First Lunar New Year After Itaewon Tragedy... Joint Ancestral Rites Held by Bereaved Families
4·16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Families' Association Also Holds Joint Memorial Ceremony at Sewol Ferry Memorial Space
[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] On the first Lunar New Year after the Itaewon tragedy, on the 22nd, civic groups and bereaved families held a joint memorial ceremony to honor the deceased.
The Itaewon Tragedy Citizens' Countermeasures Committee held a joint memorial ceremony at 3 p.m. at the Noksapyeong Station joint memorial altar, with about 80 bereaved family members and relatives present. Since most of the victims were in their 20s and 30s, the families prepared the victims' favorite snacks, pizza, beer, jerky, caf? drinks, and galbi. The memorial prayers began with the four major religions?Won Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and Buddhism?followed by eulogies from the bereaved families.
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Lee Jong-cheol, representative of the 10·29 Itaewon Tragedy Bereaved Families Association, said, "Normally, this would have been a joyful time to share stories with family, but we could not, and we will not be able to in the future. We should be receiving New Year's bows from the children, but that can no longer happen."
Lee Jung-min, vice representative of the association, said, "Life is not life unless the injustice done to the children is revealed. We are doing this to survive. I earnestly hope that next Lunar New Year, families will gather and send off the children with truly joyful hearts."
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On the same day, the 4·16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Families Association and the 4·16 Solidarity also held a joint memorial ceremony around 4:15 p.m. at the Sewol Ferry Memory Space in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Council to honor the victims' spirits. Marking the ninth Lunar New Year since the Sewol Ferry disaster, they set up the memorial table inside the darkened memory space, where the power had been cut off by the city council.
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