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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.
Obon, a Japanese Buddhist festival, is this weekend in Sacramento. Here’s what to expect. Esther Sun. July 12, 2024 at 1:05 PM. Esther Sun/The Sacramento Bee.
The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
Santa Barbara 1974– Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival: Santa Barbara 2003– [5] Santa Maria Valley Strawberry Festival: Santa Maria: 1990– [6] Sea Otter Classic: Monterey: 1991– Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival: Temecula: 1984–2019, 2022– Wasteland Weekend: Edwards: 2010–2019, 2021– Whole Earth Festival: Davis World ...
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. World ...
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.
Santa Maria (Spanish for "St. Mary") is a city in the Central Coast of California in northern Santa Barbara County.It is approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.