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(RFA) Hundreds of parents of children who died in collapsed school buildings in the massive 8.0 Sichuan Earthquake, gathered to lay wreaths today on the 7th anniversary of the disaster which killed more than 80,000 people many of them children.
- On the 05 Feb 2010 I archived here links to many of my articles subsequent to the devastating Sichuan Quake.
Around 200 parents gathered today at the former site of Juyuan High School in Sichuan Province Duijiangyan City to pay their respects.
“We are still at the scene and there are quite a lot of people here today…We are burning paper money (for the souls of the dead) and setting off firecrackers (to ward of evil spirits) We are using small white flowers as a mourning tribute for our children and we are getting ready to play some funeral music for the kids,” Zhou Xingrong said.
Family members and friends said that the scene was more peaceful today than in previous years, when Police clashed with grieving parents, dragging them away from similar sites.
“Today more than 200 people have gathered at the old site of the Juyuan High School to lay wreaths and we let off a few firecrackers,” Wu Xianjie, one of the million made homeless in the earthquake said.
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