Peace pole explained

A peace pole is a monument that displays the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth" in the language of the country where it has been placed, and usually 3 to 13 additional translations. The message often is referred to as a peace prayer.

The idea of peace poles was first thought up by Masahisa Goi in 1955 in Japan. The peace pole project today is promoted by The World Peace Prayer Society as well as other groups and individuals. The first peace poles outside Japan were constructed in 1983.[1] Since then, more than 200,000 have been placed around the world in close to 200 countries.

Peace poles are made of many materials; most are made of wood, while others are made of limestone, copper, plastic or stainless steel. The text might be painted, carved, etched, welded, pasted, or riveted on, or it might simply be a plastic plaque attached with screws. In other cases, it is the careful work of an artist or sculptor.

Sometimes the word prayer is avoided so that peace poles are not regarded as religious objects therefore violating zoning restrictions. For example, a Quaker group in New York City ran into this problem year after year, and did not get permission to plant a peace pole in a park. Some manufacturers refer to the wording as a Peace Message for this reason.[2]

Peace poles have been placed in such notable locations as the north magnetic pole, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the site of the Egyptian pyramids in Giza, and the Aiki Shrine in Iwama, Japan.[3] Peace poles are commonly installed at high-profile public gathering places, such as community parks or near the entrances of churches or schools. In one case, a garden, created for a wedding, was designed around the peace pole that was its centerpiece. The Republic of Molossia, a micronation, has a peace pole in eight languages.[4] The University of California, Los Angeles has a limestone peace pole with 14 languages directly in front of Kerckhoff Hall.

The initial inspiration for planting a peace pole often is as a response to a local historic hate crime, incident or issue. The world's second-largest peace pole, at,[5] is located in Janesville, Wisconsin, at the site of a 1992 KKK rally (Saturday, May 30).[6] [7] [8] Another of the largest peace poles in the world, as measured in tons, is the granite peace pole[9] in Beech Acres Park[10] near Cincinnati, Ohio, inspired by hate literature left in the driveways of Jewish residents.

In September 2016, the World Peace Prayer Society and the Little Free Library project announced a collaboration to offer a new peace pole library structure. It features the standard peace pole message of peace – "May Peace Prevail on Earth" – in a six-foot library. Some of these new libraries were installed at locations significant to the civil rights movement, such as the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.[11] [12]

A former grain elevator in Minneapolis is painted as a gigantic peace pole

The message in each language

The multilingual inscription of a peace pole constitutes a parallel text with top-to-bottom sentences. Each one is usually shown:

They can be set in different case styles (sentence case, title case all caps, small caps), even on a single pole.

