Bosnian and Herzegovinian (BiH) musician and songwriter Davor Sucic, better known as Sejo Sexon, revealed in an interview that the song “Svjetla Sarajeva“ (The Lights of Sarajevo), which also inspired the name of the film, was based on lyrics by poet Goran Vracar. During the 1990s, Vracar was “on the other side” and viewed BiH‘s capital “through a rifle scope,” making it, as Sucic put it, “a paradigm of the schizophrenia we live in.”
Sucic explained that the story of Goran and himself, as people who were once on opposing sides, illustrates and emphasizes “how much we are one people” and how deeply interconnected we all are.
“This is the paradigm of all this schizophrenia we live in. Many people don’t know that this song (Svjetla Sarajeva), which has become Sarajevo’s anthem and is played in restaurants and parks like Bentbasa, was written by someone from the other side, who viewed Sarajevo through a rifle scope,” said the founder of the band Zabranjeno Pusenje.
He continued:
“This only shows how much we are one people, one soul, and how interconnected we are. And how shared our destinies are.”
“This country has experienced hundreds of traumatic situations,” Sucic added, “and yet we are still here, together, and that is a paradigm of life.”
Sucic also admitted he finds it somewhat amusing when he sees attempts to “stop this.”
“This is life, this is our DNA, and it cannot be destroyed, no matter how serious the efforts (to destroy our shared life). And this story of ours has never ended precisely because of people like Goran Vracar. I believe art is a great cohesive factor that resists all attempts to divide this country,” concluded the popular Sejo Sexon.
“Unplugged” at the Bosnian Cultural Center (BKC)
On December 27th, Zabranjeno Pusenje will hold an unplugged concert at the BKC under the title “Neustekani“ (Unplugged). The audience will enjoy a unique acoustic performance, N1 writes.
