The City Hall - notice both Romanian and Hungarian flags
Petofi Sandor - poet, revolutionary, and now, statue
Nicolae Balcescu - also adorned in flags and wreaths
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
March 15th (Part 2)
Just came home from a little tour of the festivities, which basically involved a lot of speeches outside the city hall. Couldn't understand the full text of the speeches, but the themes were all about reaching out between communities in the spirit of brotherhood (In one ten minute spell, I must have heard the word "testveriseg" (brotherhood / fraternity) about 7 times. I think most of the real nagy sajtak were just over the mountain in Udvarhely though so ours was a fairly subdued affair. They even had László Tőkés at their do. (The Bishop from Timisoara who sparked the 1989 revolution which brought down Ceausescu. Because he is a bishop for the Hungarian Reformed Church, whenever they refer to him in print in English he is referred to as a "Reformed Bishop", which amuses me greatly)
The City Hall - notice both Romanian and Hungarian flags
Petofi Sandor - poet, revolutionary, and now, statue
Nicolae Balcescu - also adorned in flags and wreaths
The City Hall - notice both Romanian and Hungarian flags
Petofi Sandor - poet, revolutionary, and now, statue Nicolae Balcescu - also adorned in flags and wreaths
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romerican: I might agree with you about the single flag thing but not in this case.
In the first picture was an official building so was required both flags I supposed. But in the other two both Petofi Sandor & Nicolae Balcescu mean something special to both people. At least to those ones who read their work.
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