Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Nebuta

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Nebuta

ねぶた ねぶた祭り
alternative words: Nebuta festival, Nebuta matsuri
keywords: festival
related topics: Tanabata
related web sites: http://www.jomon.ne.jp/~kegani/ , http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/nebuta.html
explanation: Nebuta is a kind of old tanabata festivals practiced in Tohoku region and it is a variation of the purification ceremony which consists to flow away paper lanterns with everything evil by waters. Nebuta festival which occurs at the beginning of every August in Aomori region is an enlargement of these lanterns. But in order to avoid the pollution of sea and rivers, nowadays they are no more flow away but demolished on the place.

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