Associations of veterans from Croatia wrote an open letter to the Montenegrin KIC pop choir, asking them to cancel their performance in Korčula, where a concert will be held on Saturday, September 14, marking the 80th anniversary of the city's liberation from the fascists.
They also announced a protest.
The organizer of the event, the Association of Anti-Fascists of the City of Korčula, invited the KIC pop choir from Podgorica to the commemoration, and this bothered the Association of Croatian Homeland War Volunteers (UHDDR), Indeks reports.
"As an association, we support the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Korcula, but as Croatian defenders, it is unacceptable for us, as Croatian defenders, that the songs you intend to perform are sung by a choir from the country from which the army comes that attacked us together with the army from Serbia in 1991. The army from which we defended Dubrovnik, Ston and the rest of the Republic of Croatia," he writes in an open letter signed by UHDDR President Čara.
In the letter to the choir, they also state that they are bothered by "symbols of the totalitarian regime of the former state in these areas, which are often in the background during your performances, and which glorify Yugoslav unitarism".
They announced that they would hold a protest against the concert at the entrance to the Summer Cinema, and that they would sing Croatian songs.
"Due to all of the above, we ask you and demand that you cancel your performance in Korčula on September 14, 2024," the association writes.
The KIC pop choir was founded in 2017, and it consists of about 60 singers, mostly amateurs. The choir consists of members of different professions and generations, and at the beginning of this year they held their 100th concert.
The choir performs songs by famous pop-rock bands and singer-songwriters, and they are also known for performing anti-fascist and partisan songs.
The ceremonial academy on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of Korcula will be held under the auspices of the President of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, in the cinema hall of the local House of Culture, after which wreaths will be laid on the NOB Monument.
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