I took photo and video cameras to my rucksack and hurried away to Alexander Square. According to my knowledge, there had to be a flash mob at half past two on Saturday. I said to myself that I had to see that for the first time live.
Flash mob is a short mass action by a crowd of people who usually don’t know each other. They do some unexpected activities shortly and then disappear among others. For example, sometimes people freeze or start dancing in a supermarket, or worship a fountain in a park, or fight with pillows in the city center, or go around streets in cloths of a famous character. The activities of 100 people open new fooling opportunities. The meaning of such performances is the same as of secret-camera shows. It’s all about making fun and surprising the passers by. A social or political message is transferred rarely in such actions.
Flash mobs have been happening for five years in the world. But I got a chance to see all that closely only now. So I took some junk food on my way to fill up my stomach and went to the Alexander square at the fountain with a cup of coke in one hand and a photo camera in another one (The battery of video cam was not recharged). There were many colorful people in a crowd. Then all the yellows and reds moved to one side of the square and the others moved to another side. After that they blew up many balloons and the war began:
In my opinion, such actions give much vitality to cities and also create good mood and let people get rid of monotony. BTW, they are sometimes organized in Lithuania too. Once I got an invitation to clap hands in front of TV sets in a shopping center. Flash mobs tend to be fun. I will certainly participate there some day in the future.
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