Culture of Upper Reka consisting of "sarma" or stuffed vine leaves with rice and "kikurama" made of cereals. On this day, girls also gathered, entertained and cooked a salted pastry called "fli". The Orthodox of Ničpur celebrated St. Athanasius on January 31 (Julian calendar). Toward the end of February, both Muslims and Christians would conduct a ceremony called "todore" (definite: "todorja") meaning Theodora on a Thursday. Activities conducted were the village young led in song to an elderly women's house, with old cloths and shuttles from a loom. A bonfire would be lit there and a "todore" or type of scarecrow built (also known
Punjena paprika Punjena paprika Punjena paprika () (lit. "stuffed pepper") is a dish made of peppers, stuffed with a mix of meat and rice in tomato sauce, the ingredients consisting of green or red capsicums, eggs, spices, salt, tomato, minced meat and rice. The dish is called Punjena paprika in Serbo-Croatian, Polnjena paprika in Slovenian, Palnena Chushka in Bulgarian, Polneti Piperki in Macedonian, Plněná paprika in Czech, Plnená paprika in Slovak, and Töltött paprika in Hungarian, meaning "stuffed peppers", Фарширований перець in Ukrainian, meaning "stuffed pepper". The dish is popular in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro,and