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The farming areas of the delta are criss-crossed by a network of irrigation channels, which also allow the farmers access in a trupa ( a trupa is a modification of an ancient vessel dug out of trunk - trupac). It is very light and draws little enabling it to pass through the narrowest canals and over the many shallow areas. It’s also easy to carry over dry areas and lower into the water again, giving rise to the saying: “Sometimes I‘m in it, sometimes it’s on me”. The Neretva farmer uses the trupica for hunting, catching frogs, collecting leeches, for the harvest, for visiting friends, for transporting cattle fodder from one bank to another and even for ferrying smaller cattle. He can sleep under it and seek cover in bad weather. Before “sailing”, the Neretva navigator commends himself to God with the word “Misisovo!”, which means in dialect: “In the name of Jesus!”; and at night, he’ll bless himself with river water. What horse-driven carriages were for wide plains, a lađa was for the Neretva - large and strong boats which transported farmers to and from work, along with their (sometimes) abundant crops: grass, hay, straw, wheat, pumpkins, melons, grapes (which were squeezed by the workers whilst being ferried), fruit, vegetables, wood, oxen, horses and smaller stock, an abundant catch of eagles from the big ravines (jaruge); but also precious goods, furniture (mo- bilja), a bride’s dowry (dota), party groups (druzine). A lađa was used also for going to fairs (derneci), bee-parties (sijela) and for transporting both wedding processions complete with the Croatian flag and branches of pine trees and funeral processions taking the deceased to the final rest. The importance of a lađa in the everyday life of the people of the Neretva is expressed in the poignant words: “A lađa is everything for the Neretva people.” Sometimes, lađe had geographic or personal names: one boat which was badly made and was difficult to row was called Nevridna (worthless). Trupe and lađe can be constructed in the open, in the shade, in front of a house, and their builders, who are mostly village woodworkers or coopers, are simply called masters. Vessels Posted by: Super User on: 13/11/2012 - font size decrease font size increase font size
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Splet prirodnih i prokopanih vodotoka pokrivao je ravnicu delte poput guste modre mreže. Kako bi se lako i neograničeno mogao kretati tim kolopletom, Neretvanin je koristio (i još uvijek koristi) trupu, jednostavno plovilo čije ime otkriva tajnu podrijetla: nastala je, naime, kao jednostavna modifikacija prastarog monoksila, plovila izdubenog iz debla – trupca. Vrlo lagana, uska i plitkog gaza nije priječila prolazak kroz najuže kanale niti onemogućavalo povisiti razinu tla za 80-ak centimetara – jedva iznad kolebanja plime i oseke. Jendečenje je osim snage zahtijevalo i vještinu, a unatoč obilnoj ishrani i velikim količinama vina koje su tijekom rada pili, jendečari su, izloženi vlazi, sparini i ustajalu zraku brzo trošili energiju, lako obolijevali i najčešće umirali mladi. K tomu, jednostavno ju je bilo prenijeti preko suhih površina i opet spustiti u vodu. Otud izreka: "Nešto ja u njoj, nešto ona na meni". Neretvanski seljak trupicom kreće u ribolov, u lov na žabe, u skupljanje pijavica, na rad, u berbu, u pohode prijatelju, u njoj prevozi hranu stoci koja je s druge strane rijeke, čak i samu stoku sitnog zuba kad je potreba. Pod njom za nevolju prespava ili se zakloni od nevremena. Neretvanin se pred plovidbu redovito preporuči Bogu, najčešće zazivom: "Misisovo!" što zapravo znači: "U ime Isusovo!", a noću i prekriži riječnom vodom. Ono što su za kontinentalne ravnice značila zaprežna kola, za Neretvu je predstavljala lađa – moćan i robustan čamac koji je među rebrima svojih široko razvraćenih bokova prevozio težake s posla i na posao, svu bogatu ljetinu, ako je godina bila dobra: travu, sijeno, slamu, žito, tikve, dinje, grožđe (koje su seljaci tijekom vožnje i gnječili), voće, povrće, drva, goveda, konje i stoku sitnog zuba, obilan ulov jegulje s velikih jaruga, ali i skupocjenu robu, namještaj (mobilju), dotu nevjesta, vesele družine na derneke i sijela. Hrvatskom zastavom ili, jednostavno, borovom granom okićena, vozila je ona ponosne svatovske povorke i pokojnike na posljednja počivališta. Njezino značenje u svakodnevnom životu nigdje nije tako lapidarno izraženo kao u izreci: "Nema za Neretvu što je lađa". U nekim vremenima lađe su imale i svoja imena, često zemljopisna, ali i osobna. Jedna, koja majstoru možda nije najbolje pošla za rukom, ili je vlasniku naporom veslanja pričinjala muke, ili naprosto u šali, bijaše nazvana Nevridna. Trupe i lađe grade se na otvorenom, u hladu, pred kućom, a njihovi tvorci zovu se jednostavno majstori. Obično su to seoski drvodjelci ili bačvari.