I used to read a lot about the Bosnian War and how horrific it was for civilians. What I didn’t expect was to watch SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles get taken over by Bosnians, turning it into something close to their home game. I talked to a few of them. For the Bosnian diaspora scattered across this foreign land, this match was a giant reunion. When this song, Ljiljani, started playing, I saw some of them in tears. Many were in their 50s and 60s. Most likely came to the States in the 1990s, fleeing the war. And now here they are, with their American-raised kids, singing this old song. I didn’t ask much. But when this song started and the gray-haired ones teared up, you understood - some songs were never just songs. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZw5XqCPQhD/ =========== Nekada sam mnogo čitao o Bosanskom ratu i o tome koliko je bio strašan za civile. Ono što nisam očekivao bilo je da gledam kako stadion SoFi u Los Angelesu preuzimaju Bosanci, pretvarajući ga gotovo u domaći teren. Razgovarao sam s nekolicinom njih. Za bosansku dijasporu rasutu po ovoj stranoj zemlji, ova utakmica bila je veliko okupljanje. Kada je počela pjesma Ljiljani, vidio sam da su neki od njih zaplakali. Mnogi su bili u pedesetim i šezdesetim godinama. Najvjerovatnije su došli u Sjedinjene Države devedesetih, bježeći od rata. A sada su tu, sa svojom djecom odgojenom u Americi, pjevajući ovu staru pjesmu. Nisam mnogo pitao. Ali kada je pjesma počela, a sijedi ljudi pustili suze, shvatio si da neke pjesme nikada nisu samo pjesme. #bosnia #bosna #zmajevi #Worldcup #worldcup2026 - @cengicvila