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Final Salon on Japanese culture features origami
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Posted on Mar 08 2001
The Friends of the Arts, with the cooperation of the Japan Society of the Northern Marianas, will sponsor the final in the series of Sunday Salons focusing on Japanese culture.
The salons were made possible through the support of the staff and management of the Commonwealth Museum of History and Culture.
This series, which has included programs of Japanese music, tea ceremonies, folk tales, martial arts and Kimono wearing will conclude on March 11 at the Museum from 2-4pm with a demonstration of the traditional fine art of paper folding called origami.
Members of the Japan Society will demonstrate and share their skills with the audience, while some of their finer products will be available for sale at a modest price.
This series was held in conjunction with the current exhibit of displaying the period of Marianas History when Japan held the League of Nations Mandate from 1920 to 1938 and when nearly 40,000 Japanese civilians lived on the islands (20,000 on Saipan alone at the peak).
There are many photographs, including Chamorro and Carolinian school students, village scenes and a lot more dating form that period.
The public is invited and there is no charge for admission. Families are welcome.
Held every Sunday of the month at the Commonwealth Museum of History and Culture, the Friends of the Arts takes pride in sponsoring informal afternoons featuring professional and amateur musical talent from the pool resident on Saipan and the occasional visitor.
The salons are open to the public and take place inside the Museum from 2 to 4PM. There is no admission fee.
