{"id":165162,"date":"2025-02-17T13:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=165162"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:16:32","slug":"sretenje-is-in-chicago-but-the-heart-is-far-away-fifth-diaspora-rally-marked-by-hope-and-slogans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/sretenje-is-in-chicago-but-the-heart-is-far-away-fifth-diaspora-rally-marked-by-hope-and-slogans\/","title":{"rendered":"SRETENJE IS IN CHICAGO, BUT THE HEART IS FAR AWAY: Fifth diaspora rally marked by hope and slogans!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, in front of the Consulate of the Republic of Serbia in Chicago, the fifth rally in support of student protests in Serbia was held. Statehood Day and the national holiday of Sretenje were the reason the gathering was moved from Sunday to Saturday this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, the attendees paid tribute to the victims at the Novi Sad Railway Station with 15 minutes of silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They held signs reading: \u201cBeing kind is in again,\u201d \u201cSretenje has come, when will fulfillment,\u201d \u201cChicago stands with students,\u201d \u201cChi-town stands with \u0161ajka\u010da,\u201d \u201cFrom somewhere far away, tambourines can be heard,\u201d \u201cYour hands are bloody,\u201d and others\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nenad Bumbi\u0107, one of the organizers, asked those present not to use the protest \u201cfor political purposes, neither left nor right\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fantonije.kovacevic%2Fvideos%2F1630170748381984%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>He called on demonstrators to vote in the Facebook group on whether the next support rally would be held on Saturday or Sunday. The meeting place remains the same, in front of the Consulate of the Republic of Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the organizer was announcing the vote, a voice from the crowd was heard saying: \u201cGod willing, next time there won\u2019t be a need for us to come!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God willing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"172232\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cikago-protest-student-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172232\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"172235\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cikago-protest-student1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172235\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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