Nihon Hidankyo

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1st and 2nd couples dance the Tourbillon. On the last 2 bars 1st couple turn three quarters with the right hand to face their 2nd corners.
9-12 1st couple set to their 2nd corners. The 2nd corners face in diagonally and set to the right for 1 bar then dance anticlockwise around the set, outside the 1st corners, to the opposite corner in 3 bars and face in diagonally. On bars 11-12 1st couple dance right shoulder round their partner to face their 2nd corner person in the 4th corner position.
13-16 1st couple take nearer hands with their 2nd corner person and guide them back round the set clockwise. After 3 bars 1st couple release hands with their 2nd corner and pass their partner right shoulder to end facing their 1st corner as the 2nd corners curve into their original places. Meanwhile the 1st corners advance, touch both hands and retire.
17-24 1st couple repeat the pattern of bars 9-16 with their 1st corners. The 2nd corners advance and retire on bars 21-24. On bar 24 1st couple pass each other right shoulder to end in 2nd place on their own side.
25-28 All set on the sides then cross over passing their partner left shoulder.
29-32 All slowly circle six hands half way round to the right. The final order is 3,1,2.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA August 2024)

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(Dance notes compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon CC BY-SA November 2024)

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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was awarded to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a movement formed by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Nihon Hidankyo, formally known as the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations, is a Japanese movement representing survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The organisation was founded in 1956 and is made up of people known in Japan as Hibakusha, a term used for those affected by the bombings.

The organisation campaigns for the abolition of nuclear weapons and for greater support and recognition for survivors. Its activities include collecting witness testimonies, organising public education projects, petitioning governments and international organisations, and taking part in international disarmament discussions, including meetings connected with the United Nations.

For many years, members of Nihon Hidankyo have spoken publicly about the physical and psychological effects of the atomic bombings. Their accounts have been widely used in educational and peace campaigns intended to show the long-term human consequences of nuclear warfare. Survivors also faced discrimination and poor understanding in post-war Japan, particularly because of fears surrounding radiation-related illness.

In 2024, Nihon Hidankyo received the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through survivor testimony that nuclear weapons should never be used again. The award recognised decades of campaigning by ageing survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of whom have continued their work into their eighties and nineties.

Suggested tune: Croughly (William Marshall).
Suitable recording: Chainwalk (Keith Smith and Muriel Johnstone: Vintage Goldring).

Jørgen Watne Frydnes Awarding Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu Tanaka, And Toshiyuki Mimaki At 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 8

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