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Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu). Prior to 1872, traditional events of the Japanese New Year were celebrated on the first day of the year on the modern Tenpō calendar, the last official lunisolar calendar.
[2] The Morikami Museum and Gardens host a number of Japanese-influenced festivals each year, including Oshogatsu (New Year's) in January, Hatsume Fair Festival in April, and Lantern Festival, (based on the Japanese Obon festival) in October. [4] These festivals draw visitors from around the state, and feature both food and art vendors.
Amid celebration, garlic is used in different ways (according to local tradition) to banish and keep away evil spirits. ʔWakamizi, the year's first drawn water, is set out as an offering to ancestors. 1 January (solar calendar): Sjoogwachi, (Standard Japanese: Shōgatsu; New Year's Day). Local religious leaders hold first rites of the New Year.
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The festival was celebrated on six of Hawaii's islands, but in 2008 festival organizers decided to hold most events on Oahu due to a lack of funding. There was also the chance that the Floral Parade would be cancelled altogether, but it was saved by private donors and funds from the City and County of Honolulu. [3] No Aloha festival was held in ...
[4] [5] Evidence suggests the current temple was built on the site of this smaller older one by Paʻao, who brought the Hawaiian Religion to the islands sometime between 1100 and 1300 A.D. The current site includes the remains of the heiau measuring 250' x 130' with an open stone paved court enclosed by 20'-high stone walls, and the sacrificial ...
The second lasted eight lunar months where rituals of Kū were practiced. [2] In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language), Makahiki means "year" [3] as well as the change from harvest time to planting time agricultural season. This probably came from Makaliʻi hiki, the rising of the Pleiades, known in Hawaii as Makaliʻi, which occurred about ...
Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu (Japanese: ハワイ金刀比羅神社・ハワイ大宰府天満宮) is a Shinto shrine established in Honolulu, Hawaii [1] in 1924. [ 2 ] An annual blessing of animals is undertaken at the shrine.