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V*Caravan

V*Caravan toured for 2 months the countries of former Yugoslavia. With famous musicians, projects for children, public screenings. Watch the PHOTO DIARY

the V*Caravan started touring
in the summer 2005

mara from montenegro, worked
mainly with children

in each city children were
painting dream flags

neda from belgrade,
collected data for internet
during the tour (and
enjoyed croatia a lot)

musicians arjan and stefijn
checking their messages in
the V*bus

katarina checking hers

driver milivoje from spilt
checking the best route to
the next city with maarten
from utrecht and bojan
from kosovo

V*truck was often used as
a stage for the band in the
evenings

V*band Hotel plays with local
musicians in Zenica

in Srebrenica the crowds love
the concert

some have travelled all the way
to Srebrenica just to hear Hotel
play again after the concert
in Pale

arjan en nemanja rehearsing

chris rehearsing on stage

under the famous 'old bridge'
in mostar, mira one of the main
characters of the the episode
Lala&Mira meets the V*Crew

mira and her chorus rehearsing
a macedonian song with Hotel,
Koyote sings the mexican
version

dream flags, music, chorus...
all in preparation for the big
V*show in the evening

during war mira thought
she would never sing again with
the chorus from mostar

in the evening famous dansers
join the V*show

the major of mostar sends a
video letter to visegrad, an other
city in bosnia with a famous
bridge. 'let's build bridges
instead of destroying them',
the major says

in makarska the major
cancelles the V*show;
he is afraid nationalistic
veterans will make
trouble

Hotelplays in front of the
city house a farewell song
for the major

while leaving makarska eric
almost gets beaten up by
a man who had lost his legs in
the war and mistakes the
mexican song for a serbian
one...

dubravka from croatia and
katarina from holland
read in local newspapers
that journalists feel ashamed
makarska is not ready to
reconcile yet

after the cold makarska shower
the V*Caravan goes on

in love and friendship we trust

...in music

...and in the fact that our
drivers never drink

in berak the major
ivites the V*Crew for a home
made meal in the school

arjan thanks the major. outside
a few hundred citizans wait to
see the episode Brana&Petar
that's been filmed in berak

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