Japanese Children's Day Festival 2010
Japanese Children’s Festival was held on Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Library Hall of Information and Cultural Section, Consulate-General of Japan. 32 students and 4 teachers from
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Intergrasi Kubang Pasu, Kedah were invited to the event. The students took part in many interesting programmes
in conjunction with the festival and among them were a short video presentation on "Hello Japan!", introduction about Children’s Festival, Chado (茶道) demonstration (Japanese Tea Ceremony)
and origami demonstration.
Japanese Children's Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month every year in Japan and was originally known as Boy's Festival or Tango No Sekku (端午の節句) However in 1948, the
government declared it as a national holiday for both boys and girls and named it Children’s Day or Kodomo No Hi(子供の日) in Japanese. This festival is celebrated in honour
of the children and in the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong as well as express appreciation towards mothers for raising the children. During this festival,
colourful Koinobori will be hoisted on a bamboo pole, mounted by a pair of gilded pinwheels, high above the rooftops. A carp is flown for each family member with the father's
being the largest at the top down to the youngest child's at the bottom. Apart from that, a miniature set of samurai warrior armour will be displayed such as the Kabuto and
Kintaro and children are served with traditional delicacies such asChimaki and Kashiwa-Mochi.
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| The Master preparing green tea during the
Chado demonstration.
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Master Sumiishi teaching the students
the way to receive a bowl of green
tea from the host.
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Students taking a sip of the delicious green tea.
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