happiest of origami museum birthdays to the museo del origami in colonia. 11-11-11 is indeed a very cool date to have commenced that wonderful venture.
thank you for sharing laura. best vishakha nyc ps - this note has little to do this particular o-list email thread but more a general note. since i am writing to the o-list i thought i would attach this request as well. i see that many folks do not sign their o-list emails with name. i would appreciate it if ppl did that, along with where they are. the person's name and identity is not known otherwise, email addresses arent always self-evident. and only when one does reply-all, does one get to see the name of the sender. so just a thought. a request. to please sign your emails. thank you. On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 9:41 AM Laura R via Origami < origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote: > LOL, Gerardo… If there were not enough motives, I have another reason > which may not have passed to the annals of paperfolding. Without even > noticing the coincidence, 11/11/11 (that is, November 11, 2011) was the > date chosen by the lawyers to close on the deal and make the purchase > official for the creation of the Museo del Origami in Colonia, Uruguay. > > If destiny is written in the stars, that’s a good example of it! > > As today is the museum’s birthday, best wishes are welcome! :) :) > > Laura Rozenberg > Museo del Origami > Ituzaingo 131 > Colonia del Sacramento > Uruguay > www.museodelorigami.org > > > On Nov 9, 2022, at 11:40 PM, gera...@neorigami.com wrote: > > HI EVERYONE > > So I'm a bit curious about the stablishment of November 11 as Origami Day > in Japan. Who participated in its establishment? In what year was it > established? > > I know of two versions as to why was that date chosen as Origami Day: (a) > 11/11 represent the four sides of a square of paper like the ones used most > often for origami nowadays, and (b) the First World War Armistice was > signed in that date, but in 1918, and since the origami crane became a > symbol of peace with the passing of Sadako Sasaki, November 11 was > considered a good date to celebrate origami. > > Is one of these two the main reason as to why that date was chosen? If so, > which one? Was there another reason? > > > Thank you in advance! > > -- > > *Gerardo G.* > gerardo(a)neorigami.com <http://www.neorigami.com/> > instagram.com/neorigamicom > *Knowledge and Curiosity in Origami:* > *six private classes online* <https://www.neorigami.com/> > > "(...) It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it takes your breath > away and fills you with the true joy of *origami*. I experienced this in > my lessons with Gerardo G. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Gerardo is > (...)" *C. R.* *Read the full review* > <https://www.neorigami.com/#h.q2mt4npahmc2> > > > >
