"DAYS OF JAPANESE CULTURE IN BULGARIA" 2022
Trakart Cultural Center

"KIMONO - TRADITION AND FUTURE - exhibition, modern Japanese songs, ballet and glamour"
FROM 2.09 AT 5:00 PM TO 3.09 AT 1:00 PM

September 2, 2022 /Friday/ - from 5:00 p.m.
September 3, 2022 /Saturday/ - from 11.00 a.m.
Trakart Cultural Center, Archaeological Underpass

Free entry!

Once again Trakart Cultural Center will host the meeting on the aesthetics of Japanese culture and art thanks to Ms. Snezhana Nakatani. We can talk about the Land of the Rising Sun at length. As familiar as unknown! But a country in which, above all, the cult of beauty and aesthetics rises, mentioning only one single word - kimono. The kimono is the essence and emblem of Japan, and today it has the status of a symbol, and since the 1920s, fashion has periodically put ingenuity and creativity and used its pattern and cut. We think of it as a ceremonial garment, but in fact for most of history it was the traditional garment for everyone in the Land of the Rising Sun.

After the great interest of the audience in the kimono and obi exhibition, presented during the 32 Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria in 2021, the idea arose that this time the exquisite Japanese art of the kimono, a business card of Japanese in the world, would be presented together with contemporary Japanese music and ballet. The aim is to make a reference to the future development of kimonos by celebrating their beauty. Today, people can wear kimono in a loose, traditional or classic style. More and more designers are taking an interest in the kimono and this is helping to bring it back to where it belongs – on the streets, not in the museum or on the pedestal. Japanese music dates back to ancient times, with folk roots and early influences from the Asian continent going back a long way.

Japanese music includes the musical traditions of Okinawa and the autonomous musical achievements of the Ainu people on the island of Hokkaido. The main idea of ​​the event is to present authentic Japanese art and its future development in unison with music and ballet, as well as to introduce Bulgarian ladies and connoisseurs of Japanese culture to traditional Japanese clothing.

You will find the program of all the events of the "Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria" HERE.

The events on September 2 and 3, 2022 are part of the 33rd edition of "Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria", organized with the help of the Embassy of Japan in Bulgaria.