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Traffic comes to a standstill in Sofia

Tue, Jun 02 2009 13:09 CET byThe Sofia Echo staff 1288 Views
Traffic comes to a standstill in Sofia

Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov

Traffic comes to a standstill in Sofia

Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov

At noon on June 2, sirens sounded in honour of one of Bulgaria's most beloved heroes and revolutionaries, poet and rebel Hristo Botev (1848-76).

Following custom, people stood still for a minute until the sirens stopped. Even traffic on Sofia's busy roads was halted for one minute.

The sirens are a reminder to remember the day on which Botev died after several days of fighting the Ottoman army in the days when Bulgaria was under Ottoman rule.

The sound of the sirens at noon marks the beginning of a minute of silence in honour of Botev and his comrades who fought on the last day of the April uprising in 1876.

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