Bon Festival one of Japanese culture

If God will make your wish come true only one thing !! What you make a wish ??

Rich person ?? Lovely partner ??

Beautiful face ?? Status or Honor ??

I want to have all of them..

ahaha ..kidding (ﾉ∀`)

I wish heaven had a phone, so I could hear mom voice one last time.

I've had so many words, but I had no chance.

"Mom, thanks for giving birth to me."

O-bon is observed during the month of August. Every household welcomes back its ancestors' departed souls to this world during this period. which is usually from August 13 through 15.

Many companies and stores are closed during the O-bon holiday . People return to their hometown, or go on a vacation to the beach, to the mountains, or abroad. Railroad stations and airports are packed with travelers, but Tokyo will enjoy tranquility for this brief period.

An "obon" was originally a container with which people served an offering to numina.

Some people make a horse out of a cucumber and a cow out of an eggplant, and use them to decorate their altar and welcome their returning ancestors.

Fire to welcome the spirits of ancestors 迎え火

Fires in the late afternoon on the 13th of August are called mukae-bi; and they are said to be a guide for the spirits of the ancestors. After the mukae-bi ceremony, we make an offering of food, flowers and so on. In some regions, hanging chochin displaying the family crest are used to guide the spirits.

Fires to guide ancestor's spirits back to the grave 送り火

The Okuri-bi fires on the 16th are lit to send the ancestors' spirits back to the grave. Gozan-okuri (五山送り火） is one of the famous okuri-bi. In some regions, okuri-bi is held on the 15th.

Floating lanterns （灯篭流し） In some regions, ancestors' spirits are sent off by floating lighted lanterns down rivers to the ocean, because it is believed that spirits exist in mountains and on rivers. Toro nagashi ( floating lanterns) is a tradition that Japanese generally tend to find somewhat nostalgic because of the faint light of the candle.

Bon folk dance(盆踊り)

Bon odori is widely practiced on the 15th and 16th at night and is one of the climaxes of Obon.

People go to their neighborhood bon odori wearing yukata(summer kimono) and dance around a stage. Usually wa-taiko, Japanese drums, beat a rhythm for the dancers.

(。◕‿◕。)

Mom: Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I was destined to be your momma

Forest: What's my destiny, Momma??

Mom: you're gonna have to figure that out for yourself.

Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. By Forrest Gump