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8.5 Case Study Event 4
Figure 8.10 Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Kućibreg Monument
in order to transfer the values of anti-fascism to younger generations and
to prevent the resurrection of fascism. Visitors accepted his words with
approval.
The cultural programme at the end of the event included three other
partisan songs performed by the choir from Lopar (Slovenia). The event
ended with the unofficial anthem of the Slovenian Primorska region –
Vstajenje Primorske (Rising of Primorska); all visitors rose without an in-
vitation to do so and many participants also sang along. The event ended
after an hour and a half. The visitors left very slowly – they socialised,
stopped at the stands and greeted each other. Professional journalists,
cameramen and photographers, who carefully observed the whole event,
made the final recordings and interviews. As a consequence of all these
gradual happenings, there was no chaos on the improvised parking lot;
the police and stewards effectively directed the vehicles.
The above description clearly shows that this history-centric public
dark commemorative event was especially rich with symbols (past and
present): state, regional and anti-fascism symbols. The event was also ap-
parently regionally oriented, since the ideas (and symbols) of regional-
ism were present; the critique of the state policy can be understood in
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Figure 8.10 Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Kućibreg Monument
in order to transfer the values of anti-fascism to younger generations and
to prevent the resurrection of fascism. Visitors accepted his words with
approval.
The cultural programme at the end of the event included three other
partisan songs performed by the choir from Lopar (Slovenia). The event
ended with the unofficial anthem of the Slovenian Primorska region –
Vstajenje Primorske (Rising of Primorska); all visitors rose without an in-
vitation to do so and many participants also sang along. The event ended
after an hour and a half. The visitors left very slowly – they socialised,
stopped at the stands and greeted each other. Professional journalists,
cameramen and photographers, who carefully observed the whole event,
made the final recordings and interviews. As a consequence of all these
gradual happenings, there was no chaos on the improvised parking lot;
the police and stewards effectively directed the vehicles.
The above description clearly shows that this history-centric public
dark commemorative event was especially rich with symbols (past and
present): state, regional and anti-fascism symbols. The event was also ap-
parently regionally oriented, since the ideas (and symbols) of regional-
ism were present; the critique of the state policy can be understood in
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