Marsdas Oria Amar, 34: Partygoer would ‘want to be remembered dancing’
Murdered at the Supernova music festival, October 7
Marsdas Oria Amar, 34 from Rehovot, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.
She told her friend that she escaped from the party in a car and they were ambushed on the way. They escaped the car and hid in the bushes, she updated her friend, and that was the last time she heard from her.
After she was missing for a week, her body was identified and she was buried on October 13 in Kiryat Ekron.
She is survived by her parents, Rachel and Shlomo, and a number of siblings, including a sister Yamit and brother Elior.
Her friends and family said she was deeply spiritual, with a great joy for life, who loved to dance and worked in the beauty industry.
Her mother, Rachel, wrote on Facebook that “everyone who knew you loved you and will continue to love you… My incredible girl, my baby, my youngest child, nothing will return to being the same without you, my love.”
“Instead of marrying you off I am putting you into the ground with great sadness,” she added. “Dear grandpa will watch over and protect you, my heart is shattered.”
Her friend Shir wrote on Instagram that Amar “loved to dance and loved to be happy. She went through a lot of difficulties along the way but was always strong thanks to her faith in God… She would like us to remember her as happy and smiling as always. Let’s remember her dancing.”
Her best friend, Milana Lutchenko, wrote on social media that, “nothing will be the same without you, the joy won’t be the same joy, the sadness won’t be the same sadness, the experiences won’t be the same experiences. The difficulties will not pass in the same way.”
“Thank you for true friendship,” she continued. “Thank you for being there for me through fire and water, thank you for turning every difficulty easier… You promised me that you would never leave me! You said ‘Milana, we’re together forever’… I’m sorry I wasn’t there to protect you.”
Her friend and coworker Kinneret Maman recalled on Facebook how they would “start our morning together every day with coffee and dancing. We met two years ago and it feels like we’ve known each other our whole lives.”
Maman added: “Mars, I will carry you with me everywhere, in every stage of my life. You taught me what it is to love, you taught me what unconditional love is with your huge heart. I learned so much from you, and now more than anything it is important that you know how many people loved you.”
