Summary of Speech: MANNAM, #3: Culture of Violence

발표내용 요약 Summary

Talking about ‘Culture of Violence … many people are discussing on violence in pop culture. We will miss the important thing if we just blame violence in mass media, pop culture and other entertainments.

Why there are Violence and War … we can find the reason in our culture. You can see the potential of violence or use of violence in conversation patterns, traditions, religions, studies, laws, and other culture in real world, which you can feel directly you see every day. The more serious result is being made by interaction between violence in real culture and violent contents and entertainment from media.

Why we started <더 PEACE>… If we practice culture of peace and love in our community, next we inform this to local communities and schools, then people in society will be interest in making world peace, and they will hear and watch this movement, also they will raise their voice together! Beyond the state without violence, let us establish culture of peace, culture of non-violent from the group which is the most closest to you. The creation of peace culture is started from your words. Your mind and thought is expressed as the words, then, if it is shared among members in society, it will create culture. I sincerely hope your life to change our culture and make peace.

‘폭력 문화’를 이야기를 할 때 많은 사람들이 미디어의 폭력성을 이야기합니다만중요한 것은 실제 세계에서의 폭력 문화입니다. 미디어, 대중 문화, 각종 엔터테인먼트의 폭력 문화만을 탓하다가 본질적인 것을 놓칠 수도 있습니다.

폭력과 전쟁이 만연하고, 평화를 이루지 못하는 이유는 우리의 문화 속에서 찾아 볼 수 있습니다. 각 언어, 풍습, 종교, 학문, 제도 안에서 폭력을 가져오는 요인들. 여기에, 폭력을 보여주는 자극적 콘텐츠의 대중 문화가 한 몫 해서 서로 상호작용하며 더욱 심각한 결과를 만들고 있는 것입니다.

‘더 피스’는 평화의 문화를 연습하고, 지역 사회와 학교, 나아가 이 땅 가운데 사람들이 평화에 관심을 갖게 하고, 함께 목소리를 모을 수 있게 되기를 바라며 기획한 것입니다. 폭력 문화가 없는 상태를 넘어서, 평화의 문화, 비폭력의 문화를 가까운 공동체부터 건설해 나가자는 것입니다.

여러분의 말 한마디로부터 평화 문화의 창조가 시작됩니다. 여러분의 정신과 사상이 말과 글로 표현되고 행동양식으로 이어지면, 이것은 문화가 됩니다.

우리는 모두 변화의 주체가 될 수 있습니다.              - Jimin Kristen Hwang

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert(5)

The End of War

No Fight -JACQUE (Guniea)

전쟁 없는 .. 아프리카에서 세계 나라 여러나라 fighter 많이 와 있으니까,

fight 없으면 제가 정말 행복할 거에요. 요즘 우리나라 옆에 말리..지금 살 수 없어요.

우리나라 가까이 있어서 나쁜 사람 우리나라 올 수 있어서 진짜 고민해요. 그래서 진짜 fight 제가 싫어요.

There’s no war.. (looking the picture) I will be really happy if there is no fight because many fighters from all over the world are in Africa. Recently, Mali, the neighbor nations, people can’t live there. Mali is very close to my country so I’m seriously worrying about it. So.. I extremely hate “Fight.”

The End of War - SUKYEONG (Korea)

저는 오늘 ‘나의 평화, 나의 전쟁’ 이라고 해서, 먼저 ‘나’를 그려봤어요. 그러니까 그 다음에 나의 가족들이 생각나고, 내 친구들이 생각 났어요. 그리고 나니까 또 내 친구의 가족들이 생각났어요. 또 그 사람들의 친구들.. 이렇게 계속 확장이 되어가는데, 종이가 작아서 다 그리지 못했어요.

I drew myself on the leaf because title is ‘my peace and my war.’ Then, I came up with my family and friends. Next, I thought of my friends’ families. These circles expanded.. I couldn’t drew more because there’s no room on the leaf.

만남 가족 중에 이란 친구들이 있었어요. 그리고 그 친구들은 한국에서 공부를 마친 후에 이란으로 돌아갔어요. 저는 그 친구들을 생각할 때마다 기도해요, 그 친구들이 안전할 수 있기를.

