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Kadomatsu at the Sasebo Japanese Garden entrance. Photo by Maria Thomas/ABQ BioPark.
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Celebrate the new year with the Japanese tradition of kadomatsu.
When
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Dec 20, 2014 09:00 AM
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Jan 11, 2015 05:00 PM
Where
ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
2601 Central NW
Albuquerque,
NM
87104
Description
Kadomatsu are a Japanese New Year's tradition of pine and bamboo arrangements. These arrangements flank the gates of the BioPark's Japanese Garden through January 11.
Kadomatsu are said to attract beneficial spirits and are full of symbolism, representing virtues such as strength, flexibility, vitality and purity.
Visit the Botanic Garden to join in this 600-year-old Shinto tradition.
Price
Included with regular admission.
