Wednesday, August 8th
Nagasaki Commemoration
Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, St. Paul
7:00 p.m. Nagasaki Commemoration
Greeting: JoAnn Blatchley
President of St. Paul Nagasaki Sister City Committee
Letter from Nagasaki
Keynote: “And in Nagasaki,” Jane Powers
Reading: On That Summer Day
Moment of Silence for Nagasaki
Walking the Global Harmony Labyrinth
Cyndy McKeen, designer
Music: Greg Herriges
Global Harmony Labyrinth
The Global Harmony design attempts to be inclusive of all viewpoints. To describe its elements separately:
- The sphere represents the earth.
- Theline expressing yin/yang represents the relationship of opposite elements, mutually essential to the wholeness of both.
- The handsrepresent human effort to maintain balance and friendship.
Twenty cherry trees, a gift from Japan, have been planted across the parking lot at the Mannheimer Memorial. They will bloom each spring to remind us of our friendship with the Japanese people and our hopes for a peaceful future.
Special thanks to the Saint Paul - Nagasaki Sister City Committee, Kathleen Olsen and Mary Preus, Nancy Esslinger, KAIROS dance, Greg Herriges, Yukimakai Tea Study Group, Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, the Key of See storytellers, Women in Black (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Minnesota), Larry Weaver, sound, and all who donated their time and expertise for this commemoration.
Hiroshima Nagasaki
Days of Remembrance and Response
67th Year, 2012
Sunday, August 5th
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis
(Roseway Road across from the Rose Garden)
5:45 p.m. Violin music by Nancy Esslinger
6:00 p.m. Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Monday, August 6th
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis
7:30 a.m. Ceremony of Cranes
8:15 a.m. Moment of silence for Hiroshima
Procession and blessing of willows
10:00 a.m. Pathway to Peace vigil
(begins at 40th and Bryant, ends at Peace Garden)
Women in Black
11:00 a.m. Ceremony of Eleven Bells
Veterans for Peace
Wednesday, August 8th
Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, St. Paul
(near Butterfly Parking Lot off Estabrook Ave.)
7:00 p.m. Nagasaki Commemoration
7:30 p.m. Moment of Silence for Nagasaki
Walking the labyrinth
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The Minneapolis St. Paul Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee offers these events to the community to encourage reflection on the past and hope for the future through action in the present. It calls for the total abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world as one measure of ensuring a just and lasting peace.
For further information:
• (952) 922-0308
Sunday, August 5th
Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis
5:45 p.m. Nancy Esslinger, violin
6:00 p.m. Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Patricia Katagiri, Yukimakai Tea Study Group
This traditional tea ceremony occurs simultaneously with those in Hiroshima to remember the bombings 67 years ago.
The Tea Ceremony (chanoyu)
Cha-no-yu, literally "boiling water for tea", has a long and many-faceted history in Japan. Ceramics, calligraphy, flower arranging and lacquer ware are but a few of the related arts that have been influenced by the tea ceremony.
Most significantly, chanoyu is regarded as a form of disciplinary training for mental composure: harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility are the governing principles of the tea ceremony. It is not mere etiquette. The making of tea should come from the heart; the practice of tea aims at building one's character.
A guest or observer of a tea ceremony will see three stages of activity. The first stage involves the ritual "purification" of the utensils to be used--a brightly colored silk cloth (fukusa) cleans the tea scoop (chashaku) and tea container (natsume) while setting the mood for the tea. The second stage sees the host whisking the tea to a bright green froth with a bamboo whisk (chasen) and serving a bowl (chawan) to the guest. The last stage takes place as the host "cleans" the bowl and utensils in front of the guest. Only in this last stage is there any extended conversation: the guest appreciates the artistry of the utensils used and the spirit of the moment. The ceremony ends with the host and guest offering a closing bow (sorei) to each other.
The Japanese phrase "ichi-go; ichi-e" is often used to describe the tea ceremony: "this single moment of time, never to be experienced again, has passed". Chanoyu aims to give unique meaning to that moment.
Jack Sattel
Monday, August 6th
Hiroshima Commemoration
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis
7:30 a.m. Ceremony of the Cranes atSpirit of Peace
Music: Kathleen Olsen and Mary Preus
Welcome: JoAnn Blatchley
Greetings from Hiroshima
Keynote: “Twilight of the Bomb,” Jay Kvale
Story:The Legend of Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes
Elaine Wynne and Renee Weeks-Wynne
8:15 a.m.Moment of silence for Hiroshima
Procession to Peace Garden Bridge
Led by Kairos Dance
Blessing of the willows
Father Jogues Epple‘
Blessings on these trees
Willows arching over a
Bridge and relic stones.
10:00 a.m.Silent Vigil Walk on the Pathway to Peace
Begins at first cairn at 40th and Bryant
Women in Black, Arts Committee
Women’s International Leagues for Peace and Freedom
11:00 a.m. Ceremony of 11 Bells* at Spirit of Peace
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27
*The Eleven Bells Ceremony began as a means of marking the end of “the war to end all wars,” which is more widely known in the United States as World War I. Veterans for Peace promotes this ceremony especially as an annual event on November 11th which is Veterans Day.