On Monday, D. Dubauskas’s close friend Aistė shared a video from the farewell that took place over the weekend.
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It captures the performer Aleksandras Makejevas playing the guitar and performing the piece “The Whole World Cried”. And next to him stands an urn with Donatas’s remains, surrounded by flowers.
Later, the artist is honored with songs in Užupis, where close friends of the deceased gathered.
Those gathered threw white petals into the Vilnelė River, followed immediately by applause.
“The bicycle floats, let it float along with the flowers. See you in Valhalla,” is heard in the recording.
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Žmonės.lt reminds that the news of D. Dubauskas’s death, which appeared on Wednesday, shocked many. Messages and condolences to the artist’s relatives poured in on social networks.
“So suddenly, unexpectedly, you left everything on earth. Easy clouds,” reads one of such messages.
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“Rest in peace, you were one of the most memorable people in Vilnius,” reads another post on D. Dubauskas’s Facebook profile.
Donatas Dubauskas was one of those unique personalities of Vilnius, whom it was hard to pass unnoticed in the city center. Many Vilnius residents knew or at least had seen the artist with an extravagant appearance, and due to his distinctive image, he was often simply called “the Indian.” However, this was a style from one period of his life; he liked to change his image but was always distinctive and chameleonic.
Throughout his life, D. Dubauskas tried many different activities. He guarded strategic Lithuanian sites, created stage design details, worked as a puppet theater prop maker, sewed clothes, and later turned to business and opened unique bars in the capital. His environment reflected the Native American culture of North America, which fascinated him for many years, and later the “steam punk” aesthetic.
D. Dubauskas himself described Vilnius as a city of free people, where a person’s origin is not important, and anyone can become a Vilnius resident regardless of where they come from.
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