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Galle school remembers Japan tsunami victims, seven years on
Text and Pix by Gamini Mahadura in Galle
View(s): Students of the Hiroshan School of Japanese Language in Galle marked the seventh anniversary of the devastating tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, leaving 18,000 dead or missing.
Members of the buddhist clergy and chief incumbent of the Japanese Peace Pagoda in Rumassala attended the event, along with officials from the Japanese embassy.
Students carried placards conveying blessings to the people of Japan and 1,000 origami creations made by the school’s students were handed over to embassy officials to be given to the Japanese who were affected by the tragedy.
