(9 Jan 2019) In a show of nationalist defiance, Bosnian Serbs celebrated a controversial holiday on Wednesday despite strong opposition from other ethnic groups in Bosnia who view it as discriminatory.
Waving Serb flags, several thousand people lined up in the main Bosnian Serb city of Banja Luka to watch a parade of security troops, firefighters, cultural and sporting groups.
The holiday marks the date in 1992 when Bosnian Serbs declared the creation of their own state in Bosnia - Republika Srpska - igniting the country's devastating four-year war that killed over 100-thousand people and left millions homeless.
The day is also an Orthodox Christian holiday, and Bosnia's Muslims and Croats have insisted that it does not represent all ethnic groups who live in Republika Srpska.
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