Actividades: Decoration Set up the venue as a Zen garden of sand, stones and pebbles. Rake the sand around the stones and pebbles to evoke the effect of water streams circling around the islands of rock. Add in greens and reds with green bamboo and red maple and enhance these colours with lighting effects. Got budget? Why not a Buddha statute to greet guests as they enter? You can also set up a tea corner for curious guests. Get an expert to demonstrate the elaborate art of tea drinking during cocktails, have them sip a cup of tea (for a change) while mingling with each other. You can even make a special mix of tea just for your event. Not in the mood for a tea party, you can also thrill the guests with a complete tea gift set and let them enjoy its aroma quietly at their home. A souvenir of that great event! Fill the air with sounds of nature, the sea, the wind chimes, a relax atmosphere that your guests can mingle and talk. Appeal to the sense of smell by burning aromatic incense... Activities Work with your caterer and decorators on the menu and the presentation of the dinner. E.g. using "Zen" style cutlery with square plates of cream and dark cocoa, an option to eat with chopsticks (depending on the food served), centrepieces of tea lights... Entertain the guests with a Chinese or Japanese orchestra while they feast on their delicious dinner. Hype up the event and let the party begins. Transform the tranquillity of Zen with all-time-popular dance floor. Choreograph a special opening dance with a cool-mix of fusion music: begin the dance with tranquil new age music and break the mood with a crescendo of disco, tecno or any pop music that you think the group will love. Pump up the adrenaline! Add in the Christmas touch...Dress the dancers in kimonos with a santa costume underneath... With the change of the music, they will take off the kimono and the santas and santarinas will lead the party.
Consejos: 1) Do some research on Zen - find elements that you can draw inspirations for more ideas on decoration, gifts and related activity. You can find lots of website on Zen on the Internet. 2) Start sharing the "Zen" concept in the invitations. You can include a brief explanation about Zen and adapt its simple but intricate style for the design. 3) While lighting any candles or joss-sticks for decoration and atmosphere, make sure that they are not near any hanging materials that can catch fire nor accessible by guests.