Poznan as one of the student's cities in Poland, is working overtime to give them a lot of fun. Last week was a Japanese festival. This event lasted from Saturday(19.10) to Thursday(24.10). Every evening We could watch the Japanese movies (only for 1 PLN) such as Rashomon of Akira Kurosawa, The Ballad of Narayama of Shohei Imamura, My Neighbor Totoro of Hayao Miyazaki (it was kawaii :)), Departures of Yojiro Takita (the best movie for me), Jiro Dreams of Sushi, documentary movie directed by David Gelb and Zatoichi of Takeshi Kitano. From Saturday to Monday the artists from Japan gave shows on the stage (Japanese swordsmanship, traditional dances, drumming, art establishment a kimono). Moreover, every one could participate in workshops on calligraphy and origami for FREE!!! One of the busiest events was the tea ceremony, of course I participated in it and I was the happiest person on earth that I did it :)
If I compare the organization of the festival in Poznan and Torun, I can tell You that Poznan wins!
http://glos.tv/festiwal-japan-week-w-poznaniu,artykul.html?material_id=52630e93b564da3a03de1b96 Show of drumming of the group Wadaiko Takara.
Emilia
This is pretty impressive! I don't think I have heard we had a festival like this in Poznań. Did any of our university students perform in the event?
ReplyDeleteI did not see anyone I know, but I have spoken to many students of Japanese philology. I saw too the Japanese people who study at Collegium Novum.
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