I am going to create a commemorative ritual for the sixteen years of travelling all over the globe. Since my father works in the Indian Embassy, I move every three years and so far I have been to six different countries and this is really significant to me because it has shaped my character and made me who I am today. This event started when I was born and will continue until I graduate from school in two more years. Through these sixteen years of my life living in different locations of the world, I have learnt a lot about each culture, the people, different ways of education, different languages, different traditions and have gotten the oppurtunity to make friends from all over the world. I would like to commemorate this event by gathering with all my closest friends (who come from all around the world) at Nehru Park in India and having a feast/picnic with food from all the different places such as Seychelles, Qatar, Switzerland, Venezuela, South Korea and India. This commemoration would also include representing different cultural outfits, languages, religions and traditions. Basically this commemoration will last for six days. Each day would involve commemorating one of the six places. Therefore this commemoration would last for almost a week when there won't be school or office. On the seventh day of the week which would be Sunday, all the friends would discuss about the significance of the event and the commemoration. At the end of the commemoration which would be on the seventh day, all of us would gather and read a short poem that would go like this:
'All the different events make us who we are today,
They taught us a lot throughout our journey of life,
They shaped our personality and characteristics,
They made us unique and different and special in our own way,
They made us stronger, bolder, smarter and braver,
They made several unforgettable memories,
They made us encounter many other special people in this world,
Which gave us the oppurtunity to learn about the several different beliefs in this world,
Appreciate them,
and apply some of them to our lifestyles,
We thank each other and our families who made the effort and took us around the world,
Which made us who we are today.
Thank you!'
Additionally this would be our Commemorative calender for the week:
-Day 1: Mahe, Seychelles
-Day 2: Doha, Qatar
-Day 3: Geneva, Switzerland
-Day 4: Caracas, Venezuela
-Day 5: New Delhi, India
-Day 6: Seoul, South Korea
-Day 7: Commemorating the significance of all different places
Each day we would all dress in that particular cultural outfit, speak/communicate in the language spoken at that country, practice their religious rituals, learn about their culture and traditions, eat the food from their country and learn about their main historical background and how they got freedom. This way we would all learn about each others backgrounds and celebrate its significance because it is essential to know and adapt into these different atmospheres every three years.
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Reflection 6-Greek Mythology and Morality: Echo and Narcissus
Echo and Narcissus is a Greek myth. Jupiter was the King of Gods and his wife Juno was he Queen of Gods. Jupiter often wandered away with the nymphs and Juno had a jealous nature and started suspecting her husband. One day she followed her husband into the woods where he was going to meet the nymphs but Echo came in her way and started talking, something she always loved to do. She wanted to save her friends (the nymphs). Juno was too late and the nymphs were gone with Jupiter. Juno figured out Echo's trick and cast a spell in which Echo could never speak with her own desire unless repeating the last few words of others. One day Narcissus was wandering in the woods with his friends and lost sight of them and Echo saw him and instantly fell in love with him. She started following him in the woods and responded "here" whenever he asked "is there anyone here?", because she couldn't say anything else. With difficulty she expressed her feelings by actions to Narcissus and he rejected her because he was incapable of developing feelings for anyone. Echo mourned and died thinking about Narcissus. Echo prayed that Narcissus be punished because of his disregard towards Echo's feelings. Narcissus had fallen in love with himself when he looked at himself in the pond and soon Nemesis, the God of revenge turned him into a white flower.
We can learn a lot from this myth. I think the saying 'Treat others the way you want to be treated' comes from this myth considering how Narcissus was rude to Echo and God punished him. Also Echo tried to save her friends and Jupiter by diverting Juno's attention when she lost her voice which she dearly loved and she couldn't speak unless repeating the last words of someone else. I guess this myth has many other morals as well. I guess there are more than one life mysteries that this myth attempts to answer. However, according to me, this myth conveys that you should treat others the way you want them to treat you and mainly that you should be a good human being, otherwise you face obstacles. The term 'echo' which means a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound, and 'narcissus' is the name of a white flower. An important virtue of the Greeks taking this story in consideration, would be to treat others like you want to be treated.
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