A series of Free and Donation Workshops at various locations around Tucson.
XEROCRAFT MAKERSPACE
Opens it’s doors during All Souls Season to make your project come to life!
Come work in the Big Yard with Access to Wood Shops, Metal Shops and 3D printers !!!!!
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: Thursdays, Oct. 23 AND Oct. 30, 5-8 pm
Where: Moto Sonora, 1015 S. Park Ave.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.
Obon Dance & Chant Workshop and (Semi)mandatory Crew Walk-Through
When: Saturdays, Oct. 25 AND Nov. 1, 10:45am – 12:15pm
Where: Rhythm Industry Performance Factory, 1013 S. Tyndall Ave.
One central piece of obon is the bon odori, or festival dance. Learn Tucson Ondo, the dance/drum/chant piece created for our beloved home. Then join Odaiko Sonora near the front of the Procession on Sun. Nov. 9. As we move and voice together, individuals disappear and we create a simple, beautiful energy as the many. We’ll also help with costuming and advice to keep safe and healthy during the Procession.
Both workshops are free, though we will collect donations for the All Souls Procession onsite.
Contact: Phone (520) 481-8003 or Email info@tucsontaiko.org if you need greater guidance.
