11th of July, important day for one of the Belfast faction’s, for the protestants or loyalist. They commemorate the Boyne’s battle victory in 1690, what better way to celebrate the victory than burn an Irish flag??Yes…during the 11th night of July they make big bonfires in open fields and they burn the Irish Flag (the classic one…green white and orange).
Casually there was one of them at the end of my street, insomuch as I live in a protestant district, but not too protestant…in fact my street is too international, here lives foreigner people and with different religions, because we are near the university.
As you can see, the bonfire is as high as a house and this night the local people advise us for not to go to the bonfire for the danger of it and for the people who is being there…But usually I don’t hear the advices (my mother is right when she says that I never hear her comments…),so I decided to go to the bonfire and see “the party”.
The size of the bonfire is awesome when you see it without fire, but when you see it burning…it’s spectacular, I don’t know how they didn’t burn my home… the bonfire of my district was really quiet and without incidents, but in Belfast we had some problems this night (the normal problems like every year), but so quiet in general.
And now arrives THE MOMENT of the night when they stop the electro music and they put a patriotic song, then most of them accompany with their hand in their hearts. This Soulful moment leave me a strange feeling, not for the gesture of ones…or the chants of the others, is because I saw how deep the people of this city remains divided and stuck in the past.
PS: Dedicated to Teresa's tears, because they failed in their attempt to extinguish the bonfire.
Loves u, the bald of Belfast.
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