After
a visit to my little sister +
family, I was travelling from Munich to Skopje, via Ljubljana, where I sniffed
already some semi-Balkan air. I did arrive at Skopje feeling some hesitation,
as I had not managed in the to reach Asan, my main musical contact and
collaborator. I only had learned, that most of my acquaintances from the Roma
community were actually not around, even though they know I would come and we
had agreed to work together. Well,
I was about to learn lots of Romani behaviour patterns and mentality - lets
keep an open mind, and dive into the learning curve…
I
first went to my accommodation, a strange little room in a so-called hostel
towards Mount Vodno up the hill - in clean air. I was so happy that one of the
non-Roma friends I made last time had arranged spontaneously to meet in the
evening, so I did not have a lonely evening ahead.
As soon as
all practicalities with my accommodation were sorted, I went to the centre, to
sniff Skopje air. Luckily I had discovered that one can download google map
areas to the phone and use them when off-line – this should keep my
getting-lost to a minimum.
When I
arrived at the Ploštad Makedonija, I was greeted by, for Skopje, rather alien
sounds. A large group of Buddhist people went walking around the square,
dressed-up, singing, dancing, and giving a pretty contrasting vibe to all those
overly-sized statues and Vienna-imitation-type of buildings.
A while later, my friend Miki came; he felt like crying, when he absorbed the energy of the Buddhist performance, as he was so touched by the love and positive energy it vibrated. For the next three hours I learned all about the difficulties regarding the Macedonian government and how the once special energy which had surrounded Skopje in the past was getting more and more lost, being replaced by questionable buildings and self-centred people.
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