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English: Image of a net (toami) Tanabata decoration, photographed during the Sendai Tanabata Festival, held at Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. I took this photograph on August 7, 2005. This image is multi licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. commons:category:Tanabata commons:category:Sendai commons:category:2005 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.
cnbnews.net
Tanabata Matsuri is the essence of summer and summer festivals. Held in Japan on either July 7 or August 7, in other Asian countries such as China and South Korea also hold Star Festivals.
The original form of Tanabata derives from Qi Xi, the Chinese Star Festival. Introduced to the Imperial Palace in Kyoto during the Nara Era (eight century), it became a popular event among the general public in the early Edo Period (17th century).
Mixing the old tale of Tanabata assumes as well as various Oban traditions together with the original Chinese festival, it eventually developed into the modern form that we see today,with people writing their wishes on \”Tanzania\” paper strips to decorate Bamboo trees with them.
The Tale of Tanabata
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