Discover the heart of Japanese tradition as we celebrate Obon, a summer festival honoring ancestors with prayers, food, and festivities. #ObonFestival #JapaneseTraditions #CulturalCelebration # ...

Obon is the Japanese Buddhist festival to honor the spirits of ancestors and is August 13-15, 2024. This three day celebration is a time for families to gather, eat, dance, and honor their relatives.

Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasaki have a distinctive way to commemorate this. They light ...

The obon festival and accompanymg religious ceremonies ... As members of the Maui Minyo Kai, a Japanese dance group, Loo and Valois-Nishimura would normally dance in the inner ring during the ...

the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori. These dances are held across Japan, but the Nishimonai ...