The Week Junior - UK (2022-06-11)

6 The Week Junior • 11 June 2022

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dolls bring pride

Dolls that represent indigenous

Brazilians are becoming popular

after a grandmother began making

her own. Indigenous people are those

who lived in Brazil from its earliest times.

Luakam Anambé wanted to give a doll to

her granddaughter but found there were

none that looked like her, even though

900,000 Brazilians identify as indigenous.

Anambé’s daughter, Atyna Porã, said,

“Through the doll, we see ourselves.”

Prague, Czech Republic

Row over famous clock

The Orloj clock, a landmark in Prague,

the capital of the Czech Republic, has

recently been restored. The clock,

which features a calendar on its face,

is part of the city’s Old Town Hall.

However, it seems the painter who did

the work, Stanislav Jirčík, has made a

few changes. Some people claim he

has made characters on the clock’s face

look like his friends. The government is

investigating Jirčík’s work.

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Around the world

Ankara, Turkey

Country changes name to Türkiye

A request for Turkey to officially be known as “Türkiye”

(say “Turk-eeyeh”) has been accepted by the UN, a group

of 193 countries that work together. Turkey’s government

has been pushing for the change since December, when

President Erdoğan said Türkiye is “the best expression of

Turkish people’s culture and values”.

Venezuela

Oldest man marks another birthday

Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, who was recently named the

world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records,

celebrated his 113th birthday on 28 May with his family.

Mora, who was born in 1909, has 41 grandchildren and

18 great-grandchildren. His advice for how to live long is

to “work hard, rest on holidays” and “go to bed early”.

Lagos, Nigeria

Virtual reality helps elderly to dance

For more than a year, art teacher Kunle Adewale has been

visiting care homes in Lagos to provide elderly residents

with fun, entertainment and therapy. Using a virtual-

reality (VR) headset, they can dance, exercise, listen to

music, create art or explore new places. Adewale told The

Guardian newspaper, “It’s about giving them joy.”

Mora celebrates

his 113th birthday.

Anambé with

her dolls.

Some figures have

been changed.

Virtual-reality

dancing.