SAVE `BUBANJ` GREEN OASIS!
6.05.2010
Citizens` Council `Bubanj`, like the tradition is, ninth year in the row, celebrated the Saint`s Day – Saint Georgije in Memorial Park `Bubanj`. The celebration was organized under the sponsorship of Palilula Municipality. The cutting of traditional saint day cake is done in the presence of many guests, representatives of economical and educational institutions and associations. Milan Djurdjevic, president of Palilula Assembly, Zorica Stojiljkovic, Milos Stojkovic, Boban Mikic, members of Palilula Council, Vladimir Jovanovic, director of TON Nis, Boban Mihajlovic, member of Nis City Council, Dr Dusana Milosavljevic, commoner, were all present during this traditional ceremony.

At the terrains of sport-recreation and memorial complex `Bubanj` Saint Georgije was celebrated with many sport manifestations and cultural-artistic programme: 16 chess matches with the participation of Ivica Raicevic, international chess master, small football with the young team of `Car Konstantin`, the winners of unofficial championship of Europe in their category, members of horse riding club `Nonius` in Gornje Medjurovo promoted new skills in show jumping.

Association `Zeleni kljuc` held ecological lesson-performance on the subject of composting, sorting of waste and EKOpolis net, media promoter of world wide campaigns `Clean-up the World` and `Billion trees for Planet Earth`, promoted citizen activism of adaptation of Palilula `green oasis`.

`The aim of this year celebration is the promotion of healthy life, preserving life surrounding and taking into account the possibilities that are available in complex `Bubanj``-emphasized Boban Mikic, member of Palilula Municipal Council and Saint`s Day Organizational Board. `During the last two years`, according to the estimation of Mikic, `this area has been revitalized with the realization of Palilula Municipal project with the title `Cleaning of the terrain for forming paths on Bubanj picnic place` with the help of the Republic and City of Nis`.

The importance of this manifestation is in connecting entrepreneurs, public figures from this part of the City of Nis, all aiming at the continuance of activities on the adaptation and raising Memorial Park `Bubanj` capacities.

Because of bad weather conditions this manifestation continued in sport hall of `Kralj Petar Prvi Karadjordjevic` elementary school.