In the small Bosnian town of Kresevo, the unique Easter tradition of “egg shoeing” continues to thrive with craftsmen, such as Mateo Ivicevic, intricately attaching miniature horseshoes to eggshells.

It was early 1996 – the peace agreement of Bosnia and Herzegovina had been freshly signed, and the war was at its end. Fighting had started during Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić's last year of high school, ...