BANATSKI SOKOLAC, Serbia () - A Serbian village unveiled what it aforementioned was Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley on Saturday, to raise tolerance in a region still convalescent from war.
Two Balkan musicians, one from Croatia and one from Serbia, unveiled the memorial in the village of Banatski Sokolac at midnight during a gathering of rock bands from the Balkans.
"Bob Marley promoted peace and tolerance in his music," said Mirko Miljus, an organizer.
The event continued a trend of raising monuments to popular Western icons instead of local historical figures. Bosnians have erected a monument to Bruce Lee in the town of Mostar and Serbs have invest up a statue to Rocky Balboa in northerly Serbia.
Following the break of the former Yugoslavia and the bloodshed of the nineties, people can buoy rarely agree on their role models and prefer figures non linked to the region.
(Reporting by Fedja Grulovic; Writing by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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