Global Peace Pole will be celebrated in Victor Harbor with two public events.
There are over 200,000 Peace Poles throughout the world.
Each has inscribed on it ‘May Peace Prevail’ in different languages.
Warland Reserve in Victor Harbor has a unique Peace Pole, with several faces and religious and cultural symbols carved into an upright cypress pine trunk.
The first Peace Pole was created and erected by a Japanese survivor of the nuclear bombing of his country.
Masahisa Goi dedicated his life to promoting peace.
Local members of the Baha’i Faith, whose prophet-founder also dedicated his life and teachings to establishing peace and unity in the world, created the local peace pole, with the help of many religious and cultural groups.
This included a member of the local Ngarrindjeri people, who carved Kondoli the whale on the pole.
Friday, November 22 is Global Peace Pole Day, with events around the world being presented via Facebook and Zoom, by May Peace Prevail On Earth International.
More information is available at www.worldpeace.org.
A gathering at the Victor Harbor Peace pole in Warland Reserve will be held at 4pm, and everyone is welcome to share stories, prayer and song.
On Saturday, November 23 at Coral Street Art Space, there will be a gathering and sharing of peaceful practices as part of the current exhibition, Vessels of Peace.
A new Peace Pole is currently being created and anyone can come in to draw a symbol of what peace represents for them.
The Peaceful Practices workshop, from 10am to 12 noon, will include live flute music, shared stories about peace, prayer and Chi Gung movements.
