HAYWIRE Issue 2 Fall 2013
(Bodhisattva). All over China there are statues
and portrayals dedicated to Guan Yin.
The Chinese bodhisattva or goddess Guan
Yin has a great sect of followers. Soon after
the belief of Buddhism was brought from
India to China, a vast amount of people
started worshipping the former Indian
bodhisattva as Guan Yin. Numerous stories
revolve around her origin and different forms
that she is believed to be able to appear in.
She is worshipped as the goddess of
compassion, love, and mercy by many
women - and not all of them even adhere to
the Buddhist religion. Statues and temples are
built by venerators to honor the unique
goddess Guan Yin all across China.
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A Journey to an Island of 101 Languages
A JFKS Student Goes On a Linguistic Quest to the South Pacific
By Lydia Krifka Dobes, 8th grade
“This year I traveled
so far, you couldn’t
possibly go farther,
at least not on our
planet. You probably
haven’t heard of
that place yet. It is
called Ambrym. This
is an island in a
country so tiny that
you won’t hear
about it in your
geography class.”
It is called Vanuatu, an
archipelago consisting of eighty
islands in the South Pacific. To
get there, first take the plane to
London, then to Sydney (with a
stopover in Dubai), then to Port
Vila (the capital of Vanuatu), and
then you take a very small
propeller plane to Craig Cove
Airfield in Ambrym. The whole
trip will take you about five days
at the least.
In case you have expected a
hotel, you will not find any. There
is not even a restaurant there. And
there is no electricity or running
water either. Of course, there is a
beach, but the sand is black like
coal. When you look up, you
notice the smoke coming out from
two active volcanoes. There are
hardly any cars, and the few
trucks run on bumpy paths
through the rain forest. You will
hav