I would really like to hear more about this day and its' traditions.
How do people "celebrate", what do they do?
How seriously do people take it? Does anyone have special plans for this day?
I read in the UK papers that some British war veterans have gone to Moscow and other locations in Russia to participate. They are super-impressed with the Russian commitment to peace day and they feel that Britain is not taking the day seriously enough.. Russia is treating them like real VIPs.
From Peace-in-Europe Day and 1 May the MUSIC is the best thing, I think. I know Russia has some really great songs, but I don't know what they are called, other than the very most well-known ones.
But I have some reservations about this day too. Does anyone else feel that way? (I personally don't like seeing large countries show off their military.... and I don't like thinking about the War in general...) PLUS -- it just feels unfair on modern day Germans to keep celebrating this for much longer.
But, on the other hand, who can resist a serious celebration with great music and fireworks!!
So let's have a thread about this holiday and it's traditions and music! Please post some nice pictures and Peace day music that you like!
Here are some catchy non-Russian songs from that era:
- Lili Marlene (a German song about a soldier and his girlfriend) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUseP...eature=related
[/*:m:3nmlg8o0]- Bella Ciao (an Italian partisan song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRR2O...eature=related
[/*:m:3nmlg8o0]- We'll meet again (an English war song by Vera Lynn) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY[/*:m:3nmlg8o0]
Incidentally, is it celebrated in the US at all?
In Britain, it's celebrated on 11 November for some reason. The celebrations are quite subdued; hymns and silent minute then they trigger the air raid alarms in some places which is spooky. Sweden does a quick ceremony sometimes on 9 May, but we were not in the war.