What is Freedom Day? Belsat TV has made a short animated film on the occasion of Freedom Day (Dzień Voli), which is a truly sacred holiday for each Belarusian patriot.
“Everyone has their own Freedom Day. One day you say to yourself: “Stop! Enough of this humiliation, oppression, all-timr telling what to do, what is allowed and what is forbidden. And you break free, your chains fall, and you future life depends only on you. But there is not only a personal Freedom Day. A common, national Fredom Day also exists. It happens when free people in an unfree country turn against the occupants’ oppression and take responsibility for their homeland in their own hands. March 25 is Belarusian Freedom Day, the day of our freedom and yours.”
Freedom Day is an unofficial holiday in Belarus, which is celebrated on March 25 to commemorate the creation on that date in 1918 of the Belarusian People’s Republic (BNR). It came into existence at the end of the First World War, when Bolshevik forces left Minsk and the city was occupied by German troops. On March 25, 1918 the Provisional Government (Rada) proclaimed the independence of the BNR. After the Red Army re-entered Minsk, the Communist government replaced the Rada; its members had to emigrate. The current regime denies Freedom Day and often prevents the opposition forces from celebrating it.
Daroha, belsat.eu
