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The Bridge of Flowers ((ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Podul de Flori), (ロシア語:Мост цветов)) was a massive demonstration that took place on Sunday, May 6, 1990 along the Prut River separating Romania and the Moldavian SSR. == May 6, 1990 == The first event took place on May 6, 1990. During this action, inhabitants of Romania were allowed that day, between 1 and 7 p.m., to cross the Prut River in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic without passport and visa. Along the border of 700 km on the Prut, were created eight checkpoints: Miorcani–Pererita, Stânca-Costești, Iași–Sculeni, Ungheni–Ungheni Bridge, Albița–Leușeni, Fălciu–Țiganca, Oancea–Cahul and Galați–Giurgiulești. Inhabitants from both sides of the border, which had been tightly enforced since World War II (for two decades prior to which much of Moldova had been part of the Kingdom of Romania), gathered on each bank, many crossing what had been described as a watery Berlin Wall to see family members long separated by the frontier.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mai 1990, «Podul de Flori» )〕 The number of participants has been estimated at 1.2 million people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Podul de flori (1990 - 1991) )〕 At Ungheni, approximately 250,000 crossed the border. The demonstration organized by the Cultural league for the unity of Romanians everywhere, in collaboration with the Bucharest–Chișinău Cultural Society and the Popular Front of Moldova, began early in the morning as thousands appeared on the Romanian side with armfuls of flowers. Participants began throwing flowers into the water that soon covered the surface of the river, symbolically creating a bridge between the two sides. At noon, a group of priests celebrated a ''Te Deum'', after which church bells on both sides rang for a long time. Then, flowers were thrown into the river and meetings on the bridge began to take place. Speeches, slogans and appeals were absent. Popular music and games, festive meals and similar activities followed, with the event wrapping up around 6 p.m.〔 After this action, the procedures of crossing the Romanian–Soviet border have been simplified considerably. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridge of Flowers (event)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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