2011年08月05日
2011 Virtual Tanabata Festival
The Virtual Tanabata Festival(Star Festival) will be held tomorrow!!
Tanabata will start Aug 6th JST 12:00~ (PDT 5th 20:00~)
We live broadcast this RL festival from the festival site.
Virtual Tanabata Festival will start Aug 6th JST 14:00~ (PDT 5th 22:00~)
▼Place
Exomorogun SIM
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Exomorogun/128/128/27
IF you have some question about Tanabata Festival, Feel free to contact Mayasa Tomsen.
■Origin of Tanabata Festival
Tanabata Festival in Japan are held as one of the Buddhist festival (Bon Festival) and it originates from a festival to pray for a rich harvest. It is also said that the festival came from the Tanabata legend of China. The Chinese character “Tanabata” means the 7th evening. It is because the
worship alter to pray for a rich harvest was placed on the 7th.
To decorate branches of bamboo with strips of paper started from Edo Period. China and other neighboring countries do not have the same customs like this at their own Tanabata Festival.
■The legend of Tanabata
There is a very famous story about two stars:
Orihime (Weaver) and Natsuhiko (Hikoboshi, Cowherd) , married and they loved each other too much and stopped working. The God didn’t like them to be too passionate in love and separated them, only allowing them to meet each other in the Milkey Way on the night of July 7th. A magpie builds a bridge over the Milkey Way on July 7th for their tryst.
If July 7th become a rainy day, the poor couple can’t meet because of the flood of Milky Way. Therefore, people believes that the rain on July 7th is their tears.
Tanabata will start Aug 6th JST 12:00~ (PDT 5th 20:00~)
We live broadcast this RL festival from the festival site.
Virtual Tanabata Festival will start Aug 6th JST 14:00~ (PDT 5th 22:00~)
▼Place
Exomorogun SIM
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Exomorogun/128/128/27
IF you have some question about Tanabata Festival, Feel free to contact Mayasa Tomsen.
■Origin of Tanabata Festival
Tanabata Festival in Japan are held as one of the Buddhist festival (Bon Festival) and it originates from a festival to pray for a rich harvest. It is also said that the festival came from the Tanabata legend of China. The Chinese character “Tanabata” means the 7th evening. It is because the
worship alter to pray for a rich harvest was placed on the 7th.
To decorate branches of bamboo with strips of paper started from Edo Period. China and other neighboring countries do not have the same customs like this at their own Tanabata Festival.
■The legend of Tanabata
There is a very famous story about two stars:
Orihime (Weaver) and Natsuhiko (Hikoboshi, Cowherd) , married and they loved each other too much and stopped working. The God didn’t like them to be too passionate in love and separated them, only allowing them to meet each other in the Milkey Way on the night of July 7th. A magpie builds a bridge over the Milkey Way on July 7th for their tryst.
If July 7th become a rainy day, the poor couple can’t meet because of the flood of Milky Way. Therefore, people believes that the rain on July 7th is their tears.
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