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ALARME FESTIVAL by Caroline Björklund

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The Alarm Festival took place in Ljubanista at Lake Ohrid, Macedonia. The location was perfect: absolutely amazing at the beach. Everybody was bathing, laying on the beach, tanning and just relaxing during the day between watching different bands on the Alternative stage. The ambience was absolute summer with reggae on the beach from eight in the morning.

The main stage began at five in the evening every day, with popular bands like Ljubojna, Superhiks and Foltin as well as others from the rest of The Balkans and Europe, who managed to gather most of the people every night. The mood was set with all the people screaming, dancing and jumping until the music stopped around four in the morning. This stage also had the biggest flop: a Croatian band with 3 grown men who wore glittery pajamas with an open gap for their asses, singing songs like ‘Mjau, Mjau, Mjau’…

The Alarm Festival attempted a basic philosophy of promoting and supporting the concept of a sustainable environment and a healthy lifestyle; however from me and my friends’ point of view it didn’t seem so ecological at all, which was a pity. The site was only cleaned in the mornings, which made the area look like a huge trash can, especially by the beach where people wanted to swim, sunbathe and enjoy themselves between all the cigarettes, cups and other kinds of trash. One thing that was environmental was a challenge in which you could participate in collecting trash, hand it in and then geT a reward for it. It was well prepared but didn’t really succeed because all the trash that the people did collect simply ended up in a huge pile. The rewards given were a t-shirt, a plastic whistle and another plastic toy. From an ecological perspective, plastic is a hardly practical way to save the world.

All in all the festival was really nice. From my perspective as a young foreigner it was well organized except for things such as the small lack of information, but that’s all part of going to a festival. Nothing is perfect and luxuries are not to be expected. Hopefully they can learn from their flaws next year and provide an even better atmosphere!


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