Nara Festivals - Setsubun
Saturday February 3rd was the celebration for the welcoming of the Spring and Farewell for the Winter.
This day marks the transition from winter to spring known as "Setsubun", when beans, and good luck charms are seen everywhere.
This weekend people celebrated by giving and receiving beans. There are many store selling bags of beans around and many people purchasing them. The beans symbolize the great fortune and the scaring of the demons. Also people are supposed to eat just Sushi!!
In Nara- We attended to the "Setsubun" ceremony offered by a few man dressed as evil figures with wonderful looking masks. Their performance was really a dance with fire sticks all around the stage and running around each other with the rhythm of the bongs and the lighting effects.
This Setsubun in Japan, or a “parting of seasons” is very well known in the Japanse culture and is a very old custom. Traditionally, people celebrated this change by chasing out the demons, or oni, which have accumulated over the year in the homes. The weapon of choice is a handful of soybeans and the words: “Oni wa soto. Fuku wa uchi!” This roughly means: “Demons go out! Good luck come in!”-Photos will come soon.
This day marks the transition from winter to spring known as "Setsubun", when beans, and good luck charms are seen everywhere.
This weekend people celebrated by giving and receiving beans. There are many store selling bags of beans around and many people purchasing them. The beans symbolize the great fortune and the scaring of the demons. Also people are supposed to eat just Sushi!!
In Nara- We attended to the "Setsubun" ceremony offered by a few man dressed as evil figures with wonderful looking masks. Their performance was really a dance with fire sticks all around the stage and running around each other with the rhythm of the bongs and the lighting effects.
This Setsubun in Japan, or a “parting of seasons” is very well known in the Japanse culture and is a very old custom. Traditionally, people celebrated this change by chasing out the demons, or oni, which have accumulated over the year in the homes. The weapon of choice is a handful of soybeans and the words: “Oni wa soto. Fuku wa uchi!” This roughly means: “Demons go out! Good luck come in!”-Photos will come soon.
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