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Cardboard cathedral festival begins

Posted on: August 7, 2013 4:01 PM
Christchurch Cardboard Cathedral
Photo Credit: Christchurch Daily
Related Categories: Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand

[Stuff by Ashleigh Stewart] The cardboard cathedral's opening festival began last night, with a performance by the Christchurch City Choir.

It was the first of 10 concerts as part of the cathedral's Joyfully Un-Munted Festival.

The cathedral, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and incorporating 98 beams encased in cardboard, had been subject to construction delays after initially being scheduled to open in February.

An emotional Bishop Victoria Matthews was finally handed a fitting cardboard key to the cathedral on Friday, to mark the structure changing hands from contractors to the Anglican diocese.

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