LanguageInscription (description)
AfrikaansAfrikaans: Mag Vrede Seëvier Op Aarde
AlbanianAlbanian: Paqe mbretëroftë në botë
AlgonquinQuenohteau Ohke woh aquené omskauau
AmharicAmharic: ሰላም በሞላ ዓለም ይስፈን።
Anishinaabe
ArabicArabic: السلام للعالم أجمع
ArmenianArmenian: խաղաղություն ամբողջ աշխարի մարդկությանը։
AymaraAymara: Aka uraqinxa suma jakaña utjpa
Aymara: Chukiago marca sumalaca ken sisiñani
Azerbaijani (Latin)Azerbaijani: Yašasın sülh bütün dünyada
BafutÀyǝʼǝtɨ anɨ mǝ tá mbɔɔnǝ kwɛrɨ nsɨe ntsɨm
BambaraBambara: Nyesuma ka ladamu dukukolo kokan
BelarusianBelarusian: Няхай будзе мір чалавецтву ва ўсім свеце
Bengali
BislamaBislama: Bambae pis i stap long wol
Bulgarian
Burmese
CambodianCentral Khmer: សូមឲ្យពិភពលោកបានសន្តិភាព ។
Cape Verdean / KabuverdianuPa pas ka kaba na mundu
Catalan / ValencianCatalan; Valencian: Que la Pau Prevalgui a la Terra
Catalan; Valencian: Que la pau prevalgui a la terra
CherokeeCherokee: ᎡᎶᎯᏃ ᏙᎯᏱ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ
Chichewa / NyanjaChichewa; Chewa; Nyanja: Mtendere ukhale pa dziko la pansi
Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja: Mtendere ukhale padziko la pansi
ChineseChinese: ?
Chinese: 我們祈禱世界人類的和平[13] [14]
Chinese: 但願世界永遠和平[15]
Chinese (Traditional)Chinese: 我們祈願世界人類的和平
Chinese, Mandarin我们祝愿世界人类的和平[16] [17] [18] [19]
Chinese, Mandarin (Latin)?
ComorianUndetermined: Amani oharimwa ye duniya kamili
Creole (Haitian)Haitian; Haitian Creole: Pou lapè simaye dan lemond antye
Creole (Seychellois)Ki lape i rennyen dan lemonn
CroatianCroatian: Neka mir zavlada na zemlji
CzechCzech: Ať mír vždy vládne na Zemi
DakotaDakota: Makasitomniya wodakota ni
Dakota: Makȟasitoniya wodakȟota ni
DanishDanish: Må fred herske på jorden
Dari / Afghan Persian{{Uninastaliq|برقرار باد صلح در جهان
Divehi / Dhivehi / MaldivianDivehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian: ދުނިޔޭގައި އަމާންކަން ދަމަހައްޓަވާދޭވެ.
Douala / DualaDuala: Ese̱le̱ musango mu be̱ O wase
Dutch / FlemishDutch; Flemish: Moge vrede heersen op aarde
DzongkhaDzongkha: འཛམ་གླིང་འདི་ནང་ལུ་ བདེ་སྐྱིད་ཕུན་གསུམ་ཚོགས་ཅུ་ཚིག།
EnglishEnglish: May Peace Prevail On Earth[20] [21] (title case)
English: May peace prevail on earth[22] (sentence case)
English: MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH[23] (all caps)
English: {{smallcaps|May peace prevail on earth (small caps)
EsperantoEsperanto: PACO REGU SUR LA TERO
Esperanto: Paco regu sur la tero
EstonianEstonian: Olgu maailmas rahu
Filipino / PilipinoFilipino; Pilipino: Sana'y Manatili ang Kapayapáan sa Mundo
Filipino; Pilipino: Kapayapaan sa mundo (shorter)
FinnishFinnish: Vallitkoon Rauha Maailmassa
FrenchFrench: Puisse la Paix régner dans le Monde
French: Puisse la paix régner dans le monde
French: Paix sur la terre![24] (abbr.)
GalicianGalician: Que a paz prevaleza na Terra
GeorgianGeorgian: დაე იყოს მშვიდობა მთელ მსოფლიოში
GermanGerman: Möge Friede auf Erden sein
German: Friede auf Erden![25] (abbr.)
GreekGreek, Modern (1453-);: Εύχομαι να Επικρατήσει η Ειρήνη στον Κόσμο
Greek, Modern (1453-);: Εύχομαι να επικρατήσει η ειρήνη στον κόσμο
GuaraniGuarani: Toiko Py'aguapy Tenondete Ko Arapy Rehe
Guarani: Toiko py'aguapy tenondete ko arapy rehe
HausaHausa: Zaman lafiya ta tabbata a duniya
HawaiianHawaiian: E Ho'omaluhia Me Ka Honua
HebrewHebrew: ישרה שלום עלי אדמות
HmongHmong; Mong: Kom kev thaj yeeb mauj rau ntiaj teb no
HopiTuwa kwatsi es looma eyesni
HungarianHungarian: Legyen béke a földön
IcelandicIcelandic: Megi friður ríkja á jörð
IgboIgbo: Ka udo diri n'uwa
IkiribatiGilbertese: Ke e teimatoa te rau i aonnaba
