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Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.
Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, roughly "The Five Mountainous Send-Off Fires"), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字, roughly "big letter"), is a festival in Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city.
An important annual festival for Japanese Americans is the Obon Festival, which happens in July or August of each year. Across the country, Japanese Americans gather on fair grounds, churches and large civic parking lots and commemorate the memory of their ancestors and their families through folk dances and food.
The Obon festival in San Jose’s Japantown is one of the largest in the United States, drawing thousands of attendees and more than 2,500 dancers each year, according to the festival’s Facebook ...
Obon Festival. Wednesday, Aug. 14. National Navajo Code Talkers Day. National Creamsicle Day. Love Your Bookshop Day. National Financial Awareness Day. National Tattoo Removal Day.
The Awa Dance Festival (阿波踊り, Awa Odori) is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan, attracting over 1.3 million tourists every year.
Roy grew up in east Oakland, California, and was active in the Oakland Buddhist Temple where he and his family worshiped. Roy's first introduction to the taiko drum was at the temple's summer Obon Festival. [4] Hirabayashi attended San Jose State University beginning in 1969. [4] At the time, San Jose State was a mecca for anti-war protests.
Unique events in Amsterdam in spring: The Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival takes place on the University of Washington campus every spring when the flowers bloom. 1. Cruise Around Puget Sound.