Remembrance Day: five beautiful novels about war commemoration: Every autumn, the UK participates in an astonishing commemorative practice: the annual charity drive of the Poppy Appeal. From its origins during the first world war to the purple poppy commemorating animals in wartime, the artificial poppy has become a fragile but enduring symbol of remembrance. Writers …
Memory in action: what the UK’s official COVID commemoration should look like: Whether an actual bereavement or a loss of experience, everyone has lost something to COVID. From early on in the pandemic, grassroots memorials sought to acknowledge this collective experience, including the national COVID memorial wall in London and the annual national day of …
Japan’s Obon festival: how family commemoration and ancestral worship shapes daily life: Each year in Japan, people celebrate ohigan, a period of seven days around both the vernal and the autumnal equinoxes, and obon, which stretches over a few days on either side of August 15. Employers grant leave to staff. Trains fill with people …
How Rwanda’s annual genocide commemoration fans the flame of ethnicity: Riders pass a billboard in Kigali during Rwanda's 100-day commemoration of the 1994 genocide. Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images Each year, Rwandans at home and in the diaspora remember those killed in the 1994 genocide. This is not a single-day event. Kwibuka (“to remember” in …
Russia: Victory Day 2022 and why commemoration of the end of WWII matters today: Even in the darkest days of the pandemic in 2020 Russia didn’t cancel Victory Day, its anniversary of the end of the second world war, it was just postponed. This year, the Kremlin promises a parade on May 9 with 11,000 …
South Africa in the news: Double Paralympic champion Jaco Van Gass ’emotional’ over 9/11 commemoration: Wounded war hero Jaco Van Gass admits it was “emotional” to watch news coverage of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and believes the world can be “proud” of its response to the …: “South Africa” – …
A cool South African Sport image: President Jacob Zuma attends South African Police Service National Commemoration Day, 4 Sept 2011 Image by GovernmentZA President Jacob Zuma accompanied by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, Police Deputy Minister Makhotso Maggie Sotyu and National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele pay tribute to the members of the South African Police …
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