Queen Celebrates ‘Extraordinary Cultural Tapestry’ on Commonwealth Day: March 12th
Deborah Swallow | March 12th, 2012 in : General, other interesting stuff
Celebrated on the second Monday in March every year, 
Commonwealth Day is an opportunity to promote understanding on global issues, international co-operation and the work of the Commonwealth’s organisations that aim to improve the lives of its citizens. This year, the Queen is calling for people who live in the Commonwealth to celebrate the “extraordinary cultural tapestry” of the “unique gathering of nations” of the 54 member nations.
“The Commonwealth treasures and respects this wealth of diversity.”
The Commonwealth, which was founded in 1949, includes 52 former colonies of the British Empire, along with Mozambique and Rwanda, which joined in 1995 and 2009 respectively. The Queen also talks about technology breaking down cultural barriers, saying: “One of the great benefits of today’s technology-based world is the range of opportunities it offers to understand and appreciate how others live: we can see, hear and enter into the experience of people in communities and circumstances far removed from our own.”
The theme for Commonwealth Day 2012 is Connecting Cultures.
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