CUNISTA VILLAGE ON THE KRIVAJA RIVER: LIFE IN A WAY OF SUSTAINABILITY

Kriva Rijeka is the name for a group of villages in the municipality of Olovo located in the valley of the Krivaja river along its course from the canyon (Krsevi, geographical coordinates: 44˚07´54.13˝N, 18˚33´22.36˝E) to the locality Kamenica (geographical coordinates: 44 ˚13´09.65˝N, 18˚29´33.17˝E), below the Cunista village. The term “Kriva Rijeka” is in unofficial use today, and appears in documents for the name of the cadastral municipality. The Cunista village is one of the largest villages in the municipality of Olovo, and according to its geographical and political position, resources and history (mentioned in the Ottoman Defter from 1604) is an example of continuous life, and is a good example of sustainability study. The main resources of the Cunista village are: geographical position (along the road Olovo-Zavidovići), the river Krivaja, spacious ports along the river Krivaja, two smaller rivers (Lijesnica and Smrsnjica) that flow through the Cunista village and Mahala hamlet (maintaining the hygiene of courtyards and villages as a whole), sources of drinking water, gardens and orchards within the narrower physical structure of the village, fields and meadows in a fairly wide area of the village, vast meadows and pastures and forests. Cunista village has the mildest climate of all the villages of Kriva Rijeka. Favorable climate and soil favor the cultivation of all kinds of cereals, fruits and vegetables. Cunista is, along with Vukotići, the most famous village in Kriva Rijeka for the richness of the harvest and the types of fruit, mostly for the kind of cherry-ashlam.