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It's somthing I read about a festival in Japan

very intresting (~o~)/


A festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan.
This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the
dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed
by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their
long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially made
lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find
their way.

All night long, people dance and sing. In the early
morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is
thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky
for anyone living to eat it.

In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which
had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed
into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of
lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their
return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle,
for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns
drifting away until they can be seen no more.


bye-bee o(~o~)o