Bangkok--Mar 16--Mirror Foundation
The event to be scheduled on 2-4 April 2005 in Khaolak, Phang-Nga Province
Tsunami Volunteer Center in collaboration with the Province of Phang-Nga will host the 100 Days Tsunami Memorial in Khaolak, Khuk Khaki, Tukuapa in Phang-Nga on 2-4 April 2005. It is a three-day remembrance of the victims and of hope, spirit and renewal for those who survived and were affected. Activities include tsunami-inspired parade, long-distance cycling, sailing, photo and art gallery, discussion forum, children’s games, exhibition of tsunami victim’s community projects and walking meditation in memory of all the victims.
Eight days prior to the event, hundreds of cyclists will leave Bangkok, headed for Khao Lak, to be met by a parade at the entrance to the International Tsunami Village (Baan Bang Niang) on Saturday 2 April for the opening ceremony.
The Village will showcase works from hundreds of local people and artists in different mediums, such as sculpture, paintings, photography inspired by the tsunami tragedy. Children's galleries will focus on the spirit of childhood with games, crafts and others.
Over 50 musical and dance groups will offer expressions of creativity and renewal. Main stage speakers will include honored religious leaders and Seawrite Award writers. Sustainable community projects will be displayed, showing tangible results of financial donations and volunteer efforts.
Decorated bamboo poles - natural, strong and resilient like the human spirit, will be made by survivors and volunteers and span 36 kilometers of beach coastline in a unique visual display of flowing color and light. Displays of creative local bamboo symbols at strategic locations will demonstrate human spirit of strength, determination and revival.
The 100th day on 4 April will be marked by a walking meditation for spiritual blessing and in memory of the deceased at 10:30 am - the time the tsunami struck Khaolak.
For more information on the above event, visit www.tsunamivolunteer.net
About Tsunami Volunteer Center
Tsunami Volunteer Center is located at the Khaolak Nature Resort in Phang Nga province. The Center was founded by the Mirror Foundation through the funding from the Thai health Promotion Foundation, Ministry of Health, in order to compile a dual-language database of the dead and missing from the Tsunami Attack on the Andaman Coast on 26 December 2004.
For more information, please contact Mickey Howley Tel. 0-5809-3519 / Miriam Amelynck Tel.0-1853-5340 / Apassorn Intra-aksorn Tel. 0-6335-6777 and Seefa Kianpotiramard Tel. 0-1694-6530 E-mail: [email protected] End.