June 24, 2006
Normal enough?
Would you believe that this is happening in the main street of Vilnius? Yeah, I got this picture 50m away from my mother's house! I was extremely happy to encounter this Krishna worshipers' procession: happy people in colourful (so familiar) clothes, singing and dancing on a sunny day. What better evidence you would need to prove that Lithuania is a civilized place where world cultures/religions/races live happily together? An older lady approached me as I was taking the picture asking: "who are these people?", "Krishna worshipers, I think", I said. "Not normal people..." followed the reply. This needs explaining, - in Lithuanian, the antonym of "normal" is something comparable to "freaks". She could have used "strange" instead that would have signified that she's slightly fascinated by these people, but she chose to use "not normal", the most judgemental word of all. I never pondered on this before - how being "not normal" can be so extremely dreadful in Lithuania. "Normal" on the other hand is a very pleasant compliment... :)
I spent my last few days in Vilnius just like the week before, hanging out with my family...
...friends...
... and more friends. In fact I liked it so much this time in Lithuania (and advertised it so well to Kaj), that we're already thinking of going there again in couple of weeks, this time together... Yeah... More Svyturio Extra... :)
Posted by gkligyte at June 24, 2006 02:27 AM