Lakes Road House News
Tanya and Hanne participated in the annual "Walk of Nations" to promote peace and understanding among all world cultures. The walk is started with First Nations Peace Prayer with groups walking from the north and south, meeting at the bridge over the Cowichan River where they exchanged four colored symbolic ties representing all cultures as One Family and Mother Earth and Father Sky. First Nations drummers sang prayers as the ties were attached to the bridge. The procession then walked through Duncan to VIU and joined the "One World" Festival hosted by the Intercultural society. There were many booths set up by community groups, cultural food trucks, and raffles. Cultural music and dancing followed. Tanya and Hanne really enjoyed all the activities. Tanya dressed in her culture's kilt. We all participated in a huge circle dance and everyone joined hands, (Hanne did not know she was holding hands with the mayor of North Cowichan). Signs of Love, Peace, Trust and "We Are One Family" were the themes of the day
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Tanya with her mom and sister. |
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