A series of Free and Donation Workshops at various locations around Tucson.
Workshops are coming…
Digital Storytelling, Book Clubs and Vocal Exploration with Morgan Sorne- stay tuned for details
Memorial Lantern Making (toronagashi) with Odaiko Sonora
Since 2005, Odaiko Sonora has strived to bring obon, Japan’s beloved Buddhist ancestor festival, as our contribution to the All Souls Procession.
We offer these free community workshops to help you prepare for this year’s Procession: Memorial Lantern Workshops
When: TBA
Where: TBA
Decorate a lantern for the desert toronagashi (floating lantern ceremony). Draw, paint, write your story of loss on a lantern cover, which will be carried by a stranger in the Procession. In this way, we share the common experience of grief and celebration of life. We will provide lantern bases, rice paper covers, paints, markers, glue, etc. Bring photos of loved beings you’ve lost, words of letting go, and other safely combustible items to affix to the lantern covers. After being carried in the Procession, the covers will be placed in the Urn to burn at the end of the Finale.
