World March passes at Amsterdam

The 1e of november, a delegation of the World March Base Team arrived in Amsterdam to participate in a rich programm which included a mini march through Amsterdam starting in front of the City Hall and ending at the Slavery commemoration Monument. During the march, at which participated 70 people from different organisations and individuals, a stop was made at the Hollandse Schouwburg, commemoration monument of the deportation of the Jewish population of Amsterdam during World War II, where speeches were held by the leading representative, Women for Peace and the spokesperson of the WM Base Team, after which flowers were laid. At the Slavery commemoration monument Elvira Sweet, mayor of the comune of Amsterdam South-East, and mr. Taiwoo of the African Roots Movement did deeply touching speeches, after which the spokesperson of the WM Base Team, Luis da Silva, explained the meaning of the World March. The ceremony ended with the laying of flowers.

In the evening a fire ceremony of the Arya Samadj of the Surinam-Hindustan comunity was held, after which an evening programm started in the IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education), with the participation of Fatima Elatik, mayor of the city district Zeeburg and representatives of the different organisations, enriched by performances of Libanese belly dance and projections of videos made during the track of the WM Base Team through Asia. The evening ended with an interactive dialogue with the members of the WM Base Team.