The mass celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People’s Republic has been cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic. But Belarusians celebrate at home with their families and share their photos on the Internet.
The cool thing of the BNR 102 clebration is a mask in the color of the white, red and white flag.
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It has become a tradition to place national symbols on windows, cars and in own yards.
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Выйшла на Дзень Волі на вуліцу. Са святам, сябры, жыве Беларусь і будзе жыць! ?❤️?#дзеньволі #застаемся
Opublikowany przez Dašę Słabčanką Środa, 25 marca 2020
Сьвята пачынаецца!Жыве Беларусь!#Дзеньволі#БНР102
Opublikowany przez Zmitsra Dashkevicha Wtorek, 24 marca 2020
Belarusians are shooting video for TikTok.
They take pictures and record congratulations on the white-red-white flags.
БНР-102. Вiншаванне з Днём Волi ад Ялiны i Вiталiны! У Беларусi есць будучыня!
Opublikowany przez Ihara Barysau Środa, 25 marca 2020
Siarhey Padsasonny, journalist, presenter and editor of Belsat, has recently returned from Canada and now has to be in quarantine at home for two weeks.
In Canada, Siarhey was preparing a story for the holiday edition of the Freedom Day.
The celebrations took place in Hlubokaye, Vitsebsk, Hrodna, Mahiliou and Vilnius.
In Hrodna they read out the Third Statute of the BNR, sang The Chase anthem. Mass actions were not held here.
In Mahiliou, they distributed postcards and also did not organize any mass actions.
In Hlubokaye, people gathered near the monument to Vatslau Lastouski. They laid flowers, launched balloons with white, red and white flags. However, the wind made its corrections and the balloons with the flag hung on a tree. Several policemen in plain clothes were recording the action.
In Vitsebsk, several people traditionally laid flowers at the monuments to Prince Alherd and Uladzimir Karatkevich and the honor roll of Vasil Bykau. There were 5 people who met at the same time, they did not agree beforehand. For the 2 hours, while people were walking from monument to monument, 6 policemen in civilian clothes walked nearby.
In Vilnius, Belarusians honored the memory of Belarusian figures in the cemetery on the Freedom Day. No more than 5 people could gather for the laying of flowers and candles in Lithuania because of the coronavirus. In the evening, the rules changed — no more than 2 people could gather and talk to each other for no more than 15 minutes.
Mix by Iryna Arakhouskaya/Belsat.eu
