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MONTEGRO MIMOSA
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Herceg Novi Riviera, Montenegro – 14 February 2025
1. Various of Vladislav Tomasevic in his flower warehouse, surrounded by mimosas branches, arranging them in bundles
2. Close of a bunch of mimosa flowers
3. Dog walking through mimosa flowers, approaching Tomasevic
4. Tomasevic’s hand petting the dog
5. SOUNDBITE (Montenegrin) Vladislav Tomasevic, mimosa grower:
“I have been doing this for 55 years, tending to the mimosas, and I hope I will keep doing it for as long as I live. After I am gone, I have a son who will take over from me because this is our family tradition and it will continue, we will continue to do this.”
6. Tomasevic shortening cut mimosa branches
7. Tomasevic wrapping a bundle of the mimosa flowers into old newspapers
8. Close of hands arranging cut mimosa branches in a water-filled plastic basin
9. Tomasevic carrying mimosas wrapped in newspaper to and placing them in water-filled plastic basin
10. SOUNDBITE (Montenegrin) Vladislav Tomasevic, mimosa grower:
“I pick the mimosas early, just as they start budding, and then I artificially speed up their blossoming.”
11. Wide of Tomasevic in his flower warehouse surrounded by mimosas
12. Various of Tomasevic preparing mimosa bundles, placing bundles in cardboard boxes
13. Mimosa trees
14. Mimosa trees growing next to houses, Adriatic Sea in background
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Herceg Novi Riviera, Montenegro – 15 February 2025
15. Various of a tourist filled walkway, locals distributing mimosa flowers to visitors
16. People crowding around food stalls
17. Close of a plate full of small fried fish
18. Hand giving a plate of fish to a tourist in the waiting crowd
19. SOUNDBITE (Montenegrin) Dijana Milosevic, local resident preparing food behind one of the stalls:
“We gathered to welcome guests from around the world, to keep the party going. Our hearts fill with joy when we see the crowds of visitors.”
20. Group of women in the street, some carrying the mimosa flowers
21. Various of tourists, many carrying mimosa flowers, walking, eating fish from plastic plates on the beachside promenade
22. Group of tourists sitting on the beach, some next to bundles of mimosa flowers
23. Group of tourists on a pier
24. Group of tourists taking photos on a beach
25. SOUNDBITE (Montenegrin) Natalija Terzic, representative of the Herceg Novi region tourism board:
“The end of winter is near, and this yellow flower announces the arrival of spring. While a better part of Europe is still covered in ice and snow, we turn our cities into big gardens filled with yellow flowers that attract visitors with their appearance, their color, and their scent.”
26. Majorettes parading down a promenade lined with tourists waving mimosa branches in greeting
27. Two tourists holding the mimosa branches above their heads and waving them
28. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Mersija Tila , visitor from Bosnia: “It is beautiful here, gorgeous. The Mimosa Festival signals the awakening of nature, arrival of spring, budding of new life and love. That is the symbolism of the Mimosa Festival.”
29. Group of local men in traditional clothes standing on the side of street holding old, traditional rifles
30. A man in traditional clothes firing a non-lethal round from his old, traditional rifle in the air
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