All people have celebrations. Many celebrations were once old rituals that have taken on modern practices. Holidays throughout the world have been enjoyed with music and song, costuming and jewelry, face and body painting, shrines and altars, theater and props such as masks, dancing, games, color and special foods.
Many festivals have objects, only created at that time.
This book features these specific objects, adapted to paper and accessible materials. Almost a hundred events are portrayed in the four-month calendar sections of the book and the presented projects. These traditional red gift-envelopes are only one of the many charming items displayed and used to usher in the New Year in China. In February, Maori-decorated wooden boats sail into New Zealand commemorating the 1840 peace agreement between the British and New Zealanders. Studying these designs and making your handsome paper canoe will acquaint you with the Maori fine traditional art.