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Samstag, Januar 27, 2007
The lark of the nation Blaha Lujza
Quite different from the previous tombstone is the atmosphre around the monument for the famous actress Blaha Lujza. The monument is located close to the arcade buildings in the shade of a tree. The actress exhausted from her work seems to sleep or to take a rest under a canopy,while some children and an elder musician seem to wait for her wakeup. For me there was no much sadness at this place but a sense of brightness and hope for a possible comeback after death. Blaha Lujza was a real star during the golden age, the time between 1880 until 1914 when the first world war started. In the 1870s a special popular genre a kind of "farmers musical" had been developed and Blaha Lujza was the celebrated main figure in many of those plays. Her fame was outstanding and she stood not back against the actors of the national theater.
