Sarma (Balkan cuisine) : The sarma is stuffed cabbage et rolled or sometimes doll, cooked throughout the region of Balkans.
The word "sarma" is used in Turkish, Kurdish, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Romanian and occasionally Greek.
Le stuffed cabbage is a global dish that is found around the world under appellations different.
Etymology: The name sarma derives from Turkish wrap which means "to roll".
A religious feast dish: In Romania (sarmale), In Armenia, riding a Croatia, riding a Serbia, riding a Bulgaria, riding a Bosnia in Montenegro, riding a Macedonia and Ukraine, the sarma (sarma) is consumed during the New Year's Eve de Holidays and to Easter. Or for the Eid holiday among Bosnian, Albanian and Turkish Muslims too. Among Serbs and Montenegrins, sarma is also served for Slava.
Sarma is often part of the main courses during award ceremonies de marriage.
Element of political life: In Serbia, in 2017, sarma is one of the main elements of the presidential election campaign of a burlesque candidate, Ljubiša Preletačević Beli, who will still get 3rd place. The name of his party, SPN, is an acronym which means: “Sarmu Probo nisi”, which translates as “you have not tasted the sarma”. In 2016, he won elections in a suburb of Belgrade.
In the diaspora, it is often kept as a reminder of the old homeland.