{The recent council of Ministers held on Friday 17th January 2014 was briefed on preparations for the National Heroes’ Day celebrated in Rwanda on February 1 of each year.}
This year’s National Heroes Day is organized under the theme “The Rwandan spirit, pillar of heroism”.
Ad hoc ceremonies will take place at the village level (imidugudugu). The Cabinet calls on all Rwandans to actively participate and honor the Rwandan heroes who gave their lives for their countrymen.
On this occasion, the dignitaries of the country will lay wreaths of flowers at the Heroes’ Square located in Remera, where are buried many heroes. These include the Major General Fred Gisa Rwigema pioneer of the war of liberation; students of Nyange who bravely sacrificed their lives rather than accept to separate according to their ethnicity. Also the Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana murdered in 1994 in the early hours of the genocide, King Rudahigwa which abolished all forms of slavery and advocated the unity and independence of Rwanda and the Unknown Soldier which represents all the soldiers who fell during the liberation struggle. The heroes and heroines of Rwanda are classified into the following three categories: “Imanzi “supreme hero known as exceptional and unprecedented achievements, “Imena” which are known to the sacrifice they made for their country and “INGENZI” which are recognized for their exemplary actions.
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