Just got back from a very moving twilight commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was a beautiful "ecumenical" program, with a sutra from a Shinto priest (who happens to be caucasian), koto music, taiko drummers, a moving chant by Native American drummers and a play about Sadako Sasaki, who became the symbol of the peace movement in Japan. There is a statue of Sadako, holding a paper crane, atop the Hiroshima Atomic Blast museum in Japan. Seattle has a smaller statue of Sadako too, in a peace park. At the end, everyone launched these little lanterns (called Toro Nagashi) onto the placid lake. Each lantern had calligraphy on it. Mine said "Peace to my ancestors." It was a really awesome sight to see thousands of these twinkling messages to heaven slowly travel across the lake.
Seems that the children of the world know more about peace and harmony than the adults do. We need to ensure that all children, regardless of the country they live in, have the right to grow up in a safe world.
Miulang
Seems that the children of the world know more about peace and harmony than the adults do. We need to ensure that all children, regardless of the country they live in, have the right to grow up in a safe world.
Miulang
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