Hi Danny..this is really neat, I am interested in finding out more about
this organization..do you have any contact info here in the US that I might
be able to write to to get more information? I like it when I can take my
tea out in the "world" and also share it with others...very cool!!

Melinda

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"samarkand" > wrote in message
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> Hi Steven aka icetea,
>
> Thanks for sharing the pictures.
>
> For those interested, the Wu Wo Tea Ceremony will be held this year in
> early November (I believe it's from 2-5 Nov) in Wuyi Shan city. This
> year's organiser will be China, last year was Singapore. I hoped you were
> in Singapore to feed the mosquitoes? Haha!
>
> Here's my 2-cent worth to Sasha's query:
>
>> Isn't Wu Wo Cha Hui is more like Wu Wo Tea Society? And what meaning do
>> you imply in Wu Wo ("without myself" or in french "sans moi")? It looks
>> on your taiwanese site like an adoptation of some Japanese
>> ceremoniality... What is Wu Wo and how different is it from the basic
>> Gong Fu?
>>
>
> 1. I think you may call it a tea society, it is gaining a lot of
> popularity in Asia, and is spreading to farther shores. Every country has
> its own variation to the ceremony, but the basic steps are similar, and
> the philosophy is the same: Sans Moi.
>
> 2. Without Me is the central philosophy to Wu Wo Cha Hui. The idea is
> based on Selflessness, to share tea with friends or strangers without
> restraint, without self-pride. Compared to Gong Fu Cha, it is leaned
> towards the social gathering to part take the tea, rather than the tea
> itself - there's no strict artform to observe, rather, one has to observe
> social grace and good manners during the Wu Wo Cha Hui.
>
> 3. Interestingly, the Wu Wo Cha Hui is not based on any tea ceremonial
> structure, but the the easy simplicity of "traveller's tea kit",
> comprising usually of the these few simple items: a thermo flask to hold
> hot water, 4 cups, 1 pot, a towel to place the cups and pot, and a sitting
> mat. Several friends can prepare their own set, and bring along on an
> outing. When the time comes to sit and relax, the items are rolled out
> and each person will prepare the tea they have brought with them, then
> when it is ready, the tea is delivered to the next 4 persons on his or her
> left, in this manner, each person will have several cups of tea infront of
> them. The tea is drunk, the cups returned, and the process is repeated.
>
> 4. The pictures that you see which looked like a seminar, is an exchange
> of tea art. People from all over the world will bring along their
> cultural tea artform, or an artform they created, and showcase it on the
> 2nd nite of the Wu Wo Cha Hui. It is interesting to see all kinds of
> artform under one roof, and some of them are very entertaining. I
> recalled one in Japan, where an old lady performed sencha chado. It was a
> short performance, but her moves entralled the audience that one could
> hear a pin drop.
>
> Danny
>