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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
University Graduation 2014
This is
the third graduation ceremony I have attended in Hokkaido (you can see my posts
about the first two, here and here). Even though I don’t understand the
speeches, I do enjoy seeing the graduates in kimonos and suits and seeing how
happy everyone is. Near the end of the
ceremony, everyone stands and sings the Japanese version of Auld Lang Syne.
Hearing that song always makes me cry. Another song sung at graduation is the
church song Allelujah, sung in English. I don’t know if all schools do this,
but our university has the tradition of throwing the graduates up in the
air. At 20 something, I’d have said how
fun. At 50 something, I lean toward how
dangerous. I’m getting older all the
time!
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