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Bon Festival (Obon)
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| Obon as celebrated in the late Edo period |
This Buddhist-Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves.
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| Some Dead are Grateful (HippieShop) |
The festival has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.
The festival of Obon lasts for three days; however, its starting date varies across different regions of Japan.
When the lunar calendar was replaced by the imperial Western Gregorian calendar at the beginning of the Meiji era, the localities in Japan reacted differently. This resulted in three different times of Obon.
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| Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) altar |
Shichigatsu Bon ("Bon in July") is based on the solar calendar and is celebrated around July 15th in eastern Japan (Kantō region such as Tokyo, Yokohama, and Tohoku), coinciding with Chūgen.
Hachigatsu Bon ("Bon in August") is based on the lunar calendar and is celebrated around August 15th, which is the most commonly celebrated time.
Hachigatsu Bon ("Bon in August") is based on the lunar calendar and is celebrated around August 15th, which is the most commonly celebrated time.
Kyu Bon ("Old Bon") is celebrated in areas like the northern part of the Kantō region on the 15th day of the seventh month of the 13-month lunar calendar, so it differs each year.... More
A Thin Veil Between Us and Ghosts
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| "Hungry ghost" (preta) during Kali Puja |
(WQ) The Theravada Buddhist tradition of Southeast Asia might use such a time to read from the sacred Buddhist text known as the Petavatthu or "Stories of the Departed [ancestral ghosts]" to remind ourselves of the results of unskillful karma. The Realm of Hungry Ghosts is where we might go unless we have the merit to be reborn in fortunate planes of existence. It is impossible, however, that we do not have some "relative" (seven generations out) who has not landed there. So what we do to remember them and transfer merit is very helpful for the sake of the grateful dead and ourselves. For surely the good we do first rains back on us then on others.
2016 Summer Festival + Obon Dance Schedule
Japanese Summer Festival & Bon Odori Schedule
1) 2016 Higashi Hongwanji Annual Summer Obon Festival & Bon Odori (2 Days) - (Sunday: HappyFunSmile Performing Live 6pm) (Saturday, 30 July, 2016)
Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple - Japanese Obon - There will be a variety of Japanese foods for sale... [Details]
2) 2016 West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Annual Summer Obon Festival (Different Times) - WLA (2 Days) Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Children Games.. (Saturday, 30 July, 2016)
West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Obon & Bon Odori Dance Festival / WEST LA OBON - Obon or 'Festival of... [Details]
3) 2016 Guadalupe Buddhist Church Annual Obon Festival - Veteran's Memorial Cultural Building (Sunday Only) (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)
The Obon Festival an annual Buddhist event held to commemorate one's ancestors. It is believed that each year... [Details]
4) 2016 Higashi Hongwanji Annual Summer Obon Festival & Bon Odori (2 Days) - (Sunday: HappyFunSmile Performing Live 6pm) (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)
Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple - Japanese Obon - There will be a variety of Japanese foods for sale... [Details]
5) 2016 Salinas Obon Festival - Buddhist Temple of Salinas (Sunday only) (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)
The Salinas Buddhist Temple is planning to hold their Obon festival this sunday. The festival features... [Details]
6) 2016 West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Annual Summer Obon Festival (Different Times) - WLA (2 Days) Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Children Games.. (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)
2) 2016 West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Annual Summer Obon Festival (Different Times) - WLA (2 Days) Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Children Games.. (Saturday, 30 July, 2016)West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Obon & Bon Odori Dance Festival / WEST LA OBON - Obon or 'Festival of... [Details]
3) 2016 Guadalupe Buddhist Church Annual Obon Festival - Veteran's Memorial Cultural Building (Sunday Only) (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)The Obon Festival an annual Buddhist event held to commemorate one's ancestors. It is believed that each year... [Details]
4) 2016 Higashi Hongwanji Annual Summer Obon Festival & Bon Odori (2 Days) - (Sunday: HappyFunSmile Performing Live 6pm) (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple - Japanese Obon - There will be a variety of Japanese foods for sale... [Details]
5) 2016 Salinas Obon Festival - Buddhist Temple of Salinas (Sunday only) (Sunday, 31 July, 2016)The Salinas Buddhist Temple is planning to hold their Obon festival this sunday. The festival features... [Details]
6) 2016 West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Annual Summer Obon Festival (Different Times) - WLA (2 Days) Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Children Games.. (Sunday, 31 July, 2016) 
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