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In Greenland also statues fall

2020-07-03T22:23:39.830Z


STORY - The statue of Hans Egede, a Danish-Norwegian missionary from the 18th century, was vandalized by two Inuit in Nuuk, the capital of this semi-autonomous Danish territory.


On the night of June 20 to 21, a few hours before Greenland National Day, two Inuit smeared red statue on the statue of Hans Egede, enthroned on the hill overlooking the old port of Nuuk, the capital, where this missionary Dano-Norwegian had landed on July 3, 1721, marking the beginning of Danish colonization. "Deconolize" (inscribed) an angry hand on the base of the monument, recalling similar actions in other Western countries.

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At the end of June, in Copenhagen, another statue of the controversial evangelist suffered the same fate. But it is in Nuuk, the capital of this semi-autonomous Danish territory, baptized at the time Godthaab (Good Hope) by Hans Egede, its founder, that the debate on colonization is most lively. It is a "duty to remember", says Ria Siversten, this high school girl who took the initiative of a petition on the internet, calling to unbolt the statue of " this man who symbolizes the trauma experienced by the Greenlanders" .

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Source: lefigaro

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