IndonesianIndonesian: Semoga damai di dunia
Irish (Gaelic)Irish: Go raibh síocháin ar domhain
ItalianItalian: Che la pace regni sulla terra
JapaneseJapanese: 世界人類が平和でありますように (as Masahisa Goi's handwritting)
KazakhKazakh: Адамзатқа бүткіл дүниеде бейбітшілік болсын
KikongoKongo: Nbota luvuvamo luakala mu nsy ya wonssono
Kikuyu<--Giguyu / Gekoyo / Agekoyo-->Kikuyu; Gikuyu: Thayú v́iyv́re thiine wa thi yothe
Kikuyu; Gikuyu: THAYU UIYURE THIINE WA THI YOTHE
KitubaNgemba kuvanda na n'toto
KlingonKlingon; tlhIngan-Hol: tera'Daq taHjaj roj[26]
KoreanKorean: 세계인류의 평화가 이룩되도록
Kurdish (Iraq)ئاشتی بوهه موو جیهان
KyrgyzKirghiz; Kyrgyz: Дүйнөдө тынчтык болсун
LakotaMakasitomniya wolakota ni
Makȟasitoniya wolakȟota ni
Unci Maka akan wolakota unkagapi kte
LaoLao: ຂໍໃຫ້ສັນຕິພາບຈົ່ງມີຢູ່ໃນໂລກ
LatinLatin: Regnet Pax Omnem Per Terram
Latin: Pax in orbem praevaleat
Latin: Et in terra pax hominibus
LatvianLatvian: Lai būtu miers pasaulē
LingalaLingala: Kimia ezala na mokili
LithuanianLithuanian: Tebūna pasaulyje taika
Luxebourgish<--Letzeburgesch-->Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch: Fridden op de Äerd
Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch: Fridden mat allen Mënschen op der Welt
MacedonianMacedonian: Нека мирот завладее на земјата
MalayMalay: Semoga damai di dunia
MalagasyMalagasy: Enga anie hanjaka eran'izao tontolo izao ny fandriampahalemana
MalayalamMalayalam: ഭൂമിയിൽ സമാധാനം നിലനിൽക്കട്ടെ
MalteseMaltese: Jalla l-paċi ssaltan fid-dinja
Maltese: JALLA L-PACI SSALTAN FID-DINJA[27]
MaoriMaori: He maungārongo ki runga i te whenua
Maori: Kia tau te rangimarie kei te whenua
MapudungúnUndetermined: Ti anülen ta doyürpupe mapu mew
MarshalleseMarshallese: Ainemon en bed ion lol in
MiamiPEH-KO-KI-A A-KIN-KE-KWA-CI
MohawkMohawk: SKÉN:NEN KENHAK NÉ OHWENTSÁ:KE
Romanian, MoldovanRomanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Fie pace pe Pământ
MongolianMongolian: ?
Mongolian (Cyrillic)Mongolian: Даян дэлхий энх амгалан байг
MungakaMboni Ma Cie
NauruanNauru: Enim mek iow eat eb
NavajoNavajo; Navaho: Nahasdzáán bikáaʼgi tʼáá ałtsogóó hózhǫ́ǫ dooleeł
NepaliNepali: विश्वमा शान्ति फैलिरहोस ।
NorwegianNorse, Old: Måtte det være fred på jorden
NoongarCoer nagal nyjininyj Ngulla Boodja
Ojibwe, Odawa
PalauanPalauan: A budech bol mesisiich era belulachad
PashtoPushto; Pashto: تل دی وی سوله په نړۍ کښی
PersianPersian: برقرار باد صلح در سراسر جهان
PidginPis mas istap long wol
PolishPolish: Niech będzie pokój na Ziemi
Polish: Niech ludzkość świata żyje w pokoju
Polish: Pokoj na ziemi![28] (abbr.)
PortuguesePortuguese: Que a Paz Prevaleça na Terra
Portuguese: Que a Paz Prevaleça no Mundo
Portuguese: Que a paz prevaleça no mundo
PotawatomiNojma jag gégo gdokmeshen edjedéyag
QuechuaQuechua: Kusi Kausay Kachun Kay Pachapi
Quechua (Bolivia)Quechua: Kay pachapi allin kawsay kachun
Quechua (Peru)Quechua: Tiqsimuyupi allin kawsay kachun
RomanschRomansh: Possia la pasch reger en il mund
RussianRussian: Да будет мир человечеству во всём мире
Russian: Да будет мир на земле! (shorter)
KinyarwandaKinyarwanda: Amahoro n'aganze kw'isi hose
KirundiRundi: Amahoro yosasagara mw'isi yose
SamoanSamoan: la malo pea le filemu i le lalolagi
SanghoSango: Siriri a douti na ndo ti sesse
SanskritSanskrit: पृथिव्यां शांति अस्तु
Scottish GaelicGaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Gum buadhaich sìth anns gach ceàrn dhe 'n t-saoghal
SeminoleCreek: Hee-łom cho-bee po-baa-nom
SenecaJa-wë-on Tha-yö-jeoK Yoë-dza-geh
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian/Macedonian (Cyrillic)Serbian: Нека мир завлада на земљи
