Has the ban on the “Mirdita, Good Day” festival prevented the cementing of the official lie of the Collective West about genocidal Serbs and suffering Albanians?
The warning from Serbian authorities following last year’s “Mirdita Promotion” of so-called Kosovo that it was the last adventure of separatists in central Serbia did not prevent Albanian performers from attempting to reprise the festival this year, mocking the highest national interests of our country. This time, however, they decided to pause the cultural festival “Mirdita, Good Day” on Vidovdan, June 28th, ostensibly to respect the holiday deeply rooted in the Serbian national identity.
By a wise decision of the Serbian authorities, the festival was canceled on the first day following protests that accompanied the opening of the event. The chamber event for about a hundred participants who believe in the reconciliation of Serbian and Albanian societies, as mourned with respect by one of the authors of a Western-funded publication, could, after a decade of existence, fade into oblivion. To the delight of Serbs who were in disbelief trying to figure out how the “reconciliation” the festival supposedly insists on is related to LGBT propaganda and the heroization of figures like Adem Jashari, especially in circumstances where every trace of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is being deliberately erased.
WESTERN VALUES BAGGAGE
The festival organizers announced a three-day program that includes the promotion of LGBT, the glorification of Adem Jashari, and numerous workshops where participants could exchange their views on the gravity of Serbian offenses, minimizing pogroms, camps for Serbs, and the “yellow house” where the most horrific pages of recent Serbian history were written. The play “Father and Father,” which was supposed to open the festival, perhaps has the least to do with a “chamber event” and reconciliation. Obviously, the organizers, along with the Albanian view of the Kosovo issue, decided to bring to Serbia the new values they servilely accepted from the West, turning Kosovo into a breeding ground for gas stations, brothels, and the heroin business.
After the play, a concert by the band “La Fazani” was planned, which also can hardly be related to the idea of reconciliation. On the second day of the festival, on Vidovdan, the organizers decided to pause the program, offering an explanation that they wanted to show a tolerant attitude towards Serbs who perceived the choice of the festival date as a poke in the eye. The truth is far different.
Namely, the festival guests “spontaneously” decided to use their free time to support protests in the village of Gornje Nedeljice regarding the opening of the Rio Tinto mine. This is not surprising given that the sponsors of both the protests and the festival are mostly the same, leading to assumptions that the participants and scholarship holders of the festival could think of how to usurp the protest from the people and later manipulate it.
The third day of the festival was dedicated to the book of Adem Jashari, commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), who is considered a symbol of resistance in Kosovo, and in Serbia, responsible for numerous crimes. An act of arrogance and disrespect towards the host country.
THE COST OF THE CHAMBER GATHERING?
The program was partly funded by its sponsors. Among the main financiers of the festival are the European Union, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Open Society Institute. These organizations support the festival within their programs for the promotion of cultural exchange, human rights, and peace in the Balkans.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), one of the festival organizers, receives significant support from international donors such as the European Union and the Rockefeller Foundation. Also, Civic Initiatives (CI) from Serbia and Integra from Kosovo are key partners in organizing and financing the festival.
Additionally, the festival receives support from the German non-governmental organization Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst (Forum Civil Peace Service), which is actively involved in promoting peace and reconciliation in the Balkans. This support is also part of a broader plan for the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, but it raises questions about the true motives and results of these activities. It is shocking that the festival enjoyed financial support from some Serbian institutions such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education. The complaints of outraged citizens questioned why their money is being used to promote self-proclaimed Kosovo’s independence.
In any case, there will be no festival this year. It is likely there will be none next year either. The money intended to cement the official lie of the Collective West about genocidal Serbs and suffering Albanians will have to be redirected to other projects. Undoubtedly, nothing less harmful.
