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DESCRIPTION:<strong>From Hiroshima to Hope</strong>\n2005 Hiroshima-Nagasak
 i Remembrance Committee\n\nSeattle- From Hiroshima to Hope is Seattle’s 
 annual peace event honoring the victims of the bombings at Hiroshima and N
 agasaki and all victims of war violence. This year’s ceremony commemorat
 es the 60th anniversary of the bombings. The ceremony will be held <strong
 >Saturday August 6th\, from 6:00-9:30 p.m.\, just south of the Bathhouse T
 heater on the northwest shore of Green Lake</strong>.\n\nPeople begin gath
 ering at 6:00 for lantern calligraphy and folding of Peace Cranes\, at 7:3
 0 a program of musical performances and speakers commences\, the candle-li
 t lanterns are floated at dusk.\n\nThis is a community-oriented event that
  encourages the participation of children. There will be a variety of musi
 c including: Taiko\, Silk Strings\, choirs\, Koto\, and Shakuhachi.* This 
 year also features a short dramatization\, The Story of Sadako\, directed 
 by Manuel Cawaling\, Emcee for the event and Managing Director at the Lang
 ston Hughes Performing Arts Center.\n\nThe program ends with the Toro Naga
 shi lantern floating ceremony\, all attendees are welcome to participate. 
 The lanterns that have been decorated with calligraphy and then candle-lit
  are put on the lake in remembrance of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasa
 ki and all victims of war and violence. People around the world join in th
 is ceremony for peace each year on the anniversary of the bombings Hiroshi
 ma and Nagasaki.\n\n<strong>From Hiroshima to Hope</strong> has been creat
 ed by local peace\, faith and community organizations every August 6th sin
 ce the mid 1980s. The Seattle event has grown to the largest anywhere outs
 ide of Japan and more than a thousand attendees are expected again this ye
 ar. The 2005 Hiroshima Day Committee invites all to come and experience th
 e feeling of community\, the music and the sight of hundreds of drifting l
 anterns. It offers the hope to resolve our conflicts without violence and 
 join hands together and join hands together in friendship to walk the path
 way to peace.\n\nSeattle’s Bathhouse Theatre is located at 7312 West Gre
 en Lake Drive North.\n\n*Names of specific performers available upon reque
 st.\nMore photos available upon request.\n\nContact: Nicole Bolton\, Press
  Liaison\n(206) 547-2630\, Daytime (206) 419-8369\, Day of Event Only\n\n
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SUMMARY:From Hiroshima to Hope: Lantern Floating Peace Ceremony at Green La
 ke\, Seattle
URL:/en/events/2005/08/06/from-hiroshima-to-hope/
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