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ORIGAMI
Origami is the Japanese word for Paper Folding
折り
紙
ORI
GAMI
To Fold
Paper (kami – Japanese for paper)
• The art of paper making dates back to China in the year
102AD when paper became available to the masses.
• The art of paper making and origami first came to Japan in
about the 6th century.
• Paper folding was originally only done by the rich as little
paper was available, but as paper became less expensive
origami became a popular art for everyone!
• At one time, origami was taught in schools,
but today, children are generally taught the art
at home.
• On Children’s day –
children make colourful carp.
This symbolises strength as
carp is a fish that swims
upstream against the current.
• During the summer, Tanabata (the star festival) – live
bamboo branches are decorated with origami star and paper
decorations (in a similar fashion to a Christmas tree)
Let’s have a go at
making a sunfish
first!
Perhaps the most well known origami model is the
crane
The crane has become the international symbol of peace
and in Japan, every child eventually learns to make the
crane.
SADAKO and 1,000 paper Cranes
Sadako was a young girl exposed to radiation from the atomic
bomb that the US dropped in Hiroshima
Several years later, as a result of the radiation she developed leukemia – her
friend visited her in hospital with an origami crane and tells her that the crane
is a symbol of health and if she can make 1,000 cranes, she will be well
again
She took on the quest to make over 1000 cranes and she used
x-ray foil wrappers, magazines and any other paper she could
find to fold her cranes. As she learnt that her illness came as a
result of war, Sadako spread her message of peace as she
folded her cranes.
Sadako never gave up hope, and continued to fold cranes
until she died in 1955.
Sadako’s story inspired children all around Japan and in her honour, a
monument to spread her message of peace was built in “Peace Park”
in Hiroshima. At the base of the statue is written…“
This is our cry, this is our prayer, Peace in the World”
Lets start simple
and have a go at
making a bird…..
Then you can get
creative…..