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Hari-Kuyo Broken Needle Ceremony-4:30 pm
Sun, Feb 8
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Hari-Kuyo (pronounced Hadi-Koo-yew) is a 400-year old ceremony that honors the small tools used by sewers and seamstresses throughout the year. The ceremony takes place in Buddhist/Shinto shrines on February 8th in Japan. Participants bring bent or broken needles to sink into blocks of tofu and to wish the tools a successful afterlife.
In honor of the vibrant community of makers present in New York City, the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator invites you to participate in a special Hari Kuyo ceremony at sunset on February 8th. Please bring a small pin or needle and join us as we observe this Buddhist/Shinto tradition officiated at sunset on February 8th.
Curated by Sarah Krasley, Senior Sustainable Manufacturing Lead at Autodesk, the ceremony will take place at 4:30 and go until 7pm.
RSVP [email protected], subject “Broken Needle”
For press inquiries email Amy Aronoff at press@pratt.edu
(Suggested donation $10 at the door)
