Global Courant
Against a backdrop of gray skies and drizzle, the contrast was both welcome and stark as 30 different cultural groups marched into Gueri, instruments in tow, to surrender in a vibrant expression of unity that is likely to be the talk of the Juba township for days . weeks come.
“Just take a look and you will see that there is peace within us, however different we are. Here we are, so many communities embracing and celebrating our diversity. We can certainly live together peacefully,” said a cheering Hellen Poni, one of the revelers at the culture festival jointly organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Ministry of Peacebuilding.
She, like the few thousand other people who had gathered at the Mary Queen Catholic Church Ground, had quickly grasped the unifying message and purpose of what turned into a captivating tapestry of traditions, dress, rhythms, song and dance on display, the air echoed with hypnotic drum beats and the tap of feet. Peace, poetry and people in fluid motion.
And it is here, in the hearts and minds of the people and grassroots of the country, that Pia Phillip Michael, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Peacebuilding and the UN, aims to bring South Sudan’s peace process and all the necessary practical steps.
The first talked about valuing diversity and rejecting divisive and destructive hate speech and violence. Guang Cong, deputy special representative of the secretary general of the peacekeeping mission, responsible for political affairs, highlighted the crucial moment in its history that the youngest nation in the world is currently experiencing.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
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