The '''Gorani''' have their own language, which is a Torlakian Slavic language, related to Serbian and Macedonian, with Albanian and Turkish loanwords.
The village of Brod has a population of perhaps 8,000 people. It lies in a high mountain valley/ravine. It has a rough elevation of 1200 meters but the mountains above it reach 2200 meters. As the people have been living and herding cattle there for hundreds and hundreds of years the surrounding mountains are completely over grazed and deforrested (in a beautiful way). Due to this, in order for the people to have some means of heating in the winter they pack the manure from their cattle and goats on the sides of their houses so that it will dry. Fortunately most of the manure is dry, so the village doesn't smell.
The building materials for the houses are all taken from the immediate area, so everything is made out of mountain rocks. Several mountain springs run throught the village on their way down to the flat plains of Kosovo.
'''Brod is spectacular!'''
Ask the locals if they will take you for either a one day or overnight horse trip up to their pastures in the mountains. They should charge you only 10 EUR per person plus food for the adventure. You'll end up on a mule going through some of the most beautiful nature you'll ever have the opportunity to see in your life.
Ask the locals for a place to stay. Somebody will put you up for the night (at a cost, probably 10 EUR).