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The 8th Grand Prix Winner of
Thailand
Prueksachart Prathumnan
9, Girl Thailand |
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My father and mother took my big sister, Pii Freud, and me to the Wien Thien ceremony at Wat Pa Lelai temple on the Buddhist holiday Visakha Bucha. Each of us bought a bouquet of flowers, a candle, and some sticks of incense. We took off our shoes and walked around the assembly hall. The wind almost blew out the candle, and I had to use my hand to keep it burning. Wax dripped on my hands. The wax was hot, but I could stand it. I felt happy to take part in the Wien Thien ceremony.
*The above sentences contained in this Enikki has been translated from Thai to English. |
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The Mitsubishi Public Affairs
Committee, the Asian Pacific Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations and
the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan, sponsors the Mitsubishi
Asian Children's Enikki Festa.
This festival began in 1990 to mark the United Nations’ International Literacy
Year, which aims to see “a world where everybody can read and write”. “Enikki” is
illustrated diary, which expresses daily life through pictures and writing. It
is a unique culture of Japan, and its promotion has contributed greatly to literacy
education in Asia.
The Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa brings together illustrated diaries
by children throughout Asia, aged 6 to 12, who submit a set of five A4-sized
sheets of Enikki depicting their lives, selects the Grand Prix winners, awards
prizes, and holds exchanges within each country / region. The Festa has been
held nine times between 1990 and 2009, and about 485,000 diaries have been submitted
in total from 26 Asian countries and regions.
In addition to differences in climate, Asia is an area where people with diverse
cultures, customs, and writing systems live. Through the illustrated diaries
drawn by children from various countries and regions, the Mitsubishi Asian Children’s
Enikki Festa plays the role of letting children in Asia know about each others’ customs
and lives, and deepening mutual understanding.
Ikuo Hirayama, who has been the Head Jury of the Mitsubishi Asian Children’s
Enikki Festa since its beginning, and is also a world-renowned painter, says
that, when people are facing terrible times such as internal strife, war, and
natural disasters, these are expressed in a honest way in children’s illustrated
diaries, and the diaries vividly reflect life circumstances, as well as political,
economic and cultural effects of each country or region.
Beginning with our next issue, Mitsubishi Monitor will introduce the Grand Prix
winners of these diaries from the various regions of Asia, so we hope you will
enjoy the scenes depicting the lives of children in Asian countries and regions.
■ http://enikki.mitsubishi.or.jp/e/ |
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