Tanabata
Sunday July 5, 2009
July 7th is Tanabata, Star Festival. People write their wishes on strips of a paper and hang them on leafy bamboo. They are quite pretty and are like summer Christmas trees.
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Tanabata is such a cute holiday. I wish we had something like that in America.
Is that also the holiday where you throw beans, to get rid of the evil of the last year? And it’s about the star-crossed lovers? Or is that a different holiday?
@.@ It’s been so long since I’ve read-up on Tanabata.
Do you celebrate Tana-Bata festival just to fulfil your wishes or their is some history hidden.
I love Japan. I am inspired from Japanese cartoons. Its awesome. I wish if in India also we had something like this festival. I am trying to learn Japanese.Its a bit difficult but I will try my best.
japanese customs and japanese people are so delightful,that i started learning Japanes Language, and i got so carried away that gradually i appeared for my level 2 exam.