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| January 20, 2008 |
| New SGI Culture Center Opens in Davao City, Philippines |
On January 20, 2008, the new SGI-Philippines Davao Culture Center opened in Davao City, the largest city on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. The SGI organization in southern Mindanao began with just a few individuals 40 years ago and has now grown into three chapters and one general chapter. Local SGI members worked together with builders in a spirit of bayanihan (unity and mutual support in Tagalog) to construct the new center.
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| Davao City Councilor Pilar C. Braga (3rd from right) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony |
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SGI-Philippines fife-and-drum corps celebrates the center's opening |
Davao City Councilor Pilar C. Braga attended the opening and gave a congratulatory address. She expressed her hope that the center will help further the development of peace and culture in southern Mindanao. SGI-Philippines Southern Mindanao General Chapter Chief Justino C. Figuracion Jr. and SGI Director Masatoshi Konno, visiting from Japan, each spoke. A cultural festival followed the opening ceremony and featured a performance by the SGI-Philippines fife-and-drum corps.
[Adapted from an article in the February 7, 2008 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan]
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