Tea Ceremony and Setsubun in IROHA Center in 2019 (Video)

On February 22, 2019 at 16:00 o’clock in IROHA center, two students of the center in a slide show with the explanation written in Japanese presented to the audience in Armenian the holiday of Setsubun.

After that, the attendees were divided into two groups and in two separate rooms they made ehomaki with their own hands, of course with the instructions of the teacher. Then looking in the direction of that year and keeping silence the two groups ate together the ehomaki.

After that, there took place the ceremony of mamemaki.

After a short break, another interesting ceremony started in the center – tea ceremony, with a detailed explanation of the Japanese guest specially invited for that.

At the end, Mrs. Takada made the tea with a detailed explanation and treated the participants. After that, she called some of the attendees in order to make tea according to her instructions.

Author: H. Muradyan

translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan