10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBON»
Discover the use of
obon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
obon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Polish literature.
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Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival
Describes the history, customs, significance, and traditions of Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival, and the ways they are celebrated today in Japan and the United States.
Dianne M. MacMillan, 1997
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Obon: The Festival of the Dead
Obon: The Festival of the Dead is honest communion that bids ancestral voices to speak from every page, spreading their illumination long after the poetic moment, long after the season of Obon has ended.
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Religion, Death, and Dying - Tom 3 - Strona 166
Japan, Obon lasts several days in mid-July or August, when the spirits of the dead are believed to return to the mortal world to be with their families. Japanese people travel to their ancestral homes to renew bonds with the living and the dead, ...
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China, Japan, Korea: Culture and Customs - Strona 76
Obon Festival お盆祭り is a Japanese Buddhist holiday to honor the departed spirits of one's ancestors. It is believed that each year during Obon the ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives. It is celebrated in mid ...
Ju Brown, John Brown, 2006
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36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan - Strona 170
A student tells me that at Obon her family likes to consult with the ancestors about her behavior. The ancestors have objected to her riding with her boyfriend on his motorcycle. She has promised them not to do it anymore. "It's much harder to ...
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Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii, 1885-1941 - Strona 141
In the prewar period the Obon Festival, the traditional Japanese festival to remember the dead, was the most important and exciting event in plantation communities for both young and old. Obon Festivals are still held, usually from early July to ...
Barbara F. Kawakami, 1995
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Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making - Strona 222
Buddhists honor all ancestors, family, and nameless individuals at the annual Etaikyo (perpetual memorial service). Temples normally observe this service in November. Obon The Chinese believed that during the seventh lunar month, usually ...
Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette, 2000
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Identity and Ritual in a Japanese Diving Village: The Making and ...
And Obon was the most complete example of this. Obon Obon, the Buddhist feast of the dead, takes place all over Japan. On the lunar calendar its date varied, but since the introduction of the Gregorian calendar year, most parts of Japan ...
Dolores P. Martinez, 2004
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Ancient Japan - Strona 71
During Obon, the Japanese bid farewell to their dead ancestor spirits that have come back during Obon. The Japanese have long appreciated the wisdom of their elders. This respect for their elders' wisdom continues after they die. The festival ...
Social Studies School Service, 2006
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Ceremony and Symbolism in the Japanese Home - Strona 63
Obon is a major annual festival celebrated throughout Japan on 13 — 15 August. Because it occurs late in the year, the demands of agricultural work are usually slack and most people are able to take the festival as a holiday. It also occurs in ...
Michael Jeremy, Michael Ernest Robinson, 1989
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBON»
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obon is used in the context of the following news items.
Japan's biggest Obon dance festival makes its international debut in …
One of the biggest Obon celebrtions in all of Japan is the Awa Odori festival in Tokushima Prefecture, which over a million people attend each year. The dancers ... «RocketNews24, Oct 15»
Obon Sushi downtown set to open Thursday
Obon Sushi + Bar + Ramen will open at 4 p.m. Thursday. It will serve dinner and late night throughout the weekend before opening for its regular hours on ... «Arizona Daily Star, Aug 15»
Five things you need to know about Obon–one of Japan's biggest …
This is called Bon (or Obon using the honorific “o”) a holiday period from August 12-16 (exact dates may vary depending upon location), a time when the entire ... «RocketNews24, Aug 15»
'Obon no Ototo' is one director's attempt to portray his real life …
Director Akira Osaki's bittersweet black-and-white comedy “Obon no Ototo” (“Obon Brothers”) certainly sounds a lot like his own. The film is about a failing ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
San Diego Obon in Balboa Park
From 4 to 8:30 p.m., the Bon Odori Festival will spread out to the Spreckles Organ Pavilion, where the traditional Obon Odori (dance) will begin at 6:30 p.m. ... «The Rafu Shimpo, Jul 15»
Dancers at last year's Bon Odori. (JK YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)
GARDENA — Gardena Buddhist Church, 1517 W. 166th St. in Gardena, will hold its annual Obon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 3 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, ... «The Rafu Shimpo, Jul 15»
Big Step Towards a Sustainable Obon
From left: Trish Nicholson, Higashi Obon dance instructor, Calvin Kamimura, Janet Ito, Corey Kamimura, Katey Kamimura and Grant Hashimoto hold recyclable ... «The Rafu Shimpo, Jul 15»
At 70, Obon Festival in Seabrook still a crowd favorite (PHOTOS)
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP — The Seabrook Buddhist Temple welcomed spectators young and old to the 70th Annual Obon Festival on Saturday afternoon. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
Celebrating life and death at the Obon Festival
This year's Obon Festival, hosted by the Mountain View Buddhist Temple, will ... The Obon Festival is a Japanese Buddhist tradition that celebrates the spirits of ... «Mountain View Voice, Jul 15»
San Jose classic Obon Festival packs the streets of Japantown
SAN JOSE -- On the 80th anniversary of the Obon festival in one of the last Japantowns left in America, 20,000 people showed up over the weekend. «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
