Free Hugs !
| Cette semaine, mon Coup de Coeur pour un gars de Sydney qui propose d'embrasser les gens dans la rue, donner des "Hugs" a qui veut bien les recevoir... Son nom est Juan Mann et il a commence il y a environ 1 an a distribuer des Hugs dans les rues de Sydney, principalement sur Pit Street. Au mois d'Aout, la police ou le "City Council" (Un genre de mairie d'arrondissement) lui ont interdit de continuer ses distributions... Alors il a lance une petition, atteint les 10 000 signatures assez rapidement et maintenant il continue. Je ne l'ai pas encore rencontre dans les rues de Sydney mais je vais essayer cette semaine. Il est normalement tous le Jeudi sur Pitt Street pour ceux qui sont interesses. Son histoire est devenue mondialement connue grace au groupe de rock les Sick Puppies qui ont embrasse sa cause (c'est le cas de le dire...) et ont fait une video qu'ils ont mis sur YouTube, le site de partage de Video mondialement connu. Sa video, que vous pouvez voir ci-dessous a ete vue par pres de 2 millions de personnes en 2 semaines, les medias traditionnels ont parle de son histoire, et maintenant il a ete rejoint par pas mal de gens qui eux aussi donnent des Hugs dans la rue, a Sydney et ailleurs. Jolie histoire non ? Pour en savoir plus, allez voir ce site (en anglais). Et si vous en avez envie, vous aussi, donnez des hugs !! |
This week's Choice is a man called Juan Mann who is giving free hugs in the streets of Sydney... His story is becoming more and more popular, both on internet and through TV and newspapers as well. He started a year ago by going to Pitt Street in Sydney and showing a poster where "Free Hugs" was written on it. People who wanted it could stop and recieve a hug from him. During the month of August, the city council or the police decided to forbid him from doing that... So he launched a petition, got 10 000 people supporting him very quicly and now he can do it again. I haven't met him yet but I'll try to. He usually is every Thursday on Pitt Street, I'll try to go this week. Feel free to join me. He became very popular lately thanks to a Sydney rock band called the Sick Puppies who liked his idea and made a video of him. The video ( the one below) was uploaded on YouTube, the Video sharing website, and within 2 weks more than 2 millions people watched it... Then "Good Morning America" on abc talked about it, and now there are articles about him on a lot of websites... His story is really nice, really inspiring... We could all go for a small hug to people on the street, wouldn't it be nice? |
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