Among MANNAM members, there are friends from Iran. They turned back to their country after their study course. Whenever I think of them, I pray for them. “Protect them”

한 번은 다큐멘터리를 봤어요. 저는 다큐멘터리를 별로 좋아하지 않지만, 우연히 보게 되었어요. 나라 이름이 정확하게 기억이 안 나지만 중동 지역의 한 국가였어요. 아주 어린 아이들이 산에서 나무를 줍고 다녔어요. 그래서 기자가 물었어요, ”힘들지 않아요?” 그랬더니 아이가 “괜찮아요, 제가 이 일을 하지 않으면 우리 가족이 굶어 죽어요.” 라고 대답을 했어요. 그리고 이번에는 제일 무서운 게 뭐냐고 물었어요. 그랬더니 놀랍게도 비행기라고 대답했어요. 아이들의 설명은, 비행기가 뜨면 폭탄이 언제 떨어질 지 모른다고 하는 거였어요.

One day I saw a documentary program. I don’t like documentaries, but by an accident, I had opportunity to watch it. I can’t remember exactly what the name is, but the background is one of nations in Middle East. Young children are picking boughs of trees in mountains. Reporter asked to one of them, “Isn’t it hard to do it?” then he said, “I’m okay. If I do not this, my family will be in danger of death.” And the interviewer asked again what the most dreadful for him was. His answer was ‘plane.’ He thought that plane will deliver bomb.

제가 살고 있는 이곳은 전쟁의 위험을 직접적으로 경험하지 않아서 피부에 잘 와 닿지 않았는데, 그 다큐멘터리를 보면서 아 아직도 세계는 전쟁 중에 있다는 것을 깨달았고, 지금으로서 저의 평화는 전쟁이 끝나는 것입니다.

The place where I live here is not danger compared to their country. I didn’t know and experience about war and didn’t worry about it. However, I saw and watch the world is still in war!!!

Now, for me, the peace is the end of war. 

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert (4)

 Peace has Level

Peace has Level-Yazun (Jordan)

I just wrote what I understand peace.

I believed that Peace is level. We want to achieve.

There is a basic level. Basic level is 'accepting' however their skin color, ethnicity, religion, economic situation. We should accept them.

This is the basic.

After that if we can do this, accepting the others, we can go higher level.

I have a question.

Where is the place where everyone can get peace?

I think, it's my family house.

When I come back home, my heart feels peace.

Especially when I go to chat with my mother, I feel that case is the most peaceful.

What I want to say is the higher level is to consider the other as one member of your family.

And among the family, the mother, she accept, keeps, even she sacrifices for others.

However her baby is evil, she accepts.

I think it's the higher level of peace. 

Tolerate - Hugo (Mexico)

Yazun, he told my thought.

But it is my experiences. Accepting one another is usually harder than people think it is. I'm not saying it is impossible.

What I've experienced..the another word I'd like to use.. it's "Tolerate"

It means.. I’m also writing down same as my friend (Yazun) here. This is what I wrote.

You don't need to love me, you don't need to like me, you don't need to respect me, you don't need to accept me, or my belief, my religion, all my choices.

You don't need to respect anything of me or myself. You just have to tolerate me. That's what I only gonna do. If we can tolerate one another, I think it will be like step 1.

Then, I think it really works forth as Yazun told.

So, my way to shape peace, the world be to.. they need to teach others to tolerate one another.

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert (3)

Globalization of Everything

Globalization of Thinking-Shahin (India)

Food is life. My feeling is that..

In the world, if you just keep just taking, taking, and taking..

you (will) want more. How much you want? How much you require?

Who should limit our requirements(what we want, desire)?

I know, the land in the world can get supplied foods, tea times

But there are many people in the world who can't eat, and have tea times, but we're eating, that's why we are lucky.

So my feeling is that

who should give foods to mess society, to my friends, to my parents, and to my family?

I always have two duties. 'Input,' and 'Output.'

I'm also trying to give output to others and output should be better.

...

I think it's not only for foreign society.

