Peace Memorial Ceremony Hiroshima

The Peace Memorial Ceremony held in Hiroshima is a haunting ceremony as numerous heads gather here to mourn the ravages of the nuclear explosion in 1945. The explosion had unfurled a chapter of unprecedented death and destruction. As the bomb practically annihilated the city and claimed innumerable lives, the memorial held each year laments the loss and gathers for a silent prayer that the brutality never be repeated. The Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima is a virtual symbol of the struggle and zeal with which the city had survived through its crisis.

The Peace Memorial ceremony is held each year on the 6th of August, to mark the day of the lethal explosion. The Peace Memorial Park which hosts the event is packed with a crowd of mourners, many of whom are those who had survived the dark days of aftermath effect of bombing, and many are whose world had been shattered by the nuclear explosion.

Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Ceremony is a series of events, which begin with a memorial service. Flowers offered at the Cenotaph silently spells the names of the innumerable victims claimed by the bomb. The Peace Bell rings at 8.15 to mark the exact moment when the bomb was dropped to wipe the city out. A Peace Declaration is read, and representatives from children vow for peace. As the Hiroshima Peace Song echoes through the air to end the ceremony, the gathered mass joins in, some with moistened eyes and some with a silent prayer for peace. The flocks of doves, which are fluttered up to the sky after the ceremony, seem to speak of a similar resolution as well, and the entire world recounts once more the day, which stands in history as a witness to an unprecedented brutality.

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