We have spent the unforgettable twelve days in Canada. It was our first visit to this far, and cold country and our first concert out of Europe. We started our journey in Otava. Cold and frozen weather, wide roads, wide meadows and grasslands, a huge space surrounded by the Otava river. Wonderful, dear people loudly sang sevdah together with us in an amazing Bronson Center. Some tears and some smiles, made a mesmerizing ballad of one love, the love of us and our friends. Our love, at the very end of the planet. So far and yet so close when our hearts burn and kiss in sevdah.
We continued with our sevdah to Toronto, a city of skyscrapers, sapphire lakes, sports, cultural and historical buildings, the pearl of Canada. “Da sam ptica i da imam krila…” echoed in the Glenn Gould Studio, the temple of culture, where the mentioned maestro practiced for years, created and made his music. Just as if we played in Bosnia, in our own small street. We crowned our visit to Ontario by playing sevdah at the Niagara falls, the wonder of nature, the true beauty in every single drop of water which cuts down the stone.
We saved Vankuver for the end, hidden behind the snowed lakes and mountains, located on the western edge of this magical country. The smell of the ocean, the song of the seagulls, the forests, the mountain ranges, the cheerful people of all nationalities and skin colours. A complete harmony of life, democracy, peace and love. One true sevdah. All of the tones at the “Christ Church Cathedral”, every single one of them sang about love. The tones that will echo behind us forever, that will whisper gently about one April sevdah, which has sailed in Pacific.
Special thanks from the bottom of our hearts to Mirza Durak, Vedran Anđić, Adnan Kapidžić, Edin Kajabegović and all of you dear friends, for being a part of our sevdah fairy tale.
Love and only love.
Nastavismo sa sevdahom u Torontu, gradu visokih nebodera, safirnih jezera, sportskih, kulturnih i istorijskih zdanja, biseru Kanade. „Da sam ptica i da imam krila…“ odjekivalo je u Glenn Gould studiju, hramu kulture gdje je pomenuti maestro godinama vježbao, muzicirao i stvarao. Kao da svirasmo kući, u našoj Bosni, našem malenom sokaku. Posjetu pokrajini Ontario krunisasmo sevdisanju na Niagarinim vodopadima, čudu prirode i iskonskoj ljepoti u svakoj kapljici vodene stihije što slapom kamen siječe.
Za kraj ostavismo Vankuver, skriven iza sniježnih jezera i planina, na samom zapadnom rubu ove čarobne zemlje. Miris okeana, pjesma galebova, nepregledne šume i planinski masivi, vedri i nasmijani ljudi, svih nacija i boja kože. Jedna potpuna harmonija suživota, demokratije, mira i ljubavi. Jedan istinski sevdah. Sve note u „Christ Church“ katedrali, baš svaka o ljubavi pjevaše. Note koje će vječno da odjekuju iza nas, da nam nježno šapuću o jednom aprilskom sevdahu što u Pacifik odplovi.
Od sveg srca hvala Mirzi Duraku, Vedranu Anđiću, Adnanu Kapidžiću, Edinu Kajabegoviću i svima vama draga raja što ste bili dio naše sevdah bajke.
Ljubav i samo Ljubavi.
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