All societies of world. I mean the Globalization.

Globalization of everything-your feeling, your thinking, your love, resources, technologies.. must be globalized to other people.

Everything we can make. If you thinking is happy, we'll be happy I think. This is peace I think.

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"  

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert (2)

SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE 

&TRY TO BE CLOSER

Sharing My Peace -Issa (Guinea)

Look at my pictures.

This is a book. I want to share my peace.

I enjoy my life until now.

But one thing, in university, I stopped to work.

My feelings were..

'How can I help other people to have peace, be free, develop their environment, enjoy their life like other people?'

But I was limited. So it came to in my heart,

"I should try to share my knowledge with other people,

if I am rich, I should try to give money and food."

So I really was happy to get my job in China and Korea.

I enjoy all these different kinds of cultures.

We need Peace. Which peace we need? Because there is war everywhere.

I visited Korea for my ph.D. I thought I should share my knowledge. I started to volunteer for Korean language exchange program from last year.

‘To share my knowledge, what can I do?’ So I started to give a lecture, be a teacher for my culture to Korean students from middle school to high school.

I spend most of my time.

Last year, to share my knowledge, and culture, with this people..because they are very new with my culture and me How people does in Guinea.  

So I shared my knowledge with them.

They adopted happily and adopted something new about Africa and my country.

And they asked me about Guinea. They thought about Guinea.

They knew something about Guinea. Then I got my peace sharing my knowledge. 

But, How can I be happy?

I have a job, I get some money.

But other people don't have money and job.

There are more people richer than me and poorer people also.

So what I should do? Cause I really was limited.

There's one family next to my building. I like them.

I really happy with saying "hello"

Was surprised when I stayed last year. There are 5 children.

I asked, "why don't they go to school? Money problem?"

he said, "yes,"

I want to share my peace with other people.

So I gave them money, and help their children go to school.

When we eat, we are happy. but if your neighborhood doesn't have food, how can they be happy with you?

Your neighborhoods look angry. Help them get foods and give foods.

How can we share peace?

We have nice clothes, we enjoyed money they crying outside.

I'd like to share my peace with people who worry what to eat, those who are crying.

When other people are crying yet, while I'm smiling, How can we establish PEACE? It's impossible.

When other people are crying, you cry.

Try to be closer! We become friends and it establishes PEACE.

When you are smiling among those who are smiling, you start to be closer and friends.

But when you let other people cry, and you smile, fight will start soon.

So I decided to share my peace. 

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"  

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert (1)

LET YOU and PEOPLE SMILE 

Put a Smile to People's Faces!!!-Hosanna (Rwanda)

My drawing is.. terrible (haha)

but my messages is 

"Put a smile to people's faces"

It came up in my mind.

As we are happy, they are happy and we can make happy and talk peace.

Just go and Smile about Something Blocking You!!! -Rodrigo (Brazil)

I realized that I'm going to the wrong paths so I just draw smile. ...I was trying hard to be just calm, considerate, and humble. Something bad happens in life and just smile about it.

If I really want something, I should be humble about it. I shouldn't go forcefully  to make people think to try to stop me.(haha)

There's some block.. something blocking you. I just go and laugh and smile. That's my peace!

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"  

MANNAM The Peace: Is It Possible? -after the 1st talk

Finally, on January 26th, Saturday, MANNAM 'The Peace' team did it, the 1st talk concert!!!

Final rehearsal and settings started from 4:30 p.m.

We had tea time before the talk, and at 7:50 p.m. MC Jun opened the concert.

In Part 1, Aislin, one of MANNAM members and who is in charge of MANNAM facebook, shared her war and her peace.

She told that when volunteering she found the another way to get peace which is different from getting her own peace through war/competition. The way that more and more people win together.

In Part 2, before sharing each opinion and feeling, we had Mind-exercise time using Interplay. After doing it, we felt more intimate and easily could start to share our opinion.

This 1st concert, we first shared each own view about PEACE and WAR with drawing and writing, then, completed the tree! The pic is that one!!

Do you want to see more close-up shot and hear more opinions/feelings we shared? Look forward reading next post! :)