In 2024, we fulfilled a long-held dream by moving to the countryside, to our estate near Mount Artan.
Here, where nature whispers its language, the magic we create through love and creativity finally finds the space to expand and deepen.
This estate, under renovation since 2021, has become a place where our visions, dreams, and creative energy take shape. After years spent amidst the hustle and bustle of city life, returning to nature felt like a calling—a return to the world we truly belong to, a world of harmony, inspiration, and the truth of the soul.
Here, where nature and art breathe in unison, our daily life becomes a blend of dreams and reality, inviting you to step into the world of Vartra Tribe and feel the energy that connects us all.
Our way
Music lies at the heart of our creation. Our project, the band Vartra, blends traditional instruments from around the world, our handcrafted shamanic drums and rattles, with ethereal vocals and modern musical elements. Through this music, we connect the worlds of the past and present, touching deeper dimensions of existence.
This is where the inspiration for our brand, Vartra Tribe, was born. This brand not only equips our musicians and dancers with unique creations and instruments but is also dedicated to those who share our aesthetics, values, and beliefs. Vartra Tribe brings together lovers of music, art, and living in alignment with their true nature, inviting like-minded souls to become part of this story.
The art of expression, the truth of the soul.
Our music is imbued with the rhythms of our handmade drums and the whispers of rattles, woven into a spiritual practice that connects us to deeper realms.
Our radiance, our charisma, our symbols
The visual aspect of Vartra emerged spontaneously, as an extension of the energy our music emits. We are wearing our symbols.
Sustainable Leather Artistry
With skill and ideal intervened, we create sustainable, pieces that each tell a story. By using biodegradable and thrifted materials, we do our best to preserve Nature.
I am Ivana Stošić. I am a musician, dancer, and the creator of unique, handcrafted body adornments and accessories made from leather, crystals, and other natural materials.
I have been working with dance for over fifteen years, and ten years ago I founded my own dance community. Within this framework, a wide range of dance skills and approaches were developed, led by various instructors and artists. This period gave me a deep understanding of the body in motion and different working methodologies. I developed my own system of working with the body and movement. This system does not rely on a specific style, but instead focuses on fundamental principles of movement and the freedom of personal expression.
As a vocalist in the music project Vartra, I engaged a dance ensemble that participates in the band’s stage expression and deepens the overall performance experience.
My approach to singing, much like my work with movement, does not belong to a specific vocal school or style. I use the voice as an exploratory instrument, through tone color, dynamics, sound texture, and the bodily sensation that guides the singing process. For me, singing is expressive process in which the voice is used as a tool for conveying inner states and emotional nuance.
Through dance and vocal workshops, I present this integrated system of work, grounded in personal experience and long-term practice. The workshops create a space where participants receive tools for freeing the body and the voice, with the aim of authentic expression and deeper contact with one’s own potential.
Siniša Gavrić is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer whose work is deeply rooted in the exploration of sound as a tool for healing, inner guidance, and spiritual expression. Although primarily a musician, his second passion lies in the creation of shamanic instruments—drums, rattles, and ritual tools—crafted with particular attention to material, purpose, and the energetic quality of sound.
His artistic journey began in 2006 in Vancouver, where he started crafting shamanic drums under the mentorship of Laurie Morningstar, a teacher with deep connections to the Musqueam and Squamish Nations. This experience opened the door to understanding the drum not merely as an instrument, but as a living mediator between body, rhythm, and consciousness.
Over the years, through continuous research and practice, Siniša has drawn from diverse traditions to develop an authentic approach and a distinctive style of drum making, combining artisanal precision with the intuitive and ritual dimensions of sound.
Through his original musical work, he integrates shamanic drumming into contemporary musical forms, exploring its somatic and resonant qualities, its ambient potential, and its ability to induce trance and open space for deep inner states.