Comments | ontd_political: Bosnia-Hercegovina marks 20th anniversary of war

belkisa in ontd_political

Bosnia-Hercegovina marks 20th anniversary of war

Apr 06, 2012 17:45

Ceremonies in Sarajevo are marking 20 years since the start of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina, a conflict that saw the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II ( Read more... )

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4eyedblonde April 6 2012, 17:24:31 UTC

Here's some pictures of the chairs. Really powerful pictures.

belkisa April 6 2012, 17:38:47 UTC

ia ty for posting them. I found this pictures on tumblr
the small chairs with toys symbolize the children that were killed

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4eyedblonde April 6 2012, 17:41:59 UTC

I wonder what the idea was behind using red chairs. It's a bit odd.

belkisa April 6 2012, 18:30:51 UTC

This particular ceremony is called Sarajevo Red Line. 11,541 empty chairs arranged in 825 rows

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13chapters April 6 2012, 17:25:41 UTC

I've been posting some about this on my Eastern Europe tumblr. I've been a little surprised by how many reblogs I've gotten - usually I get like 5 or 6 for an article, but I got ~20 on this topic. And people have a lot to say about it. I think it's good people haven't forgotten what happened, and are still talking about it ( ... )

belkisa April 6 2012, 18:03:24 UTC

What's your tumblr? I'd like to see your posts about Bosnia :)

Yes, sadly the signs of war are still everywhere, but also lots of it has been rebuilt since then. The damaged houses can be rebuilt, but worst of all is that the people are damaged from the war and this can't be recovered. This wounds never heal. Whenever I'm in Bosnia war is still a big talking subject there. They can't forget (and should not forget). The war is over, but the things there haven't changed. Politics are a huge problem in Bosnia.

I hope you had a great time in Bosnia. I always enjoy it there. Bosnia is such a great place.

13chapters April 6 2012, 18:08:05 UTC

I ~curate~ fuck yeah eastern europe.

Politics in Bosnia are absolutely dreadful. I have some tentative hope that now that they have a government things might improve a little but somehow I doubt it. IDK if there's even a way to reverse the dysfunction.

belkisa April 6 2012, 18:48:59 UTC

It's a mess. Bosnia has 3 (!) rotating presidents, a Bosnian, a Croat and a Serb and all of them basically want what they wanted back in 1992. It's a dysfunctiunal system.

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johnjie April 6 2012, 22:46:26 UTC

God, that's heartbreaking.