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Camellia Tea Ceremony
Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

As Obon draws to a close, there is a very particular way to say goodbye to your vegetable steeds.

馃摙DO NOT EAT THEM!

Spirits generally depart our world via water, so it is common to leave the cucumber and eggplant by rivers. You can also bury them or sprinkle in salt and throw away.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

So why a horse and ox?

Well it鈥檚 all to do with speed.

At the beginning of Obon ancestral spirits long to return as quickly as possible after a year's absence, so they travel by horse.
When Obon is over they are reluctant to depart, so they take the slower ox.

#Obon #銇婄泦 #浜兘

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Statues of horses are a common sight in shrines. They were once gifted as offerings (in some cases as specific prayers from rain or fine weather).
Statues of horses are a common sight in shrines. They were once gifted as offerings (in some cases as specific prayers from rain or fine weather).
Statues of horses are a common sight in shrines. They were once gifted as offerings (in some cases as specific prayers from rain or fine weather).
Statues of horses are a common sight in shrines. They were once gifted as offerings (in some cases as specific prayers from rain or fine weather).
Statues of horses are a common sight in shrines. They were once gifted as offerings (in some cases as specific prayers from rain or fine weather).
Statues of horses are a common sight in shrines. They were once gifted as offerings (in some cases as specific prayers from rain or fine weather).
An ox being led during the Aoi Matsuri.
An ox being led during the Aoi Matsuri.
An ox being led during the Aoi Matsuri.
Ox statues are common in Tenmangu shrines. They are rubbed as a prayer (often people rub parts of the ox that corresponds to any illness or sickness they have on their own body).
Ox statues are common in Tenmangu shrines. They are rubbed as a prayer (often people rub parts of the ox that corresponds to any illness or sickness they have on their own body).
Ox statues are common in Tenmangu shrines. They are rubbed as a prayer (often people rub parts of the ox that corresponds to any illness or sickness they have on their own body).
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

As Obon draws to a close, there is a very particular way to say goodbye to your vegetable steeds.

馃摙DO NOT EAT THEM!

Spirits generally depart our world via water, so it is common to leave the cucumber and eggplant by rivers. You can also bury them or sprinkle in salt and throw away.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 months ago

The times are changing, and some ancestors will be traveling home in style at the end of Obon馃馃崋

#Japan#Obon #銇婄泦

A Gundam made of eggplant, a nice twist on the 'Eggplant Oxen'.

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A Gundam made of eggplant, a nice twist on the 'Eggplant Oxen'. Image thanks - https://x.com/freeter_ooya
A Gundam made of eggplant, a nice twist on the 'Eggplant Oxen'. Image thanks - https://x.com/freeter_ooya
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