Monday, August 08, 2005

Bon festival Dance

August 8th, 2005

We participated in a Bon festival dance yesterday.
In Japan, Bon festival dance is held everywhere in this time of year.
It is celebrated as a reminder of the gratefulness we should feel toward our ancestors.

Bon festival dance is called Bon Odori in Japanese.

You can have a look some pictures of it here.

my daughter with Yukata
My daughter went to the dance with her Yukata. Yukata is a type of Japanese clothing. We especially wear them at firework festivals and other summer festivals. It's similar to kimono. But kimono is a type of traditional Japanese clothing. Yukata is not. It's a type of casual clothing.



You can have a look some pictures of Yukata here.