At the event, which took place on October 18 in the yard of the Ministry of Culture, the Minister of Culture Irena Stefoska, welcoming some of the successors of, as she said, great people, anti-fascists, said that they knew how important disobedience and freedom were. in the battle and in the recovery of the homeland, and the jubilees serve "to remind us that history is taught not to be forgotten, never to be repeated."

"The eightieth anniversary of the first shot of freedom is an act of deep respect and reverence. Resistance worthy of unforgettable. "This is the least that the Ministry of Culture can do in memory of those who created the rifle with a rifle, and then kept the national culture alive, and thus, kept us all alive," said the Minister of Culture, Irena Stefoska. , at the event entitled "80 years since the first shot - culture and art = disobedience".

"Deep homage and respect to all poets, writers, painters, actors, musicians… To all the artists who joined the People's Liberation and anti-fascist struggle and wrote, each through his signature, the pain and anger and joy and majesty of the partisan odyssey. "The word is a shot, but the shot is also a word," said Stefoska.

She also greeted the present actors from the unique and instructive Macedonian film "Shot" - a film inspired by real events during the Bulgarian fascist occupation. She wished good health and a long life to those who, for justified reasons, could not come, because, as she said, "we need them, they are our witnesses, our teachers," the Ministry of Culture reported.

Minister Stefoska reminded that in the past civilizations collapsed, states disintegrated, territories were plundered, peoples were assimilated, but no one managed to destroy the culture because in culture was the strength of those who dared to say NO to evil, to say NO to the occupier, who first reaches for the territory, and then for the culture, for our identity.

"The history of the Macedonian struggle for freedom is long. From 'Sorrow for the South', through 'The Difficult', from 'White Dawns' to 'Wolf Night', 'Eyes', 'Darkness', 'Oh, Macedonian', 'Weed', 'Wild Meat' , our whole history is in these titles. "Macedonian culture is much bigger than our country and the duration of our lives," said Stefoska.

At the event "80 years since the first shot - culture and art = disobedience", pianist Boban Mirkovski performed the composition "Piano Suite" by one of the most prominent representatives of Macedonian contemporary music of the last century, Tomislav Zografski.

Students from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, in the class of Professor Zoja Buzalkovska, performed a mini play with excerpts from the ASNOM Manifesto, translated into several languages, and reminded the audience of a little forgotten song sung by the great Senka Veletanlizva and Za Naumov.

The writer and professor Kalina Maleska - granddaughter of the prominent Macedonian writer, socio-political worker, publisher and revolutionary, author of the screenplay of the first Macedonian film "Frosina", author of the text of the Macedonian anthem, Vlado Maleski - told less known facts about how and where the song "Today over Macedonia" was composed.

Architect Bujar Mucha - son of one of the youngest participants in the National Liberation War, Femi Mucha - shared memories of his father whose childhood was interrupted by the war, and he continued in the Revolution for 13 years.

The finale of the event was the audiovisual work "80 years since the first shot - culture and art = disobedience". The work describes the struggle and liberation from the fascism of our country, the dark times, but also the desire for freedom. Cultural progress is also presented as a foundation in the struggle for liberation and building of contemporary Macedonian culture. The work is produced by 3D mapping. The director and author is Professor Milcho Uzunov, and in a video production of "3D Project Studio" from Skopje. The work is composed of several composed music tracks differentiated into two parts, and their author is the renowned Macedonian composer Kokan Dimushevski, said the Ministry of Culture.