Tag: Frieden

Huge and Tiny

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Nationen in Frieden

The mural on this building in Mannheim is called “Nations in Peace – Colourful Cultures”. It has been designed with students from two schools under the guidance of the artist Bahaiden.

Peace

This painted pebble has the same message – albeit on a much smaller scale.

Both are necessary.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Peace

Nations in Peace

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Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”

Thomas Huxley

This mural was conceived and transferred to the highrise building by the internationally acclaimed Bahaider. He based it on working with students from this area in Mannheim, who expressed their different ethnic and cultural heritage in drawings. He wanted to remind us that living together peacefully doesn’t happen intuitively but needs mutual respect and tolerance, in a neighbourhood where people with backgrounds of more than 127 nations live. The piece is called Nationen in Frieden (Nations in Peace).

Linked to Travel with Intent. For more photos inspired by the quote from Thomas Huxley, click here.