Expressing hope through flower arrangements
Karachi
February 27, 2021
A non-governmental organisation, Pakistan Blooms, joined hands with the Indus Sogestu Study Group and held a Sogestu Ikebana flower exhibition, titled ‘Bahar Ai’, to mark the advent of the spring season at the Karachi’s Lucky One Mall on Friday.
The exhibition was held to promote the Japanese flower arrangement extravaganza. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is also known as Kado. The tradition dates back to the Heian period when floral offering were made at altars.
Dignitaries and notable personalities including the consul general of Japan, Toshikazu Isomura, attended the event. The trainer at the event, Nafisa Tapal, director at the Indus Sogestu Study Group, has her more than 16 students teaching Ikebana around the world. She also teaches Ikebana at the Japanese consulate. In 1999, she became a teacher of Ikebana and held a big show at the FTC Building back then.