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Cultural Demonstration: Sakiori Weaving – Canceled

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Join as textile expert Yoko Tamura discusses the art of or sakiori, hand-weaving, and its rich history. Sakiori is a traditional hand-weaving technique and has been widely practiced in the northern part of Japan since the mid-Edo period in the 18th century. Sakiori grew from the ancestral wisdom of not wasting cloth but giving it new life by recycling and reusing the cloth.