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Gorjani is a community in the Osijek-Baranya County near the
city of Šakovo, about 1'800
inhabitants in two settlements Gorjani and Tomašanci. An
interesting folklore custom is preserved in Gorjani, named
"ljelje" - a procession of women in rich folk costumes
holding sabres, a custom from the period of Turkish raids, when
it is said that on one occasion Turks captured all the man from
the village, while the women dressed up in their richest costumes
took weapons and liberated their husbands.
On the web site
of the County there is a coat of arms (see: Previous
Coat of Arms) shown The coat of arms is most probably not
approved by the Ministry of Administration and is thus in
unofficial use.
The coat of arms is per fess argent a church sable issuant from a
mount gules on which is running a marten of the second and in the
chief also gules a mullet of the first and azure a serpent erect
sable eating an orb. Probably there is no flag to go with
it..
Željko Heimer, 19 October 2007
Some days ago I reported on the coat of arms of Gorjani shown
on the County site, however, it was easy to conclude that the
coat of arms there is hardly approved by the central authorities.
The Heraldic Art site shows and other design - no doubt initially
based on the aforementioned previous pattern, but within the
modern Croatian heraldic design principles. I assume that the
heraldic company was called upon when the previous design did not
pass the central authorities and that they redesigned it, leaving
only the "interesting" part of the design.
The new coat of arms of Gorjani is: gules a serpent erect eating
an orb all or. There is, without much doubt, a flag to go with
it, but for the moment, unknown.
Design: Heraldik-art d.o.o. Rijeka
Source: Heraldic Art,
Rijeka, 20.09.2007.
Željko Heimer, 23 October 2007
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image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2007
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image by Željko Heimer, 19 October 2007