Happy Halloween from Serbia!
Dänk 1010011010
Serbians do not celebrate the holiday, since they associate it with
Catholics and they are Orthodox.
Nevertheless, I found a few Serbs dressed up for the occasion, mostly
goth types and those who are identify with American culture. I ran
into a girl wearing a Marilyn Manson shirt, and she thought she was
his #1 Fan until I showed her my Charles Manson shirt. Marilyn Manson
teaches that all Americans care about are dead celebrities and serial
killers, and Charles Manson is the serial killer who killed
celebrities, which is why he's the King.
There was a Halloween party at some club, but I'm not into the club
scene so I decided to wander around the medieval Kalemegdan fortress
that overlooks the Danube river.
The fortress is so cool, built a thousand or so years ago from stone
and bricks. The atmosphere was just perfect for Halloween, cold and
clear and a nearly full moon and a light fog for ghosts to hide in.
As I headed back downtown to Republic Square there was a 'Belgrade
Wall' made out of cardboard bricks to commemorate the 20th anniversary
of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall was covered with graffiti,
so I added some of my own with a Sharpie, including 'Fuck Obama' and a
quote from Charles Manson:
"It's just a pile of shit, so why not try to grow flowers in it?"
-- Charles Manson
Kalemegdan Fortress:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalemegdan
Charles Manson shirt:
http://www.satanssideshow.com/presentation/catalog/CT_TS_ClassicCharlie.cfm