about bon
We usually call obon. Sometimes Japanese language use “o” when word begins. O + a word.
“o-bon” is a festival. We dance in night. Drums are beated.
Some area has some story. Every story is different. There is a difference in an area.
Sure, there are the almost same story too.
I talk about one of stories. If you join ring of dance, you could see dead persons. They dance together ours. Dead persons want to see live person…family and lover. It is special nights.
Old days “o-bon” is romance chance. “o-bon”dance makes couples and hasbands and wivis and children.
We watch fireworks. We eat special stand. The stands are administered by “yakuza”. Some yakuza is very darkness and dengerous people. But this yakuza is old type yakuza. This yakuza is not so bad. Old sort yakuza has some severe rules. One of rule is “Don’t injure a citizen except a yakuza”.
Almost young Japanese don't know obon story. No no, It is not only young person's problem. Adult forget too. 40-60age people unlike and aren't intersted in old custom. Because they were so busy so far. They love only rat race. They don't know other world except rat race.
When they were young, They decided to throw old story away. They wanted to be only only winner. They wanted to be rich. They believed that if I could be able to become rich, I get happy life. (I know it is mistake. I know money is great, but there are someting what we can't buy.)
So Japanese can't talk about our world to next generations, Japanese culture and old story is lost.
Each area has each festival. Example for “Hirosima” has a famous Event. It s called “tourou-nagasi”. It is possible to join only people of an area. Because this ceremony is a personal things.
They go to liver and carry little ships. And they flow those ships on liver. We can see many ships. The ships are about 20-30 cm. The ships have little fire. The fire is for dead people. The fires cheer up a heart of a dead person. We believe that. It is very beautiful and mysterious view. When we watch that, we feel little sad, however I think such things is beautiful mind, isn’t you?
posted by jun20114 @ 12:11 AM
4 Comments:
It's always difficult to know how much to keep up with old stories and traditions. They are important of course, but perhaps shouldn't get in the way of development. Too many people spend so much time thinking about the past that they don't realize how great things are at the moment!
So in Japan you see people throwing their history and tradition away, but in England we see people complaining about how bad things are today and how much better it used to be. Which attitude is more positive? I suppose both need to exist together, without getting in the way of each other.
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I didn't think today's broblem when I wrote this post.
Sure, Today's problrems should be solved and it is more important things than to keep old stories.
For example, winter come. Homeless people will be die of cold. It shold solve at once.
I think that it is not same attitude. I am happy to keep old stories but I don't think old days is better.
Exanmple for, sexism is traditional attitude in Japan, even young people say that "girl should be good wife in home and do house keep perfectly, it is japanese culture, to keep traditon."
I hate such a thing. It is a sort of bad tradition.
It is difficult to keep blance.
It's odd that sexism continues. In most ways Japan seems so advanced, but sexism is a primitive thing. Do you think it will change?
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