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| The flyer for the event |
The "Macedonian" Cultural Festival is back for its second year and due to be held this upcoming Sunday, 27 November, in Melbourne's seaside suburb of Williamstown. As a lot has already been said (and written) regarding this controversial festival, we only wish to make the following observations.
The use of the Vergina Sun by the Yugoslavs as their de facto national symbol is unacceptable and completely baseless from a historical perspective. This was the symbol of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, which was Hellenic, and should belong only to Greece for use. The Yugoslavs have their own flag –which is actually an altered Vergina Sun– and that is what they should be using, not the flag and symbols of another nation.
The sight of Yugoslavs dressed as what appears to be their understanding of how ancient Macedonian soldiers went to battle is, to say the least, embarrassing. In no other country of the former Yugoslavia would you see such a thing, that is Slavs trying to revive the past of someone else's ancient ancestors. Not in Serbia, not in Croatia. Not in Bosnia, not in Slovenia. Not even in the diaspora do these communities waste their time with such ridiculous displays during cultural events. When will the Yugoslavs finally realize that they've got it all wrong, and that they are in fact not the descendants of the ancient Macedonians?
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| From last year's festival |
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