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian/Macedonian (Latin)Serbian: Neka mir zavlada na zemlji
SesothoSotho, Southern: Khotso e be teng lefatšeng
SetswanaTswana: A kagiso e nne teng mo lefatsheng
ShonaShona: Runyararo ngaruveko pasi rose
Northern Ndebele Ndebele, North; North Ndebele: Ukuthula kube semhlabeni
SinhaleseSinhala; Sinhalese: රී ලංකාවේ සාමය පවතීවා
SiouxDakota: Wo' wa'hwa la ma'ka a'kan u'num'we
siSwatiSwati: Kuthula akube semhlabeni
SlovakSlovak: Nech pokoj vždy vládne na Zemi
SloveneSlovenian: Naj mir zavlada svetu
SomaliSomali: Dunidu nabad ha ku waarto
SpanishSpanish; Castilian: Que la Paz Prevalezca En La Tierra
Spanish; Castilian: Que la paz prevalezca en la tierra
SwahiliSwahili: Amani na iwepo duniani
SwedishSwedish: Må fred råda på jorden
TagalogTagalog: Sana'y manatili ang kapayapáan sa daigdig
Tagalog: Sana'y manatili ang kapayapaan sa daigdig
Tagalog: Kapayapaan ay maghari sa daigdig (shorter)
Tagalog: Kapayapaan sa mundo (shorter, with Spanish loanwords)
TajikTajik: Барқарор бод сулҳ дар ҷаҳон
TamilTamil: உலகில் அமைதி நிலவட்டும்
TetumTetum: Dame ba mundu tomak
ThaiThai: ขอให้สันติภาพจงมาสู่โลก
Tigrinya
TonganTonga (Tonga Islands);: Fakatauange ke toka 'a e melino 'i mamani kotoa
TshilubaLuba-Lulua: Bupole buikale pa buloba
TurkishTurkish: Dünyada barış daim olsun
Turkish: Yurtta Bariş Dünyada Bariş (motto of Turkey;)
TurkmenTurkmen: Дүнйәде парахатчылык болсун
TuscororanRih Wharaku Ahske-ne Ticunuwehne
TuvaluanTuvalu: Ke tumau te filemu ite lalolagi
TwiTwi: Asomdwoe nka wiasefo
UkrainianUkrainian: Хай буде мир людству у всьому світі
UrduUrdu: {{Uninastaliq|دنیا میں امن قائم رہے
Uzbek
VietnameseVietnamese: Nguyện xin hòa bình đến với toàn thể nhân loại trên thế giới
Vietnamese: Cầu chúc hòa bình cho toàn nhân loại trên thế giới
Vietnamese: Cầu hoà bình cho toàn nhân loai tren thế giới
WelshWelsh: Mai Dangnefedd Prevail acha Briddo
Welsh: Tangnefedd ar y ddaear
WolofWolof: Na jàmm yàgg ci aduna
YorubaYoruba: Alàáfíà fún gbogbo àgbáyé
YugambehDuraiangah baugull gulli jagundah[29]
(Language labels)[English, French, ...]
Music (score)\header << \relative c' \addlyrics >>from "Let There Be Peace on Earth" song[30]
\header << \relative c \addlyrics >>from "Imagine" song
(Animal tracks / Paw prints)[31] [32] (alligator, badger, bear, beaver, bison, bobcat, caribou, deer, dog, elephant, grasshopper, heron, kangaroo, mountain goat, opossum, otter, penguin, skunk, turkey, turtle, wild boar)
(Human feet prints)[33] [34]
(Leaf prints)
(Dove with olive branch)
(Earth)[35]
(Voice recordings / Audio)(audio in many languages)[36]
(Audiovisual)(video in many languages)[37]
Amharic, Anishinaabe, Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Braille, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Catalan, Chinook Jargon, Chumash, Creole, Czech, Dari (Persian), Divehi, Dzongkha, Egbo, Estonian, Farsi, Gaelic-Irish, Gekoyo (aka Giguyu), Georgian, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hindustani, Ikiribati, Irish, Javanese, Kannada, Klingon, Konkani (Goan), Korean, Kumeyaay, Lao, Latvian, Lenape, Lingala, Malagasy, Malayolam, Maltese, Manipur, Marathi, Marshallese, Menominee, Moldavian/Romanian, Nauruan, Nepali, Ohlone, Oneida, Oriya, Palauan, Pashto, Persian, Pidgin, PunjabiGurmukhi, Romanian/Moldavian, Sanskrit, Sesotho, Shomash, Sindhi, Sign Language, Sinharese (Sinhalese), siSwati, Slovak, Tai-Kadai, Tamil, Telugu, Tetun, Tibetan, Thai, Ticunuwhene, Tigrinya, Tongan, Tongva, Urdu, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu.?
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See also

