What is origami? Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and sculptures. It comes from the words ori meaning folding and kami meaning paper. Origami has been practiced in Japan since the 6th century as a ceremonial practice. It is also said that origami gifts would be given by Samurais to each other as a good luck token to guard against any future dangers they may encounter. It wasn’t until the Edo period (1603–1867) when it was used for leisure and as a form of art. In Origami square pieces of paper are used, plain on one side and patterned on the other.
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