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Sarajevo Red Line (''locally: Sarajevska Crvena Linija'') is the name of the memorial event organized in cooperation between the City of Sarajevo and East West Theatre Company which commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo's 20th anniversary. It was held April 6, 2012 in the main Sarajevo street and it consisted of a large chair installation, street exhibition of war posters and a concert. Authors describe Sarajevo Red Line as a drama and music poem dedicated to the Sarajevo citizens killed during the 1992-96 siege of their city.〔(Slobodna Evropa: ''Sarajevska crvena linija: Sjećanje na poginule u opsadi '' - In Bosnian[cited April 04, 2012] )〕〔(Federal Television: ''Sarajevo Red Line'' - In Bosnian[cited April 04, 2012] )〕 == Program == The central event of Sarajevo Red Line was staged near the Eternal Flame monument.〔(Dnevni List: ''SARAJEVSKA RED LINE - Concert for the killed audience'' - In Croatian[cited April 04, 2012] )〕 From the stage near the flame down the Maršal Tito Street, 11,541 empty red chairs were arranged in 825 rows (as an audience). This red “audience” stretched for 800 meters and ended in the area between the building of the Presidency of BiH and Ali-pasha’s Mosque. 11,541 empty chairs symbolized 11,541 victims of the war which, according to Research and Documentation Center were killed during the Siege of Sarajevo.〔(City.ba: ''Sarajevo Red Line - 11541'' - In Bosnian[cited April 04, 2012] )〕〔(E-News: ''Red Line for the victims of the Siege of Sarajevo'' - In Bosnian[cited April 04, 2012] )〕 643 of the chairs were small, representing the slain children. On some of them, during the day-long event, passers-by left teddy bears, little plastic cars, other toys or candy.〔(Huffington Post: ''Sarajevo Marks The Conflict's 20th Anniversary '' [cited May 29, 2012] )〕 The program consisted of poetry and music. It was performed by Merima Ključo, internationally renowned accordion player, along with the Sarajevo classical music choir, Art Vivo led by Danijel Žontar, composer and choir’s artistic director, soloists; Ivica Šarić, Aida Čorbadžić, Ivan Šarić, Amir Saračević, Dragan Pavlović, Leo Šarić and Deniza Đipa. The program also included a large school choir consisting of 750 students from Sarajevo elementary and high schools.〔(City.ba: ''Sarajevo Red Line - 11541'' - In Bosnian[cited April 04, 2012] )〕〔(East West Theatre Company: ''Sarajevo Red Line '' - In English[cited April 04, 2012] )〕 At the end of the ceremony, they lined up among the red chairs and sang John Lennon's legendary song: "Give Peace a Chance.".〔(Huffington Post: ''Sarajevo Marks The Conflict's 20th Anniversary '' [cited May 29, 2012] )〕 The plan for the Sarajevo Red Line, was first publicly presented on March 27 at the Sarajevo City Hall by a team of artists and officials. According to the Research and Documentation Center, of the 11,541 people killed in the siege, 643 were children. Therefore, 643 of the chairs in Sarajevo Red Line were small - representing the slain children. On some, passers-by left teddy bears, little plastic cars, other toys or candy.〔(The Huffington Post: ''Bosnian War: Sarajevo Marks The Conflict's 20th Anniversary '' by Aida Cerkez [cited April 04, 2012] )〕 The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced two former Bosnian-Serb generals for overseeing the siege of Sarajevo. Stanislav Galić and Dragomir Milošević were both found guilty of terrorizing civilians in Sarajevo and sentenced to life imprisonment and 29 years' imprisonment respectively. The siege of Sarajevo lasted 44 months and is considered today the longest in modern history. Most of the people killed in the city were hit by snipers and bombs fired from the surrounding Serb-held mountains. The April 6, 2012 commemoration was the first time that Sarajevo has put on an official program of this scale in memory of the victims of the siege.〔(Balkaninsight.com: ''Sarajevo to Mark 20 Years Since Siege Started'' by Elvira Jukic - In English[cited April 09, 2012] )〕 In 2014, exhibition of photographs from the Sarajevo Red Line opened in Istanbul, Turkey.〔(Beyoğlu'nda 11 bin 541 sandalye (video)'' - In Turksih[cited April 20, 2014] )〕 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「Sarajevo Red Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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