Lesson 4
Dear Fatty,
Thank you for your fourth message. My comments
and corrections follow.
Sincerely,
Dear Professor Susan Garreis,
Thank
you for your comments and corrections.
I feel girls participate
more than men at the Adult Ceremony and the young men who participate wear
suits more than kimonos.
>I would imagine that the festival is more fun for girls than
men.
Spring Festival is
customary to give presents of money, in some places, people can get the money from elder as long as did not marry but
in some places, after
about 20 years old canft get the money.
At the Spring Festival it is customary to give presents of money.
In some places, people get money from their elders as long as they are not
married. Sometimes if the young people are twenty years or older they won't get
money any more.
>We do a similar thing in the US. There are certain occasions
for kids to get gifts or money that stop when the kids are college age.
Does quilt mean handicraft? It is a pattern sewn to cloth?
>Yes, indeed.
>A quilt is a blanket with three layers.
>The top layer is made of many small pieces of cloth sewn
in a pattern.
>The bottom layer is usually plain.
>The middle layer is thicker and provides warmth.
>All three layers are sewn together.
>Some quilt designs are here: http://www.quiltandsewshop.com/category/quilt-kits/?m=topnav_quiltkits
>I make plain, easy quilts.
>There are many Japanese quilters.
>Here is a link to the Tokyo Quilt Festival: http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/quilt/index.html
>I have a quilt from Taiwan that my aunt gave me. The
middle layer is paper. It is a beautiful red and gold quilt.