, Zečević, Jovović, Kapetinić, Kecojević, Kilibarda, Prince, Kovač, Kokotović, Komnenović, Koprivica, Kosanović, Kosović, Krivokapić, Krušić, Lazarević, Avlijaš, Lučić, Manojlović, Marković, Matović, Milović, Milošević, Miljanić, Mirković, Mićović, Mišković, Mrkajić, Nikolić, Ognjenović, Orbović, Papić, Pejović, Perović, Popović, Radojević, Radović, Sarić, Tomašević.

Banjani for centuries been a lively area of immigration-emigration, which has already been discussed. This, to some extent, also applies to other places. It is interesting that many of the famous Serbian families and individuals originating from these tribes. The ancestors of scientist Nikola Tesla and Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović are native to Banjani. Banjani settled over the place in Valjevo (Serbia), where there is a village Banjani near of Ub and famous Brankovina. Thus the origin of this tribe from clan Miljanić are family Nenadović (Duke Aleksa Nenadović, priest Mateja Nenadovic, Duke Jakov Nenadović, writer Ljuba Nenadović), national hero Ilija Birčanin, Lazarevic (priest Luka Lazarevic). Borned in Banjani are the Patriarch Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta and Bishop Sava Kosanovic, Bishop Joanikije Mićović and Dr Petar Miljanić, personal physician of King Nikola I Petrovic, the first physician in the liberated Podgorica and the founder of modern medicine in Montenegro, as well as dr.Niko Miljanić, his son, the founder of modern surgery in Montenegro, and its first Prime Minister (President of CASNO in 1943) in World War II, as non-party figures.

Part of Miljanić clan settled over the places in Croatia, like are Mihanići village near of Dubrovnik, Škabrnja and Kruševo villages near of Šibenik, Golubić village near of Knin, and Pisarovina village near of Zagreb.They are also emigrated, with the others Banjani, in Argentina (Buenos Aires and Chaco province), in USA (Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Minnesota, Montana, California and Alaska), in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver) and in Vojvodina, northern region of Serbia (Novi Sad, Vrbas, Kula, Lovćenac, Crvenka).

Celebrity persons from Banjani, in modern times, are the theater writers Vida Ognjenovic, Blagota Eraković, Stevan Koprivica, novel writer Mirko Kovac, film directors Veljko Bulajic and Krsto Papic, New York psychiatrist - Dr Dušan Kosović, national football team coach of Yugoslavia, coach of European and World champions Red Star Belgrade and Real Madrid was Miljan Miljanić, radio journalist and publicist Mihailo - Koko Miljanić, journalist and General Manager of RTV Montenegro Radovan Miljanić, aphorist and publicist Dragan Koprivica, director of design at the world-renowned fashion creator Calvin Klain is a Stefan Miljanic, sports journalist and commentator Milorad Djurkovic, businessman Stanislav-Ćano Koprivica, owner of the company Montex from Nikšić and one of the founders of the first Montenegrin independent weekly "Monitor" and its largest benefactor, and many others.