Japanese consulate hosts flower arrangement workshop
June 30, 2021
The Indus Sogetsu Study Group held an event at the Japan Culture Centre of the Japanese Consulate in Karachi to demonstrate unique and beautiful styles of flower arrangements on Tuesday.
Shaista Khawer, their visiting teacher from Lahore, taught women about 19 of her arrangements for flowers. Consul General of Japan Toshikazu Isomura was the chief guest. Shaista, who is a teacher of Sogetsu Ikebana, said that all creations presented at the event were her own. “I have designed the containers myself,” she said, adding that she used different material in her arrangements. There were fruits, papers, flowers, leaves, plastic, metal and unconventional material. “All of these are my original designs.”
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.