{"id":667,"date":"2012-05-23T01:41:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T01:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/?p=667"},"modified":"2012-05-23T01:41:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T01:41:49","slug":"in-dili-for-east-timors-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/?p=667","title":{"rendered":"In Dili for East Timor&#8217;s 10th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not every day you get to be part of a country&#8217;s 10th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>What was the most amazing part of it for me?\u00a0 Not the red, black and yellow flags and bunting festooned all around Dili.\u00a0 Not being at the same events as the Indonesian and Portugese Presidents &#8211; or spotting the Governor General in stylish pastel pink.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sight that will stay with me for a long time is\u00a0that of \u00a0thousands of people lining both sides of the road as they walked late at night\u00a0to Tasi Tolu, the area\u00a0on the outskirts of Dili where a ceremony was held at\u00a0midnight on\u00a0the eve of the anniversary.\u00a0 Over 100,000 people\u00a0gathered around the stage, trying to catch a glimpse of the\u00a0speeches on a few large screens and marvelling at the fireworks which concluded it.\u00a0 For such a young country,\u00a0where memories of violence are still recent,\u00a0the celebrations were of huge significance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Palacio-small-file.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-GG-Resistance-Museum-opening-small-file.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Fireworks-small-file.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-670\" title=\"Fireworks small file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Fireworks-small-file-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Resistance-Museum-opening-small-file.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-671\" title=\"Resistance Museum opening small file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Resistance-Museum-opening-small-file-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-GG-Resistance-Museum-opening-small-file1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-673\" title=\"10th GG Resistance Museum opening small file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-GG-Resistance-Museum-opening-small-file1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-SK-smali-file.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-674\" title=\"10th S&amp;K smali file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-SK-smali-file-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-Palacio-small-file1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-678\" title=\"10th Palacio small file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/10th-Palacio-small-file1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not every day you get to be part of a country&#8217;s 10th anniversary celebrations. 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