Photo Album of the 3rd. World Haiku
Conference in Sophia, Bulgaria
July 15 through 18th, 2005
| Day One
(July 15) -- Press conference at EBCC and Welcome party at Japanese
Embassy in Bulgaria |
Press conference was held at an art gallery
adjacent to EBCC (Euro-Bulgarian Cultural
Center)
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Ban'ya Natuishi presented his Shikishi to Ambassador
Koichi Fukui at the Welcome Party held at Japanese Embassy in
Bulgaria.
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| Day Two
(July 16)--Session 1 to 7, Haiku reading &Ikebana performance,
Award ceremonies |
EBCC theater is where lecture session took place
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Edvin Sugarev(Bulgaria):lecturer, and Alain Kervern
(France) :MC
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Mr. Shimizu talked about his haiga making
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| Day Three
(July 17)--Session 8to 12, Free discussion, Haiku reading, Award
ceremony |
Casimiro de Brito(Portugal) gives his presentation.
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Free discussion led by Ban'ya Natuishi and David Lanoue
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Haiku reading by a Serbian haiku poet. |
Haiku reading by a Japanese haiku poet.
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WHA Junior Haiku Contest 2005 : contest result annoucement
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| Day Four
(July 18)--Excursion to Plovdiv |
Provdiv is a beautiful ancient city. It is
called Seven Hills City
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Many haiku lovers gathered
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WHA particiapnts and poets in Plovdiv enjoying the
haiku reading
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