The municipality of Lifou marked 15 minutes of silence and meditation this Sunday morning from 9 am, in solidarity with all the families bereaved because of the health crisis. A time of thought also for patients who are fighting against the virus and for caregivers.
In Lifou, time stopped this Sunday at 9 am. Fifteen minutes of silence and prayer for the 142 people who have died since the start of the crisis. Among them, several inhabitants of the Loyalty Islands. Silence to pay tribute to these victims, but also to their families, to the patients who are fighting against the virus and to the nursing staff.
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Some businesses have lowered their curtains, the gas station attendant has stopped serving gasoline to customers and people who have come to shop have put down their shopping bags at 9 a.m. A client said that several families on the island are facing the loss of two relatives, two brothers or a brother and sister. The bar of 300 cases of Covid has been exceeded in the Loyalty Islands.
“We never saw that”
Caiö Pamani, the wife of the deacon of the tribe of Qanono.
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These 15 minutes of meditation, launched at the appeal of the town hall and the island’s religious authorities, were also a time of prayer for the families of Drehu. Sunday services having been canceled for a month, families therefore devote a morning to meditation, while remaining confined. And this Sunday morning, the meditation was special for the Pamani family. As confided by the wife of the deacon of the tribe of Qanono. “Despite the fact that everyone was at home, I felt this communion. It was not very long, but very rich. Especially in this period, there are many families who have fallen. We have never attended to that. That’s what we prayed for. “
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