➡️ Origami started a long time ago in China and then spread in Japan.
➡️ Origami means paper folding –`ori` is the Japanese word for folding and `kami` is the Japanese word for paper.
➡️ Only the rich were able to make origami, as the paper was very expensive.
➡️ At first origami were used for presents – the samurai exchanged gifts known as noshi – paper folded with strip of dried fish or meat – it was considered as a good luck token (souvenir).
➡️ As the time passed the paper became less expensive and the art of origami became more popular and more people started to make them.
➡️ As people started to travel more, the art of origami was spread in Europe and later in the United States.
➡️ The special thing about origami is the way of making a representation of an object by folding a piece of paper many times without cutting and gluing, although some models do need it.
➡️ This art is a part of the Japanese cultural traditions which is spread around the world and everyone can learn how to make origami.
➡️ The most popular origami model is the origami crane which is turned into a global peace symbol.
➡️ The crane is a special bird for Japanese people and there was a custom that if a person folds 1000 cranes they would grant him a wish.