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• A meeting of haiku poets from all corners of the earth
• Aims to disseminate haiku across all barriers, linking people's hearts and minds through haiku
• Seeks to enhance the true understanding of "world haiku" towards the 21st century
• Non-partisan, non-political and no affiliation with propaganda of any kind
• Transcends factionalism, rivalry or any other impediments to the development of "world haiku"
• A precursor to "JAPAN 2001", the Japan Festival to be held in the UK in 2001
• A joint project organised by the The World Haiku Club (WHC) with many other organisations
• The centre-piece event to be held in London and Oxford from 25 to 30 August 2000
• Regional and local voluntary activities across the UK throughout the year 2000
• A charity event to benefit education, good causes and general good
• A "living" on-going project, constantly evolving and growing with fresh ideas and new partners
• The core activities include ginko, kukai, haiku workshops, world haiku poems and essays competitions and exhibitions, haiku readings, public lectures and debates on "world haiku".
• Haiku-related activities include haiku-inspired musical concerts, art exhibitions, and performances as well as different forms of Japanese arts and culture.

•  "World haiku for the 21st century - binding people's minds and hearts together through haiku"  As already mentioned, World Haiku Festival 2000 is non-partisan, non-political and will not allow propaganda or harmful movements of any sorts. People, who support the aims of the Festival, will participate in it on an individual basis, on their merits, rather than representing any particular organisation. There are certain criteria according to which applications and other matters relating participation will be processed (see the account for different applications).

• To disseminate haiku across all barriers, linguistic, cultural, factional and ethnic
• To try to reassess "world haiku" in all aspects in a fundamental way and to seek its new directions in the future
• To encourage debates to be conducted in a fresh, critical, challenging and thought-provoking manner in order to advance our understanding of "world haiku"
• To open up haiku in every way, especially to new audiences, wider world and to different branches of culture
• To expand a world network of like-minded haijin and supporting organisation

• London Haiku Festival and Oxford Haiku Conference (25 - 30 August 2000) as the centre-piece event.
• The Internet World Haiku Network of The World Haiku Club: a world wide debating and meeting colloquium
• World Haiku Poems Competitions
• World Haiku Essays Competition
• Commemorative publications (World Haiku Festival 2000 anthology and a collection of haiku essays. Also, a ceremony to commend and celebrate achievements in haiku, such as publications of distinguished anthologies and haiku-related books by haijin from different parts of the world etc. Please apply for the entry of your achievements.)
• World Haiku Festival 2000 exhibitions (haiku-inspired art exhibitions in August and October and the Festival's haiku achievements exhibition in August. See "World Haiku Festival 2000 Exhibitions" and "Calendar")
• Exchange of people and ideas with other organisations in the world
• Numerous voluntary haiku events taking place throughout the year 2000 across the UK and in some instances in different places in the world

 

World Haiku Festival 2000 Exhibition (Part One) : From Tuesday 15 to Friday 25 August 2000

 From 9.30 am to 5.00 pm weekdays at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP (Regent's Park) Tel: 0171 486 4348 Fax: 0171 486 2914  E-mail:
http://www.daiwa-foundation.org.uk
 

Monday  14        Setting up the exhibition and the private viewing
Tuesday 15        6.30 pm Private Viewing
Friday    25        Last day of the exhibition
Sunday  27        Taking down the exhibition
 

Exhibition Room 1 (Park Side): Osamu Asano, Haiku Abstract Paintings: a one-man show of this dynamic and holistic abstract artist from Kamakura, Japan

Exhibition Room 2 (Mews Side): Haiku Exhibition (Leading contemporary Japanese haijin, presented by the Gunma Prefectural Museum of Literature; The World Haiku Achievements to commend and celebrate distinguished achievements in advancing the writing and study of world haiku; other haiku exhibits of high quality. These include anthologies, articles, books on haiku and haiku-related artefacts)

If you wish to have your products shown in the Haiku Exhibition, please apply early stating why you think they qualify to be selected for the Exhibition. Will you also be prepared to lend/donate your products free of charge for a travelling exhibition which will move to The World Haiku Festival 2000 Lending Exhibition to be held in October and November 2000 at the Gunma Prefectural Museum of Literature, Japan? If you have any queries, please contact Chairman of the Festival.
 

World Haiku Festival 2000 Exhibition (Part Two): Throughout October 2000

The Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, London EC2Y 8DC
Enquiries: Barbican Library Tel 020 7638 0569

Haiku-inspired arts: paintings, haiga, pottery, haiku display etc. Musical concerts relating to haiku are also envisaged at Barbican Centre.

"Prelude to HAIKU2000" is the banner under which haiku events have taken place in different parts of the UK and abroad as an integral part of World Haiku Festival 2000.
 

 Provisional (Some events still at "drawing-board" stages only, listed to attract volunteers to offer ideas and help; tba=to be announced) Events are being organised voluntarily under the banner of World Haiku Festival 2000. The Centerpiece Event for the worldwide participants will take place in London and Oxford from 25 to 30 August. Please let the organisers know if you wish your events to be included in World Haiku Festival 2000.

The Year 2000