Peranakan Museum is bringing Japan to us from July 13 to 14 with a Japanese weekend festival that is happening concurrently with their current exhibit Fukusa: Japanese Gift Covers from the Chris Hall Collection.
You’ll be able to attend workshops to learn about various Japanese crafts such as ikebana flower arrangement, how to tie a mizuhiki knot (a decorative knot used to seal gifts), furoshiki wrapping (Japanese wrapping cloth that is used to wrap clothes, gifts, etc), origami paper crafting, and sake brewing, among others.
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Visitors can also look forward to live music performances featuring the traditional Japanese musical instruments shinobue, a Japanese bamboo flute and shamisen, a stringed instrument. Local dynamic cultural group Hibikiya will also put on a live taiko (Japanese drum) percussion performance on Armenian Street, and Japanese Harp Group Koto No Kai will be delivering a koto (Japanese harp) performance.
And for those interested to catch the Fukusa exhibition, there will be a special guided tour led by the museum’s docent on both days. For specific timings and the full lineup of programmes, visit their webpage here.