- The people of Šabac are also known by their nickname “čivijaši”, translated roughly as “the jokers”
- It is not known to this day when, where or why the Šabac’s “čivija”-joke became so legendary
- From 1968 and before each Šabac Fair, a cultural and tourist event called the “Čivijada” is held, taking place under the slogan “a world-wide funfair of humor and satire”
- The first “president” of the so-called “Čivija Republic” was Mile Stanković, a doctor from Sorbonne, and his successor was the celebrated writer Branko Čopić
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