Biggest Crane For Peace
Posted: February, 18 2010 in Diversity in media, 1000 cranes, cultural diversity, culture diversity, diverse, diversity, diversity cultural, ethnic diversity, Largest Peace Crane, latino films, multicultural, multicultural activities, multicultural art, multicultural counseling, multicultural day, multicultural diversity, multicultural kids multicultural history, multicultural lesson, multicultural literature, multicultural people, multicultural society, multicultural world, multiculturalism, multiculture, muslim films, Origami Crane, species diversity, tolerance, tolerances, tolerence, what is diversity, work diversity, workforce diversity, workplace diversity
Some very exciting news for the world. Today the wonderful country of Japan had its peace origami crane named the largest in the world. The crane was built as a call for peace around the world. What a wonderful idea. I was blessed to live in Japan for a year and a half and I heard the story of a thousand cranes. You see there was a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was two years old and a resident of Hiroshima when Hiroshima was bombed. When she was eleven she developed leukemia. This disease was common among Hiroshima residents who had been exposed to the radiation. While she was undergoing her treatment a friend of hers visited her and taught her how to fold origami cranes. There is a famous Japanese legend that states that anyone who folds 1000 cranes will be granted a wish. Knowing this legend Sadako set out to achieve this feat and her wish would be to be returned to good health and that all children who innocently suffer from the consequences of war would be healed and that in the future no children would suffer from any atrocities.
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Sadako folded over 600 cranes during the remaining years of her life. Unfortunately her disease gradually worsened and finally Sadako lost her battle with Leukemia. Her classmates, inspired by Sadako’s bravery, set out to fold the remaining 400 cranes. When Sadako was buried she was buried with 1000 origami cranes. Shortly thereafter her story spread all over Japan and children all over the country began to make origami “Peace Cranes” to raise money to build a memorial in the Hiroshima Peace Park. In 1958, three years after Sadako’s death, they realized their dream and the monument was built. The monument has a statue of Sadako standing on the mountain of paradise holding a giant golden origami crane in her arms with an inscription that reads, “This is our cry, this is our prayer, Peace in the World.”
Let’s continue this vision. A vision of peace and understanding shared by our global community!
Peace,
Troy
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