I'm sorry, but this is an official parade in middle of city. These things were always organized by the party. These were not some dissidents trying to "awaken the masses".
The whole thing is presented as a joke, yes. But there is a saying in Russian "in every joke there is a part of truth". To most people there it was a funny joke. The top party officials knew what they were doing, at the end of the day it's to mock God.
One of the trucks has a slogan "Without sin you will not catch any fish" (wasn't translated in captions). The other essentially translates to "Without sinning first, you can't repent". These are not meant to "mock the powers that were". It's self-depracating jokes, embracing sinfulness, sort of like gay pride parades now.
I'm sorry, but this is an official parade in middle of city. These things were always organized by the party. These were not some dissidents trying to "awaken the masses".
The whole thing is presented as a joke, yes. But there is a saying in Russian "in every joke there is a part of truth". To most people there it was a funny joke. The top party officials knew what they were doing, at the end of the day it's to mock God.
One of the trucks has a slogan "Without sin you will not catch any fish" (wasn't translated in captions). The other essentially translates to "Without sinning first, you can't repent". These are not meant to "mock the powers that were". It's self-depracating jokes, embracing sinfulness, sort of like gay pride parades now.
Thats one thing I love about GAW. Whatever you don't know sombody here does. Thank my Russian speaking frens.