Witness History
Witness History
Sarajevo: Singing for Peace
Up next
March 27, 2018
12 minutes
Available for over a year
After the bitter Bosnian war in the 1990's, Catholic Monk, Friar Ivo Markovic, launched a multi-faith choir to bring survivors of the violence together and promote understanding between different ethnic groups. The choir is called "Pontanima", an invented word based on Latin that means, "bridge among souls". Rebecca Kesby spoke to Friar Ivo and saw the choir perform.
(PHOTO: Members of the Pontanima Choir of Sarajevo: Courtesy of The Woolf Institute)