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In Serbia, it is worn on the lapel as an emblem during the Day of Reconciliation in the First World War.
The national holiday, the Day of Reconciliation in World War I, whose symbol is a flower, Natalija Ramonda, is celebrated today in Serbia.
Photo: BETA / Serbian Institute of Nature Protection / Dragana Nedeljkovic / DS)The first classes in Serbian schools have been dedicated to commemorating that day since 2005, and the Day of Reconciliation in World War I has been celebrated as a national holiday since 2012.
On that day, November 11, 1918, a truce was signed in France, which lasted until the conclusion of the final peace agreement at Versailles on June 28, 1919, when the First World War formally ended.
Armistice Day is a non-working day in Serbia, and it is also celebrated in Great Britain, Belgium, New Zealand, France, in the British Commonwealth countries it is “Remembrance Day” and in the United States it is “Remembrance Day. Veterans “.
In Serbia, the emblem of this holiday, which must be worn on the lapel, consists of the Albanian monument motif from the early 20th century: a green-black ribbon that surrounds a stylized representation of a purple flower, Natalija Ramonda.
This endangered plant grows in eastern Serbia and on Mount Kajmacalan, where the Serbian army under the command of Duke Zivojin Misic fought fierce battles against Bulgarian forces during preparations for the advance of the Thessaloniki Front, introducing to the liberation of Serbia in the First World War.
The ramonda de Natalija is also called “phoenix flower” because, when the dry period occurs, it hides and dries up, only to turn green again with the first rain.
The Serbian Institute for Nature Protection mentions that the Natalija Ramonda was discovered in 1882, in the Jelasnica Gorge near Nis, by the physician and botanist Sava Petrović, the court physician of King Milan Obrenović.
Because of the area where he discovered that flower, he wanted to name it “Niška ramonda”, but still decided to name it after Queen Natalija Obrenović.
This flower is protected by law in Serbia, as a “strictly protected species”, which means that its collection and alteration of the habitat is strictly prohibited and punishable.
However, according to the Institute for the Protection of Nature, the survival of this species is in danger due to microclimatic changes in its habitat, infrastructure, urbanization, construction of dams in gorges and canyons, collection of these flowering plants for cultivation in other places.
The protected areas of Natalija Ramonda are the “Sićevačka klisura” Natural Park, the “Jelašnička klisura” Special Nature Reserve, the “Suva planina” Special Nature Reserve, the “Shar planina” National Park.
Natalija ramonda, which also grows in northern Macedonia, northern Greece, Albania, Montenegro, and northwestern Bulgaria, is the third and last discovered species in the genus ramondi. The previous two were discovered “Serbian ramonda” found in Rtnje by Josif Pančić, and “Ramonda myconi”, an endemic species of the Iberian Peninsula.
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