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Traditional festive occasions in Japan
By Daria
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Matsuri ( 祭 )
• It is a word for a festival or holiday in Japanese. Japanese festivals are mainly sponsored by a shrine or temple. Some of the festivals are secular.
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New Year ( 正月 Shōgatsu)• 1-3 of January • the most important annual event• people decorate homes,
families gather and visit temples or shrines
• toshikoshisoba - soba noodles are eaten at midnight
• at dawn on the 1st of January, the emperor offers prayers for the well-being of the nation
• people exchange New Year's greeting cards
• games are played to bring good luck
• Koshōgatsu (Small New Year) starts around 15 January when people pray for a good harvest.
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Doll Festival ( 雛祭り )
• 3 March • parents pray for the happiness of their girls• girls put on their best kimonos and visit their friends• hishimochi (diamond-shaped rice cakes) and shirozake
(rice malt with sake) are eaten
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Hanami ( 花見 )
• flower festivals are held at Shinto shrines in April• flower viewing parties are held• people go on excursions and picnics to enjoy
flowers, especially cherry blossoms
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Boy's Day( 子供の日 Kodomo no hi)
• 5 May• Iris is connected with this
festival as a symbol of martial spirit given to boys
• families with male children fly koinobori (carp streamers) and display warrior dolls
• chimaki and kashiwamochi (special rice cakes) are eaten
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Tanabata ( 七夕 )
• 7 July• Tanabata was a maiden from a Japanese
legend making clothes for gods • wishes are written on narrow paper strips and
hang on bamboo branches
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Bon Festival ( 盆 bon)
• 13-15 August • people honour the
spirits of ancestors, clean grave sites and prepare a path from them to the house
• straw horses or oxen for the ancestors' are prepared
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"7-5-3" Festival ( 七五三 Shichigosan)
• 15 November• little boys and girls go
to shrines to pray for safety and healthy future
• children wear traditional clothes
• people buy chitose-ame (thousand-year candy) at the shrine
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Ōmisoka( 大晦日 Ōmisoka)
• 31 December• people celebrate passing of the old year and the coming of
the new year• people visit Buddhist temples where bells rung at midnight• zaru-soba (long noodles) are eaten to extend family
fortunes like them
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