Friday, September 03, 2004
An Asian monument (of sorts) in the Balkans
Here's your dose of weirdness for the day: can you think of a connection between kung-fu legend Bruce Lee and the Bosnian city of Mostar?
Answer: Mostar is soon to become the first (I'm guessing) city to honour the legend with a life-size statue in the centre of town, according to a BBC news story I heard on the radio this morning. Writer Veselin Gatalo, who came up with this idea, aired his hopes that the Bruce Lee monument would be a symbol of peace (?!) — an idea that sounds a little less bizarre when you consider the following logic, from the Ananova version of the story:
One member of the group behind the plans wrote on the Bosnian and Herzegovina website Bljesak: "Raising a Bruce Lee monument will be a reminder that before the war we had a peaceful childhood, when we used to have working class heroes like Bruce Lee."
Can anyone think of any other European city with a prominent monument to any Asian figure?
Answer: Mostar is soon to become the first (I'm guessing) city to honour the legend with a life-size statue in the centre of town, according to a BBC news story I heard on the radio this morning. Writer Veselin Gatalo, who came up with this idea, aired his hopes that the Bruce Lee monument would be a symbol of peace (?!) — an idea that sounds a little less bizarre when you consider the following logic, from the Ananova version of the story:
One member of the group behind the plans wrote on the Bosnian and Herzegovina website Bljesak: "Raising a Bruce Lee monument will be a reminder that before the war we had a peaceful childhood, when we used to have working class heroes like Bruce Lee."
Can anyone think of any other European city with a prominent monument to any Asian figure?
