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Proceedings of Research Society No 15: In August 2002 The Astronomical Group of Research Society "Vladimir Mandic -
Manda" from Valjevo performed ethnoastronomical examinations in the area of Zavojsko
Jezero near Pirot. The present paper deals with the collected beliefs of the regional people
concerning astronomical phenomena. The informations were obtained by interviewing
elderly population in this, mainly rural, area. The obtained results are grouped within a few
crucial notions (calendar, Moon, Sun, Milky Way, stars and constellations, systems of world)
and they are commented as much as possible. The present study is a continuation of the
ethnoastronomical examinations realised by this Group from 1997 and it is a part of the
projects "Ethnoastronomical Research in Sebia".