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The Ward Warehouse Amphitheater will become kadomatsu central tomorrow, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., as 150 volunteers from TEMARI Center for Asian and Pacific Arts gather to assemble the bamboo, pine and rope decorations central to the Japanese celebration of the new year. Get set for
TEMARI’s ‘Kadomatsu
New Year Festival’The auspicious "gate pines" are placed at the entrance of homes and offices to summon the year god Toshigami, who brings his blessings as he lingered in the branches of the pine.
A few grand kadomatsu may be available for purchase, but the regular kadomatsu were sold out earlier this month.
Nevertheless, those who attend "Kadomatsu, a New Year's Festival," can also enjoy the Asian and Pacific folk dance, taiko and martial arts performances and demonstrations, and prepare for the Year of the Serpent by coloring a nen-ga-jo, or new year's postcard, or learning the kanji characters associated with new year greetings and blessings.
TEMARI's annual festival is a benefit that will raise funds for its classes, exhibitions and public programs. The 21-year-old nonprofit organization perpetuates traditional and contemporary Asian and Pacific art forms. The kadomatsu TEMARI creates today is a tribute to the style of one of the organization's mentors, the late Bud Morrison.
For more information, call 735-1860.
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