Bones Cover the Mall
One million hand-made human bones were recently laid out in front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The exhibit was a joint effort involving 30 countries and all 50 American states. The showing calls attention to the crime of genocide, the mass killing of people from a national, ethnic, or religious group. Kelly Jean Kelly tells us more.
It started with just one bone, and within a few hours, more than one million bones were laid out on the National Mall in Washington. Thousands of volunteers arranged the symbolic mass grave.
The event was the idea of Naomi Natale, creator of the non-profit organization, One Million Bones. Its goal is to use art and activism to direct attention to genocide.
“It’s really inspiring and humbling to see everybody come together. We’re all dressed in white and we’re laying down bones with the same intention of raising awareness about these atrocities that go on in Sudan and South Sudan and Congo, Burma and Somalia. It’s powerful and I hope that people feel that as they carry these bones and they go to lay them down and that they feel connected.”
Orela Anani felt that connection
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“Just being here today is a symbolic remembrance of why I’m grateful to be alive and why I should pay homage to those who lost their lives because their spirits are with us, as they say, ‘we are one and the same.’”
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