The worthy place of Strelcha in the 1876 April Uprising

Strelcha Municipality has prepared a project proposal on subject: "The worthy place of Strelcha in the 1876 April Uprising". The project preparation has involved People's Chitalishte (Community Cultural Center) “Prosveshtenie 1871” and History Museum - Strelcha. The aim of the project proposal shall be to present in a dignified way the participation of Strelcha in the 1876 April Uprising, by the use of new modern animations (historical reenactment of the events from April 1876, multimedia presentation based on new historical facts and a collection of documents). It has been envisaged to restore authentical, for the era and the historical event costumes and weapons; to prepare a screenplay, based on an overall scientific research on the preparation, outbreak and suppression of the April Uprising in Strelcha. Representatives of the local community shall take part in the reenactment: amateur performers from the casts of People's Chitalishte (Community Cultural Center) “Prosveshtenie 1871”, students from Secondary School "Sv. Sv. Cyril and Methodius" and representatives of the Romany community in Strelcha. The inclusion of a wider range of social and age groups (from 8 to 80 years of age) shall give more realistic idea of the events in April 1876. After a thorough collecting activities will be published a collection “The contribution of Strelcha to the April Uprising” and it shall include documents, photographs, scientific articles, and information about people, who took part in the uprising. The purpose of publishing of the abovementioned collection is to gather all the materials, that prove the worthy place of Strelcha in the April Uprising.

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