- Posted April 22, 2012 by
- Polyrabbit Follow
Vilnius, Lithuania
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Our pussies riot for "Pussy Riot"
- jmsaba, CNN iReport producer
First we invited people to come and silently stand near the gates of Russian Orthodox Monastery of Holy Spirit in Vilnius with cats in hands in bright colours of "Pussy Riot".
Then me, Polyrabbit, and my small team did a silent art - action to support the girls of Pussy Riots near Russian Orthodox Monastery in Vilnius today. We expected to meet more support from people, but passer-byes and prayers were ignorant, suspicious or even unkindly provoking. One man asked us in Russian language many times why we do it exactly in this place, trying to cause a conflict, and then invited a Monastery security officer. We explained the officer that we are in public place and just taking photos of ourselves, he was calm, but said we should cross a street at least. We did it. Then an Orthodox priest came to the gates, had a look and disappeared. A man and three women talking among them in Lithuanian language passed us, and then one woman said loudly in Russian that they totally disagree with us. And only one foreigner supported Pussy Riot. We made a photo with him, but he was with a smoking cigarette in his hand, that's why we are not placing it here.
Now we invite all of you to make photos like these near different Russian Orthodox churches anywhere in different time and post them.
Why a church? The Russian Orthodox church requires violent punishment for civil Pussy Riot art-action.
- TAGS:
- fundamentalism,
- totalitarism,
- russia,
- pussy_riots,
- orthodox,
- putin,
- patriarch_kirill
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- CNN International,
- My life
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