Thai Flower Stringing Workshop – Preparing for the Annual Wai Khru

Time: August 12, 2011 from 6pm to 8:30pm
Location: Thai Institute of Healing Arts
Street: 1211 N. Glebe Road
City/Town: Arlington, VA 22201
Website: www.Thai-Institute.com
Phone: 703-522-8424
Organized By: Thai Institute Coordinator 

Heather Levy, long time Thai massage student and art instructor, will lead participants in a cultural and community gathering to create beautiful flower garlands for our annual wai khru.

Widely popular and highly significant, strung flowers are part of the Thai culture dating back for centuries. Flowers are used in all aspects of Thai culture from religious ceremonies to showing respect to elders especially parents and teachers.

Heather has been making things with her hands since forever. She enjoys using practically any material that includes natural substances from the earth, recycled materials and just about anything that can be found. Heather teaches a variety of mixed media art to children and adults in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

She will teach you how to prepare flowers for stringing to ensure the plants beauty and longevity. Flower garlands will be strung by needle and thread along with several other flower arrangements to be prepared

You are welcome to participate in any or all aspects of this workshop that will include preparing, cutting, stringing, and preserving the flowers.

The Thai Institute of Healing Arts will donate all supplies. Once the floral arrangements are made, participants at the annual wai khru will make a donation for the flowers. The flowers will be offered as part of the annual wai khru the next day. 100% of all proceeds from the flowers will be donated to charitable projects within the Thai community.

Volunteer your time to help benefit the Thai community while learning this unique and time honor tradition of stringing flowers.

~Taken from the Thai Institute of Healing Arts website