As studied the old customs, I came to realize the significance of rivers as allies to people. There is an old saying that “the river washes everything away.” I used it as my inspiration for the performance that took place at the Macura Museum and in Stari Banovci on the Danube River in 2016. 

The saying stems from an ancient custom, a ritual, where the power of the spirit of the river is invoked to help release us from burdens, impediments or sadness. This practice can be found on all continents among the indigenous peoples.

With my ritual performance, which was a modified ancient ritual, I summoned natural forces, to let go off the personal and collective blockages and burdens.