Dobrila Petrovic's hands make something no woman can live without! (PHOTO)

- When older women see them they remember their youth, when these bags were used to be carried around. And the girls, as well as you, see them and clearly memorize them... So older and younger women buy them, and some flower patterns are ordered by restaurants - said Dobrila

Dobrila Petrovic, from the village Majur near Jagodina, is one of the rare that keeps this craft alive, by making from the Cattail plant, know among the people as shevar, something that every woman needs - bags. 

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To this old woman, who inherited the craft from her parents, it takes one day to knit a purse, and besides them she says, she creates and flower arrangements. With her work, she won several first places in many events, in which she usually exhibits, selling her work and thereby earns for a living.

- I have been doing this job for 15 years. I make a living from it, but its hard to get to shevar these days - said Dobrila for Telegraf.

Given the fact that the fashion comes back from time to time, grandma Dobrila says that her knitted bags are bought by older women as well as by young girls.

- When older women see them they remember their youth, when these bags were used to be carried around. And the girls, as well as you, see them and clearly memorize them... So older and younger women buy them, and some flower patterns are ordered by restaurants - said Dobrila.

She is not concerned for the future of this craft. She has two daughters and three grand daughters that will continue the tradition.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Lj. R.)