Christiania's 50 th birthday parade - Insights into the governing of the narcotic city of Copenhagen (original) (raw)

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Musically accompanied by Mitch Miller's "The River Kwai March", a woman dressed in Christiania's girl guard uniform shouts into a megaphone (in Danish): "1, 2, 3, 4. Right, right, right, right…" And then they finally get going. There is dazzling sunshine, it is 20 degrees and a little after three o'clock in the afternoon on 22 September 2021. Christianites have staged a symbolic wedding anniversary between "Mrs. Christiania and Mr. Denmark" on the occasion of the freetown's 50th birthday a couple of days later on 26 September. Specialists in political antics as they are, the Christianites have chosen to let the party start with a kaleidoscopic procession through the streets of Copenhagen from Christiania to the Danish parliament, Christiansborg, further on to the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, and finally to the town square, Rådhuspladsen. Culture as mediator Christiania's legendary girl guard is the first feature of the parade 1-right after the van with representatives from Kulturforening (the culture association of Christiania). And they are all there: the opera on the theatre van, the Santa Claus Army, the free hash movement, the Sundhedshuset (health house), the horses, the Bøssehuset (LGBT+ culture house), Børneengen (children's meadow), Christiania's Frie Natur (Association for the conservation and development of Christiania's free nature), the Galloperiet (art gallery), the Karma Cannon, the Fakir school, Sølyst (afterschool children hangout place), Stjerneskibet (association for