Further reading

Translation sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20170511155434/http://www.peace-pole.com/translations_for_peace_poles.htm or http://www-peace.sakura.ne.jp/pages/_Earth.htm

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Peace Prayer Society. www.worldpeace.org. 2018-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20181119050951/http://worldpeace.org/about_history.html. 2018-11-19. dead.
  2. Web site: Peace Poles made by an Artist.
  3. http://www.aikidohawaii.org/peaceprayer.html Aikido Hawaii
  4. https://www.molossia.org/peacepole.html molossia.org
  5. Web site: Explore Janesville – Wisconsin's Great Outside. www.janesvillecvb.com. 2018-11-16.
  6. News: Sheboygan helped UNICEF be successful in 1952. Dippel. Beth. 2016-01-29. Sheboygan Press Media. 2018-11-16. en.
  7. News: KKK makes plans for Janesville rally. Associated Press. 1992-05-10. Journal Times. 2018-11-16.
  8. News: Klan Rally Draws Violent Protest. Associated Press. 1992-06-01. The New York Times. 2018-11-16.
  9. Web site: the granite Peace Pole . 2009-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160713173404/http://www.peace-pole.com/granite_peace_pole.htm . 2016-07-13 . dead .
  10. Web site: Beech Acres Park . 2009-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704051012/http://www.andersonparks.com/ParkBAPeacePole.html . 2008-07-04 . dead .
  11. News: 'May Peace Prevail on Earth' Is Message of New Peace Pole Library. 2016-09-12. Little Free Library. 2018-11-16. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022450/https://littlefreelibrary.org/may-peace-prevail-on-earth-is-message-of-new-peace-pole-library/. 2018-11-17. dead.
  12. News: Peace Pole Libraries Given to Honor Civil Rights Movement. 2016-09-16. Little Free Library. 2018-11-16. en-US.
  13. Web site: 961201 -【北縣瑞芳】無耳茶壺山、半平山縱走 (下) @ 登山越嶺,開展心靈的綠野 :: 隨意窩 Xuite日誌. 7 December 2007 .
  14. Web site: 沒事幹家族。阿里山賞櫻之旅 @ 地球繞著IKI跑 :: 隨意窩 Xuite日誌. 8 May 2009 .
  15. Web site: 夏威夷茂宜島的孫逸仙公園 - 珍妮曾在西雅圖的網誌 - udn部落格.
  16. http://www.worldpeace.org/pdf/PeacePrayerIn83Languages640.pdf "Prayer for World Peace: The Prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth in many of the World's languages"
  17. http://wpps.jp/about/ "About"
  18. http://www-peace.sakura.ne.jp/Download.html "Peace Poles & Flags for Peace Path"
  19. http://www-peace.sakura.ne.jp/OtherLanguages.html "Other Languages"
  20. http://www.peace-pole.com/translations_for_peace_poles.htm Peace Pole Translations of "May Peace Prevail on Earth"
  21. http://www.molossia.org/peacepole.html "Molossia's Peace Pole"
  22. http://www-peace.sakura.ne.jp/pages/_Earth.htm "Prayer for World Peace in various languages"
  23. [:File:PeacePole.jpg]
  24. [:File:Neuenrade K%C3%BCntrop - K%C3%BCntroper Stra%C3%9Fe - Sankt Georg 03 ies.jpg]
  25. [:File:Dortmund - Deusener Stra%C3%9Fe - St. Stephanus 05 ies.jpg]
  26. Web site: Jim from The Peace Pole Project at The World Peace Sanctuary.
  27. [:File:Malta_-_Floriana_-_Triq_Vincenzo_Bugeja_-_Argotti_Botanic_Gardens_07_ies.jpg]
  28. [:File:Dortmund - Deusener Stra%C3%9Fe - St. Stephanus 05 ies.jpg]
  29. Web site: Turner. Senior Constable Luke. 2015-09-21. Peace Pole – Beenleigh Week of Action. 2021-08-16. Logan. en-AU.
  30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322102018/http://www.peace-pole.com/music.notes.htm "Music Notes"
  31. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012172245/http://www.peace-pole.com/resin_peace_pole.htm "Resin Peace Pole 1"
  32. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6d/93/03/6d9303b5285e0840c90935f1b45666d4.jpg
  33. http://peacepoles.com/product/garden-pole-4-sided/ "Garden Pole – 4-Sided"
  34. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b8/6c/0c/b86c0c7a108e89eeee8a65be34c81ce5.jpg
  35. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506192212/http://www.peace-pole.com/round.cpr.stain.htm "Large Round Peace Pole"
  36. http://www.peace-pole.com/recordings-wav-files.html "Voice recordings"
  37. http://www-peace.sakura.ne.jp/Movies/MayPeacePrevailonEarth.html "Sequentially Voiced 'May Peace Prevail on Earth' with Earth Image"