OBOŽAVAM SRPSKE SVADBE I ADORE SERBIAN WEDDINGS UPOZNAJTE NADIJU DURAN MEET NADIA DURAN Ona je jedan od najpoznatijih organizatora venčanja na svetu, u
V išestruka dobitnica na- grade Australijske aka- demije za venčanja orga- nizovala je do sada oko 4.000 svadbi širom sveta, od Sid- neja, Balija, Fidžija, preko Londona i Venecije, do Beograda, gde je ne- davno zahvaljujući njoj jedan par do- živeo bajkovito venčanje. Vratile su joj se tada brojne uspomene. – Kada sam prvi put doputovala u Srbiju 2002, imala sam 21 godinu. U Beograd me je doveo prvi posao. Po obrazovanju sam informatičar i priliku koju mi je pružila jedna kom- pjuterska kompanija nisam želela da propustim. U njoj sam kao softverski inženjer radila osam meseci. Nadija je je rođena u Huarezu, u Meksiku, a Beograd ju je dočekao raširenih ruku. – Svi su bili veoma ljubazni, hte- li su što više vremena da provode sa mnom kako bi upoznali moju kulturu i vežbali engleski i španski jezik. I svi su mi postavljali isto pitanje: „Zbog čega Srbija?”. Govorila sam im izno- va i iznova: „Srbija mi daje šansu da doživim jedinstveno životno iskustvo i obećavam da ću joj se odužiti.“ Beograđani su je impresionira- li. Nije znala ni reč srpskog jezika, mnogo puta je zalutala na ulici, a lju- bazni prolaznici su joj svaki put po- mogli da pronađe put do kuće. Važan deo njenog boravka u Be- ogradu bio je ples, i to srpski, tradi- cionalni.
O ne of the world’s most famous wedding organisers, she can bring to life even the wildest desires of betrothed couples. And it wasn’t so long ago that Nadia Du- ran lived in Belgrade, which she still happi- ly returns to today AmultiplewinneroftheAustralianWed- ding Academy, to date she has organised around 4,000 weddings worldwide, from Sydney, Bali and Fiji, via London and Ven- ice, to Belgrade, where, thanks to her, one couple recently experienced their own fairy- tale wedding. It was then that many mem- ories came flooding back to her. - I was 21 years old when I first arrived in Serbia in 2002. I was brought to Belgrade by my first job. I’m an IT specialist by educa- tion, and I didn’t want to miss out on the op- portunity offered to me by one computer company. I worked there as a software en- gineer for eight months. - Everyone was very kind; they wanted to spend as much time as possible with me, to get to know my culture and to practise English and Spanish. And everyone asked me the same question:“Why Serbia?”I told them over and over again:“Serbia gives me a chance to have a unique life experience and I promise that I will pay it back”. Belgraders impressed her. She didn’t know a word of Serbian, and would often lose her way on the street, only for friend- ly passersby to help her find her way home every time. An important part of her time in Bel- grade was dance, and traditional Serbian dance at that.
delo može da sprovede i najmaštovitije želje mladenaca, a ne tako davno Nadija Duran živela je u Beogradu, kojem se i danas rado vraća One of the world’s most famous wedding organisers, she can bring to life even the wildest desires of betrothed couples. And it wasn’t so long ago that Nadia Duran lived in Belgrade, which she still happily returns to today
Tekst / Words: Jelena R. Milenković Fotografije / Photography: Dragan Klem/ Klemwedddings, Inlighten Photography
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