"Fear is there every time we look at the ocean," the scars of the tsunami

"You can not even imagine how the sea now frightens us"

In the area of ​​Velankanni, at the southern tip of India, it is time for contemplation and prayer. One thinks of the thousands of victims of the Tsunami. There are ten years to the day, the area was devastated. At the memorial erected in honor of the missing, survivors vent their pain.

"Fear. Fear is there every time we look at the ocean. This reminds us that it is the ocean that prevailed in all those lives. You can not even imagine how the sea frightens us today. We did not even want to stay next to her while we moved west side, in a small house allocated by the government, "said Liguvariyal Daveed, a survivor who lost his son, his mother and two small -children in the disaster.

Ceremonies also on the beaches of Thailand, here or thousands of foreign tourists also perished on 26 December 2004. Claudia is German, very seriously injured when the tsunami struck, she returned to the scene of the disaster.

"I do not expect to be so moved by this anniversary because I am already back here several times since the tsunami. I feel completely different today, as connected with all other people, "she said.

Commemorations are also planned in Europe. For example, in Sweden, which lost 543 citizens in the disaster, a ceremony to be held this Friday in Uppsala, in most Scandinavian Cathedral, near Stockholm.