Godusa Settlement Near Visoko City: Life in A Sustainable Way

—The Godusa settlement (geographical coordinates: 43º55'58.59''N, 18º09'57.67''E, altitude: 520 m) is located in the gentle valley of the Godusica river, about 6.7 km south of the town of Visoko. The valley is about 3 km long and about 1.10 km wide, with extensions of about 1.10 km in its southern part. The main natural resources of the settlement are: water (Godusica river and several streams), fields, meadows and pastures, forests and stone. The proximity of Visoko, one of the oldest and most important cities in the entire history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with natural resources, have made Godusa a place for a good and promising life since the Middle Ages. In the Godusa settlement near Visoko, people have been processing wood for centuries. They make various objects from wood, such as chibuke, pipes, flutes, key rings, chess boards . The objects are mainly made of maple, ash, plum and cherry wood. A very popular craft in a long time ago was the making of combs from ox horns, but this craft is on the verge of extinction due to the modernization of life. In Godusa, only one man now makes these combs and finishes the craft of combing with him. In cooperation with the Visoko Homeland Museum, an Ethno Room was opened in Godusa, which contains original old tools used for woodworking, as well as other exhibits characteristic of the area.