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A minute of silence not only to remember, but also to unite society.
A minute of silence, spread throughout the world, is not only dedicated to the memory of those who left, but is also organized to unite people for a common goal. Project “Mission Siberia” on June 14 at 11:59. It organizes the Universal Minute of Silence, during which Lithuanians from around the world will stop for 1 minute to honor thousands of people who have suffered from the Soviet regime.
The first official moment of silence was recorded in 1912. February 13 In Portugal, where a 10-minute silence sought to honor the late Brazilian diplomat José María da Silva Paranja. In the same year, a solemn silence was held to honor the victims of the Titanic disaster.
The ethnologist, associate professor at Vytautas Magnus University, Dr. Arūnas Vaicekauskas, claims that a minute of silence can be attributed to ancient ceremonial traditions, when, for example, waiting for the dead to visit on Christmas Eve or emphasizing the importance of Christ’s death, was emphasized and emphasized on Good Friday.
“In modern society, as the spiritual aspects of internal accumulation increasingly go into the past, first of all, quite often, the visual side of ritual behavior emerges. In this way, the seriousness shown in public becomes an important social sign, showing the relationship of a person with the deceased or a phenomenon, such as massacres, deportation, the social system, “says A. Vaicekauskas.
It is estimated that around 300,000 Lithuanians who were deported and imprisoned suffered Soviet repression, so organizing a massive minute of silence seeks to remember those who were forced to leave Lithuania and did not return to it.
“A universal minute of silence is almost the simplest way for anyone to join the events of the Day of Mourning and Hope. It does not require any preparation, registration or purchase of a ticket: it is only a minute to think about our compatriots who did not return home. We hope that in the future this silence will be even more united in Lithuania, ”says Aistė Eidukaitytė, the head of the Mission Siberia project.
Lithuanian educational institutions, communities, state institutions and the media unite in the minute of silence. For a minute, the music will turn off in supermarkets and radio stations.
Exile, listen, save the campaign to read the names and destinations of the deportees going to virtual space this year
Immediately after the Universal Silence minute, from 1 p.m. The “Mission Siberia” organizes readings of the names, surnames and destinations of the deportees and political prisoners “Speak, listen, save”, which will last 24 hours a day. However, this year, in order not to create a means for the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the organizers of the campaign decided to move the campaign to a virtual space, creating a special platform for the Day of Mourning and Hope, available at www. birzelio14.lt.
“Quarantine is not and never will be stronger than the desire to preserve history. The fact that the” Speak, Listen, Save “campaign had to move into virtual space allowed only an even wider circle of compatriots from across the world came together, and the meaning of the campaign remained the same: showing the public that deportation is not numbers in textbooks. Exile is the fate of hundreds of thousands of people, which, unfortunately, is sometimes very painful, ”says A. Eidukaitytė.
The campaign will be implemented with the help of video calls, and compatriots are already joining it not only in Lithuania, but also worldwide: USA. Canada, Argentina, Japan, Sakartvele, Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Cyprus and other countries.
The campaign on the Day of Mourning and Hope from 13.00. You can follow it directly on the platform www.birzelio14.lt or on the news portal Delphi.
Anyone who wants to contribute to the “Mission Siberia” project and help preserve history can do so on the donation platform aukok.lt.
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