Roasted Pork Festival „Pečenjijada“
Roasted Pork Festival „Pečenjijada“ in Stopanja, September
The Trstenik area is also well known for its good and tasty food, mostly for meat.
Stopanja village near Trstenik, with the most pork roasters (place where pork is roasted) per capita, deservedly took the title as the roasted pork Capital.
Village Stopanja, well known for its delicious pork and lamb, is the host of ”Pečenjijadа“- Roasted Pork Festival. During the “Roasted Pork Festival” nearly 20.000 visitors rushed to Stopanja to enjoy the smells and taste of the fresh and hot roasted pork. On every step there is a pork or lamb being roasted. In wine and brandy street, local specialties made from plums, pears, grapes are tasted. On music stage, the best singers of our folk music are performing.