Đuro SantracStudents from Belgrade and Niš will walk to Kragujevac in order to participate in a large protest on February 15. Students from Nis arrived in Aleksinac, students from Belgrade arrived in Avala, and on Thursday students from Čačak are also on their way to Kragujevac.
A group of about 180 students from Nis, who on Tuesday morning at 7:35 a.m. set off on foot on a 151-kilometer journey to Kragujevac, where they will participate in a large protest "Let's meet at Sretenje", they arrived in Aleksinac.
There, a large number of citizens gave them an emotional welcome. Students will spend the night in Aleksinac and continue their journey on Wednesday.
Shouts of "Students, students", "Victory" echoed through the streets, and when the students appeared as a sign of welcome, torches and fireworks were lit.
"We are tired, of course, but when we have a reception like this, we forget about everything at the same time." We feel very honored and this kind of welcome is proof that we are doing the right thing," said one of the students who came to Aleksinac from Niš on foot.
Earlier during the day, they were warmly welcomed by the inhabitants of the village of Tešica. They prepared lunch, drinks and coffee for them. The students took a break of about half an hour in this village and continued their walk to Aleksinac, where a welcome is being prepared for them.
Before that, they held a fifteen-minute silence in Gornja Trnava in commemoration of the victims of the fall of the canopy of the railway station in Novi Sad.
The students, who walked from Belgrade to Kragujevac, paid their respects to the victims of the tragedy in Novi Sad in the Aval Park. From there, they continue to Sopot, where today's route will end.
Students of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak will also walk to Kragujevac, and as they announced, their journey will begin on February 13 and will last for two days. Their route is about 57 kilometers long.
"Given the demanding nature of the terrain, we decided to divide this adventure into two days, in order to enjoy the trip and make it more pleasant," said the students of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak.
"This walk is not only a physical journey, but also a symbolic act - a reminder of the importance of the Constitution and its role in society. On the Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia, we remind you that no one's power or authority can exceed those prescribed by the constitution," the students from Čačak said in a statement.
Niš column
At 6:30 a.m., as agreed, nearly 200 students from the faculties of Niš gathered who will embark on a long and difficult journey - on foot to Kragujevac, where on Serbian Statehood Day, the day when the First Serbian Uprising took place in 1804 and the famous "Sretenjski" constitution was adopted in 1835 in Kragujevac, they will meet with students and citizens from other cities for a large protest "Let's meet at Sretenje".
In about four hours, the students covered half of the planned route for today, and they had a longer break and rest in the village of Donja Trnava, where they held a 15-minute silence for the victims in Novi Sad.
They are currently on their way to Aleksinac, where they will spend the night tonight. In Aleksinac, a welcome is being prepared for the students, and the banner "Welcome to us, dear students" has been placed at the entrance and exit of the promenade.
"We are following the spirit of our ancestors" is a message with a picture of Dragutin Matić Oka Sokolov, born in Kaletinica near Gadžina Han, which a student of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education carried on her back.
"I'm very proud of our history and our ancestors, so with this small venture and walk I wanted to do something similar to what they did for our country," says this student.
They brought food, water, tents, equipment, and wearing Serbian flags as a cloak, they heroically set off on their journey, accompanied by their colleagues and citizens, but also with a temperature of -8.
Lav Stojanović, a student at the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education, went for a walk with his dog, and he says that he is doing all this because of a higher goal that everyone has.
"I decided on this walk because it's something we do for all of us." This walk is not easy at all, the temperatures are in the minus, but we are all in this together and we will fight together, because above all there is some higher goal that we need to achieve," says Love.
"Sumadijski March" from Belgrade
On Tuesday (February 11) in the morning, students from Belgrade also set off on foot for Kragujevac. The place they started from is the Faculty of Pharmacy.
They are on their way to Sopot, and in Avalski Park they paid their respects to the victims of the tragedy in Novi Sad.
Students carry bags, backpacks, thermoses with hot drinks, and some have hiking equipment.
They also carry flags of Serbia and symbols of individual faculties.
Nikola Marchetić, a student of the Faculty of Musical Arts, after the "march" to Novi Sad, decided to walk to the protest in Kragujevac.
"Let's go all the way. Wherever you need to go," said Marchetić, who is setting off on the road to Kragujevac with a sajkach and the Serbian flag.
Marchetić told FoNet that going to Novi Sad was just a warm-up and that nothing was difficult for him.
The future jazz musician also proudly displays a badge that says "You've played yours."
In front of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mihajlo Popović also arrived to see off the students on their way to Kragujevac, who brought sandwiches to the students for the "Šumadija march".
"I have been with the students for two months. They won't go hungry next to me," said Popović, who is handing out sandwiches with prosciutto and cream.
"The most unpopular Serbian word - sandwich." Filled with love from the Užice region. Come on kids, let's go for the trip," said Popović, who made as many as 700 sandwiches for the students.
While the students are getting ready for the "Sumadija March", the "March on the Drina" can be heard in the background.
According to an earlier announcement, Belgrade students and their colleagues from Novi Sad, who joined them last night, will walk to Kragujevac in order to take part in the "Let's meet at Sretenje" protest on Saturday.
Students will hand over the Constitution of Serbia to their colleagues from the University of Kragujevac.
Source: Southern News / Fonet
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