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Bradley E. Clift
The Hartford Courant
"The New Americans: 
Island of Assimilation"

 

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"SILENCE OF THE LAMB" Like hundreds of immigrants before them, the Bosnians who now make up most of the apartments of Bosnian Square in Hartford's South end are homes to new immigrants, those fleeing war and persecution. Here, the Bosnians have found, even in a poor working class neighborhood a safe haven. The porches overlooking the square are windows between two worlds: the old world of "Bosnia" and the new world of America. The children of these refugees from war are becoming us, becoming American, they assimilate easily while their parents still hold on to old world customs. Hanging on to the ritual of a weekly cookout of lamb/sheep, the man they all lovingly call "Krusko," the local expert on livestock grilling, slides a sheep down a rotissarie spigett that will grill over the coals his wife is preparing behind him. Fadil Korkutovic wrestles with the sheep, but his handling, or man handling of the night's feast is looked upon admirably by Edis Ahmetovic.
 
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