Thousands of Belarusians Sang Songs of Freedom (Photo) :: Charter'97 :: News

10 thousands of young Belarusians have taken part in the concert “For Freedom!” in the center of Minsk. Well-known rock-groups N.R.M., Neuro Dubel, Krama, IQ48, “Partisan School, Kasya Kamotskaya, Zmitser Vajtsushkevich and others performed on Bangalore Square. All the songs sang on the concert were dedicated to Belarus. A large streamer “For Freedom!” was places over the stage. There was an incredible atmosphere on the square, an atmosphere of freedom and changes. Many foreign journalists who were at the concert, noted that the atmosphere reminded Kyiv in the time of “Orange Revolution”: jeans, flags of the European Union, blue balloons, and people singing songs of freedom together!” All participants of the concert told about their intention to come to October Square in Minsk tomorrow at 8 p.m.

National white-red-white flags, blue flags with an icon of Our Lady of Minsk and of the European Union were waving over the square. Young Belarusians have come to the concert in jeans, with jeans ribbons and blue bandanas. The single democratic candidate for presidency Alyaksandr Milinkevich addressed the audience of the concert. He had jeans on.

“You are our future,” Alyaksandr Milinkevich told. “Freedom, Truth, Justice are for you. I know that all of you like freedom. But today in our country it’s not enough to love freedom. Today we are to fight for freedom!”

The speech of the singe candidate was greeted by applause. Young people were chanting: “Milinkevich!”, “Long live Belarus!”, “Freedom!”

Musicians shouted “For Milinkevich!”, “For Belarus!” before performance.

The N.R.M. band sang their famous hits and even improvised. Singing the song: “Do not expect!”, they substituted the words: “there won’t be surprises” to “we’re tired of the waiting”.

Zmitser Vajtsushkevich sang a song “I was born here”. As Belarusian first printer was mentioned in the song, he said hi to dwellers of St. Petersburg. As we have informed, Lukashenka, a historian by education, was exposed to ridicule when he said that Frantsysk Skaryna lived and worked in Peterburg (though this city was founded 150 years after Skaryna’s death).

A soloist of the band “Neuro Dubel” Alyaksandr Kulinkovich addressed to the participants of the concert with the words: “We hope that you shall make the right choice and then we’ll have a chance to organize many recitals”.

A well-known musician told that on March 19 at 8 p.m. he will come to October Square> I will certainly come, as other people,” Kullinkovch said.

Many international journalists present at the concert noted that “the atmosphere reminded Kyiv in the time of “Orange Revolution”: jeans, flags of the European Union, blue balloons, and people singing songs of freedom together!” All participants of the concert told about their intention to come to October Square in Minsk tomorrow at 8 p.m.

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