WW1 reenactment at Tutrakan (Bulgaria)

Before I start, I must say that yes, I know this is a WW2 forum, but I thought you might enjoy this.
Yesterday (7.09.2008) took place at Tutrakan in Bulgaria the commemoration of the WW1 battle of Tutrakan, in which the bulgarian army captured the Tutrakan fortress from its Romanian defenders.Yesterday's commemoration was followed by the reenactment of the battle, reenacted by Romanian and Bulgarian reenactors.I was one of the Romanians.
By participating at this event, we have showed that even we lost the battle, the memory of the romanian heroes who have died on that battle field has not been forgotten.We had worn the Romanian uniforms for 24 hours on those hills filled with history (the event took place on the actual site of the battle, next to the cemetery), on a 35 degrees (Celsius) heat, thirsty, hungry and exhausted, we tried to relive the drama and the difficulties that the Romanian soldiers had 92 years agf course, we haven't resisted for several days, didn't confront with shortages of food, ammo and other equipment,and weren't threatened at any point to be killed or wounded, but with our simple presence there, we brought our homage to the Romanian soldiers 92 years ago.
I belive that our presence at the "Tutrakan epopee", how the Bulgarians call it, had the effect of "humanize" in the eyes of the Bulgarians their enemy of those times.He have showed them a human adversary, normal people, who fate made them to fight on a foreign soil.This way, the enemy wasn't just some fictional element, but a real participant in that tragic moment of our common history.This is way, despite history and official propaganda who (in both cases) shows the enemy as a demon who produces great destruction, we were regarded with simpathy, and not hate by the inhabitants of Tutrakan.
I would like to thank the Bulgarian Association "Traditsia" who have organised this event for inviting us, and most of all for acting with dignity, thus avoiding any gesture that might offend or humiliate the Romanians, even when we surrendered.
Unfortunatley, I haven't got any picture from the event yet, but don't worry, I will post them as soon as I get my hands on them.Untill then, I will show you some pictures from the rehearsal and from the commemoration.
In the end, for statistics:

There were 23 romanian reenactors and 34 bulgarian reenactors, all dressed in the WW1 uniform.

There were fired:

1440 7.62x54 blanks for the "Mannlicher m.95" rifles;
440 7.62x54 blanks for the "Schvartzlose" machine guns;
20 blanks for the "Luger";
210 7.62x39 blanks for the AKM sub-machine guns, used for the sound effect;
and 119 blanks for the guns.
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Looks like a fantastic event, great stuff. It's good to see that old rivalries aren't as strong as they once were and re-enactors can get together to show this side of history.

Looks like you are recruiting pretty young guys in the first two pics though, I take it he is what the Russians called a 'son of the regiment?'

 

I've just uploaded the whole battle on youtube.Enjoy:

Part1
Part2