File:Kokkadicholai massacre memorial.jpeg

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• No free equivalent – The location in which this memorial was found has exchanged handas between combatants many times (Sri Lankan civil war). There is no indication as to whether thismemorial is still intact.
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• Significance – It is signifies the local peoples attempt to remember the victims of the massacre when the massacre itself is under scrutiny.
• It shows the memorial that was built to remember the victims of the multiple massacres
• Although we have pictures of massacre victims, because of their gory nature this is the next best picture to illustrate the event.
• It is a historic picture that shows the effect of civil war on civilians
• The memorial has the names of all the victims

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