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Festivities marking National Uprising Day to begin in Prilep

Festivities marking National Uprising Day to begin in Prilep
Prilep, 10 October 2022 (MIA) – With a traditional improvised attack in front of the Memorial Museum “October 11” and fireworks on Monday evening, Prilep will kick off the festivities marking National Uprising Day – October 11 and the 81st anniversary of the beginning of the anti-fascist struggle. The traditional improvised attack in front of the former “Uchastak” building, now Memorial Museum “October 11,” is a reminder of the events 81 years ago, when the WWII anti-fascist struggle began with the attack on the building by partisan detachment "Goce Delchev". As part of the festivities the citizens of Prilep will be addressed by Mayor Borche Jovcheski. The “Prilep” octet will hold a concert, followed by the band “Peaches”. The Memorial Museum “October 11” will be open for visitors on Monday and Tuesday. Additionally, at the Center for Contemporary Fine Arts in Prilep, Zoran Kardula’s exhibition “Star Wars & Makedonium” will open at 8pm on Monday. On Tuesday morning, delegations from the government led by Minister of Culture Bisera Kostadinovska Stojchevska, the WWII fighters association, the local self-government and civil associations will lay wreaths at the monument of Metodija Andonov Chento, the first president of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia, at the monument of Kuzman Josifoski Pitu and at the Mound of the Unbeaten, where the remains of 650 fighters from the People’s Liberation Struggle and the Revolution are laid. As part of the festivities marking October 11, a car show will be held in the center of Prilep as well. ad/sk/