Festivals Quiz- Japan

OBON(お盆）

There will some question you need to answer about Obon

Multiple Choice

What is your first idea of Obon?

• Is an Event for Tourist to visit and play

• Is an religious events

• Is an Event for local peolpe take a rest

Obon（お盆）

The Obon Festival lasts for three days across Japan, usually in August. It is a Buddhist festival to commemorate one's ancestors and is celebrated through Bon Odori dances and a giant bonfire lit in the hills of Kyoto.

Obon（お盆）

The festival is also known as the "festival of lanterns", as one of the customs during this time is to send paper lanterns floating along the river to symbolise the souls of those departed returning to their graves in peace

obon is a Huge Festival in Japan

Every place will have their own celebration event and I will go over some of them were interesting.

Multiple Choice

Do you think Obon is an Offical Hoilday in Japan

• Yes

• No

Obon is not a offical hoilday for japanese, although Obon is an Tradition Festival. But many company will close (around 60% company will close )

What is this use for during the festival ?

Multiple Choice

What is that for ?

• For soul eat

• Is an Transport for Soul to come back Quick

• Just Pretend a horse

Shouryou Uma (精霊馬)

The cucumber represents a horse that takes the spirits to their homes quickly. The eggplant represents the cow that will slow down the spirit's return to the other world, making them stay longer in the living world.

Guess what are they doing?

Multiple Choice

Guess what are they doing

• Writing on Mountain using Fire

• Send dead people soul to world

大文字の送り火

They actually will burn a word around 20:00 every year in 5 mountain, the reason they burn a word is help the dead people soul come to world. And each mountain will produce different words or shape

Conclude

Basically, Obon is a tranditional Festival but is not a offical hoilday. Many company will close and let their worker go back and join the event. Obon will have a long hoilday and different things to do. such as creating shouryou uma, 大文字の送り火.