Lapot (Serbian: лапот, pronounced [lâpot]) is the legendary practice of senicide among the Timok Romanians of present-day Eastern Serbia: killing one's parents, or other elderly family members, once they become a financial burden on the family. According to T. R. Georgevitch (Đorđević), writing in 1918 about the eastern highlands of Serbia, in the region of Zaječar, the killing was carried out with an axe or stick, and the entire village was invited to attend.
Lapot (Serbian: лапот, pronounced [lâpot]) is the legendary practice of senicide among the Timok Romanians of present-day Eastern Serbia: killing one's parents, or other elderly family members, once they become a financial burden on the family. According to T. R. Georgevitch (Đorđević), writing in 1918 about the eastern highlands of Serbia, in the region of Zaječar, the killing was carried out with an axe or stick, and the entire village was invited to attend.
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