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that everyone in the world
celebrates their birthday. This just isn't the
case. Low-income families
in India, for
instance, simply can't afford any festivities. And
most Muslims don't celebrate their
birthdays.
Pat:
I think Shaheen has raised an interesting point
here. The Christian church, too,
was
actively against celebrating birthdays, and in any
case most people, until a couple of hundred
years
ago,
couldn't
even
read
and
wouldn't
have
even
been
able
to
spot
their
birthday
on
a
calendar anyway. Shaheen:
Of course some Muslims do celebrate their
birthdays. In Egypt, Turkey
and
Indonesia, for example, the rich people invite
friends and families around. But not in small
villages.
Chairman: Here in England your twenty-
first used to be the big one. But now it seems
to have moved to eighteen. Is that
true?
Pat: Yes, in most
parts of the West eighteen is now the
most
important
birthday.
In
Finland,
for
example,
eighteen
is
the
age
when
you
can
vote, you
know, or buy
wines, drive a car and so on. But in Japan I think
you have to wait till you're twenty
before you can smoke or drink.
Shaheen: I know in Senegal,
which is another Muslim country,
girls
get to vote at sixteen and boys at eighteen. And
in Bangladesh, girls at eighteen and boys at
twenty-one.
Chairman:
That's
interesting.
I
mean
is
it
typical
that
around
the
world
girls
are
considered
to
be
more
mature
than
boys?
Shaheen:
Yes,
I
think
so,
and
there
are
some
countries, particularly in
South America, which have a big party
only for girls. In Mexico and Argentina, for
example, they
have enormous parties for
15-year-old girls. Pat: You know in Norway they
have a great party for
anyone who's not
married by the time they're thirty. It's kind of
embarrassing. I mean you get
pepper
thrown at you.
Chairman:
Pepper? Why pepper? Pat: I'm not really sure.
Shaheen: So
does
that
mean
that
on
your
29th
birthday
you
can
start
thinking
'God
I
better
get
married'?
Pat:
Well,
I'm
not
sure
how
seriously
they
take
it.
Chairman:
In
England
we
have
quite
big
parties
for
your
fortieth,
fiftieth,
sixtieth
and
so
on.
Pat:
Well,
in
Japan
your
eighty-eighth
is
considered ...
Chairman:
Eighty-eighth?
Pat: ...
to
be
the
luckiest
birthday.
Eight
is
a
very
lucky number in Japan.
Part C
One World One Minute
One World One Minute is a
unique
film
project
that
invites
participants
in
every
country
around
the
globe
to
record,
simultaneously, one minute of their
lives, one minute of our world. Sponsors of this
project have
chosen 12:48 GMT,
September 11th 2002 as the one minute to record.
At that moment exactly a
year earlier
began the terrorist attacks that led to the deaths
of more than 2,000 people from
over 60
countries. For many this will be a time of
remembrance and reflection. And for others
this will
be
an
appropriate
time
for
international
communication,
cooperation
and
sharing.
It
will
offer
them an opportunity to
share a moment of their world and their life with
others, an opportunity
to both talk to
and listen to the world, to join with others
around the globe and create a truly
unique
record
and
experience.
This
is
the
idea
behind
the
project
One
World
One
Minute.
Participants
are free to choose what and how to record their
One Minute. Some may want to take
photographs, some paint or draw
pictures, while others may want to write something
and record
their readings. The material
can be submitted to the project organizers in
Scotland via e-mail or
post within 6
weeks of September 11th. All the material will
then be made into a feature-length
film, which will capture that One
Minute of our existence.
The film will explore the
rich
diversity
that
is
both
humanity
and
our
world.
It
will
allow
a
voice
to
all
people
regardless
of
nationality, religion, race, political
viewpoint, gender or age. The rich diversity that
is Humanity
shall be there for all to
see.
Participants will not only be kept
informed of the progress
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