Tour in Asia: the presidential family pays tribute to Gandhi

NEW DELHI.- The President

Mauricio Macri

He touched the offering in accordance with the traditional ritual, made a minute of silence, circled the black marble funeral pyre presided over by an eternal flame, located at the spot where the cremation of Mahatma Gandhi's corpse was executed, and then threw Petals After stepping back, his wife, the first lady

Juliana Awada,

and his daughters Antonia and Valentina copy the ritual.

The presidential family paid tribute to the leader of Indian nationalism and the leading architect of his country's independence beginning in 1947, a year before his badbadination by a Hindu radical. It was the first official activity at which Macri, Awada and the girls participated.

After the official reception chaired by President Ram Nath Kovin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a ceremony that took place in the majestic Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan, Macri escaped with his family and the rest of the delegation. on the way to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial.

The president and his wife walked about 70 meters, withdrew their shoes – a mandatory rule to enter and the only one who decided to wear slippers was Macri – and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the symbol of that country and the country. one of the leaders of the Indian Independence Movement against the British Raj.