“PAPEL”, is this year’s title of the Ikebana International Manila Chapter 108 annual exhibit.
The exhibit, held at the second floor of UpTown Mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig opened with a by-invitation only activity with Shigehiro Matsuda, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan as guest of honor.
He represented Madame Yuko Koshikawa.
The following day, the exhibit was opened to the public.
Guests and visitors viewed arrangements that incorporated the exhibit’s theme—PAPEL(paper).
An Ikebana demonstration was also held with Ikebana teachers Marc Tomas, Margot Perez and Evangeline Cheng showing the audience the art of arranging flowers under the Sogetsu school.
Ikebana, the ancient art of floral arrangement, dates back to the 13th century. Three schools of Ikebana are popular in the Philippines namely: Ikenobo, Sogetsu and Ohara.
