昨日は、エジプトの日本大使館で行なわれた震災の追悼式典（？）に参加してきました。授業が終わってすぐにバスに飛び乗って、少し遅れましたが参加することができました。
日本大使、前駐日エジプト大使も参加し、大勢のエジプト人と若干の日本人（数名）が参加しておりました。内容はドキュメンタリー上映、黙祷、日本大使、前駐日エジプト大使の挨拶、エジプト人の学生による体験談やカイロ大学学生の寄せ書き贈呈と続きました。ちょっとグダグダした感があったのですが、ＪＩＣＡの所長さんのプレゼンのお陰で、震災復興という面に焦点が当てられたので敷自体の内容がグッと締まったと思います。最後に、日本人によるピアノ演奏、エジプト人学生による歌の披露で式は終わりました。
惜しむらくは、挨拶からしばらくして、エジプト大使、前駐日大使がサッサと退席したことでしょうか。政府のお忙しい方は若干イベント的な様相を呈した式典には、２時間も付き合っていられないということなのかと思うと残念に思いました。さらに、日本人が圧倒的に少なかったのも少し寂しい気がしました。
Yesterday, I joined in the memorial ceremony (?) of the second anniversary of the eastern earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I took the bus just after the class finished, so I could participate in it though I was late for a while.
Present Japanese ambassador and former Egyptian ambassador to Japan also attended, and many Egyptians and some Japanese (five or so). The content is documentary movie, moment of silence, and salute of the Japanese ambassador and Egyptian one, following presentation of the earthquake experience by Egyptian student and present of group writing from students of Cairo University. In that time, there was somehow boring progress, but presentation by chief in JICA made the ceremony more serious because of his focus on the way of revival in the affected places. In final, it finished with piano performance by Japanese and songs by some Egyptians.
The point I felt sad is that both ambassadors left the ceremony some minutes later after they gave speech. The busy bureaucrat may have spent two hours for ceremony that was like somehow performance event. Furthermore, I am a little bit disappointed that there were a few Japanese participants.
日本大使、前駐日エジプト大使も参加し、大勢のエジプト人と若干の日本人（数名）が参加しておりました。内容はドキュメンタリー上映、黙祷、日本大使、前駐日エジプト大使の挨拶、エジプト人の学生による体験談やカイロ大学学生の寄せ書き贈呈と続きました。ちょっとグダグダした感があったのですが、ＪＩＣＡの所長さんのプレゼンのお陰で、震災復興という面に焦点が当てられたので敷自体の内容がグッと締まったと思います。最後に、日本人によるピアノ演奏、エジプト人学生による歌の披露で式は終わりました。
惜しむらくは、挨拶からしばらくして、エジプト大使、前駐日大使がサッサと退席したことでしょうか。政府のお忙しい方は若干イベント的な様相を呈した式典には、２時間も付き合っていられないということなのかと思うと残念に思いました。さらに、日本人が圧倒的に少なかったのも少し寂しい気がしました。
Yesterday, I joined in the memorial ceremony (?) of the second anniversary of the eastern earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I took the bus just after the class finished, so I could participate in it though I was late for a while.
Present Japanese ambassador and former Egyptian ambassador to Japan also attended, and many Egyptians and some Japanese (five or so). The content is documentary movie, moment of silence, and salute of the Japanese ambassador and Egyptian one, following presentation of the earthquake experience by Egyptian student and present of group writing from students of Cairo University. In that time, there was somehow boring progress, but presentation by chief in JICA made the ceremony more serious because of his focus on the way of revival in the affected places. In final, it finished with piano performance by Japanese and songs by some Egyptians.
The point I felt sad is that both ambassadors left the ceremony some minutes later after they gave speech. The busy bureaucrat may have spent two hours for ceremony that was like somehow performance event. Furthermore, I am a little bit disappointed that there were a few Japanese participants.
