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  2. Sagichō Fire Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Sagichō Fire Festival (Japanese: 左義長), also called Dondoyaki (Japanese: どんど焼き) or by other names, is a festival celebrated in Japan, usually on January 14 or 15. [1] During this local event, town or village residents burn their gate pine and other New Year's decorations, as well as to pray for good fortune in the new year.

  3. Festival of fire - Wikipedia

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    The Oroqens' Fire Festival (オロチョンの火祭り), Hokkaido, Japan Sagicho Fire Festival , in many places in Japan The Yi people's Torch Festival , China

  4. Japanese festivals - Wikipedia

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    Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings ...

  5. Gozan no Okuribi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Talk:Kakizome - Wikipedia

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    I am seeing conflicting dates for the Sagicho festival. here it is mid-March, yet here it is stated to be in February, while an article on Fires_in_Edo states that in Edo it was indeed January 15th of the year.

  7. Kōjin - Wikipedia

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    Kōjin, also known as Sambō-Kōjin or Sanbō-Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the Japanese kami (god) of fire, the hearth and the kitchen. He is sometimes called Kamado-gami , literally the god of the stove. [citation needed] He represents violent forces that are turned toward the betterment of humankind.

  8. 'The Voice' contestant gives strangely smiley performance of ...

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    The Voice Season 24 Knockout Rounds continued apace Monday, and the episode was packed with twists and turns and Saves and Steals. In fact, a whopping five Steals were used by the night’s end ...

  9. List of kigo - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.