2024-07-06 04:54:38
As a news portal lrytas.lt said a Lithuanian living across the Atlantic, she came to the Song Festival because she accompanies her children who sing in the “Vyturys” choir and are participating in the event this year.
However, the children living with it in the USA have started to raise questions about why they see the flags of NATO, the European Union (EU) and Ukraine in Vingis Park, but nowhere do they see the tricolor of Lithuania.
“I didn’t really pay attention because the weather was bad – we were mostly worried about the kids getting cold, but they started asking questions en masse.
And among other people, choristers walking in groups, there was talk that there was no Lithuanian flag, and how to understand that they are coming to celebrate the song of the century, and we will sing under the flag of Ukraine?
This really stuck with most people,” Vaida remarked.
The woman assured that she really supports Ukraine and is against the war, but in this case the Lithuanian flag should definitely dominate the celebration.
“I am also in solidarity with Ukraine, but my children and I came to sing under the Lithuanian flag. That is important.
You know, when children are brought from other countries, the question automatically arises for them: mom, dad, where is the Lithuanian flag?”, the Lithuanian from Chicago taught.
Vaida and her children came to the first rehearsal in Vingios Park on Thursday. According to her, Lithuanian flags were not seen here either yesterday or today, and on Friday morning, after complaining to the organizers who were on the spot, all the remaining flags were lowered.
“At the moment, all the flags have already been raised, and we are waiting for Lithuania to be raised. I called the organizers, but they said that there is no one who can answer this question, told me to look for representatives working on the spot.
We are now standing, waiting, watching what will happen next,” said a compatriot who lives in Chicago with her family on Friday.
Going to hang up
However, contacting the organizers of the Song Festival is also difficult for journalists.
Lithuanian National Cultural Center (LNKC) representative for the news portal lrytas.lt assured that all the organizers have gone to Vingis Park, and therefore cannot explain why not a single Lithuanian flag is flying.
However, at the same time, he assured that the Lithuanian flag will still be hung.
“I received a call from a person, we contacted the person there (one of the organizers of the Song Festival – aut.past.), and he assured that the flag should be hung, he brought it,” said the representative of the LNKC.
“Did such a tragedy happen here?”, she added.
Later, the woman noticed that the celebration in Vingios Park will only take place on Saturday, so then all the flags and Lithuanian flags will be hanging, while at the moment only rehearsals are taking place.
“Maybe that’s why they didn’t have time to hang,” she thought.
According to Vaida, around 6 p.m. when she arrived at the celebration, she also saw the already fluttering Lithuanian tricolor.
2024-07-06 04:54:38