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PEACE campaigners took to the Eisteddfod Maes today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Hiroshima nuclear bombing.
Composer Cian Ciaran debuted an audio installation called Hibakusha, which invites festival-goers to contemplate and reflect on the thousands of lives lost in the US attack.
The Super Furry Animals keyboardist has produced a spatial audio experience inspired by his visits to Japan.
The six-hour installation, reflecting the flight of the Enola Gay aircraft from take-off to its release of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, began after a minute’s silence to mark the anniversary.
The musician spoke at the peace tent with campaigner Catharine Huws Nagashima, a Welsh immigrant to Japan, to reflect on the importance of remembrance in building peace.
She and Mr Ciaran also spoke with Jill Evans, who is vice-chairwoman of the Welsh Peace Academy (Academi Heddwch Cymru), Wales’s first peace institute.
“Hibakusha remembers the thousands killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago this week,” Ms Evans said.
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