Nāʻike e pili ana i kahi o nā Hōʻaikaʻi nui i hoʻomahaʻia ma Japan
ʻO Obon kekahi o nā loina nui o Iapana . Manaʻo nā kānaka he hoʻi nāʻuhane o ko lākou mau kūpuna i ko lākou mau home e hui hou me ko lākouʻohana i ka manawa o Obon. No ke kumu, heʻohana nuiʻo kaʻohi manawa,ʻo ka nui o nā kānaka e hoʻi i ko lākou kūlanakauhale e pule pū me ko lākouʻohana lōʻihi no nāʻuhane o ko lākou mau kūpuna e hoʻi mai.
Ka Moolelo o Obon
Hoʻokumuʻiaʻo Obon i ka lā 15 o ka malamaʻehiku i ka papa mahina,ʻo Fumizuki文 月 a iʻole ka "Mahina o Books." ʻO nā manawa o kēia manawa heʻano'ē aku ia i kēia mau wā a keʻano'ē aʻe e nā moku o Iapana.
Ma ka hapanui o nā wahi, mahaloʻiaʻo Obon iʻAukake, i kapaʻiaʻo Hazuki i ka inoaʻo Iapana, aiʻole ka "mahina o nā lā." Ke hoʻomaka neiʻo Obon i ka 13 a hiki i ka lā 16. Ma kekahi mau wahi ma Tokyo, mahaloʻiaʻo Obon ma ka mahinaʻoi aku o Iulai, ma waena o ka mahina, a ka hoʻomanaʻo mauʻia ma ka lā 15 o ka malamaʻehiku o ka papa mahina ma nā wahi he nui o'Okinawa.
Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe nā kānaka Nipani i ko lākou mau hale a waiho i nāʻano meaʻai likeʻole me nā huaʻai a me nā hua i nāʻuhane o ko lākou mau kūpuna ma mua o kahi butsudan (kuahu Buddhist). Hoʻokumuʻia nā lantern a me nā hoʻonohonohoʻana i nā pua i nā butsudan e like me kekahi hāʻawi hou.
Nā Kuʻuna o Obon
I ka lā mua o'Obona, ua kukuiʻia nā kukui i loko o nā hale, a lawe mai nā kānaka i nā kukui i nā wahi kanu o ko lākouʻohana e kāhea ai i nāʻuhane o ko lākou mau kūpuna i ko lākou home. Kāheaʻia kēiaʻanoʻo ka amo-bon. I kekahi mau'āpana,'ālaʻia nā ahi i kapaʻiaʻo mukae-bi ma nā puka o nā hale e kōkua i ke alakaʻiʻana i nāʻuhane e komo.
I ka lā hope loa, kōkua nāʻohana i ka hoʻihoʻiʻana i nāʻuhane o ko lākou mau kūpuna i ka lua kupapaʻu, ma ke kauʻana i nā lama kukui, i penaʻia me ka pilinaʻohana e alakaʻi i nāʻuhane i ko lākou wahi hoʻomaha mau. Hanaʻia kēiaʻano okula-maikaʻi. I kekahi mau'āpana, ua kukunaʻia nā ahi i kapaʻiaʻo okuri-bi ma nā puka o nā hale e hoʻouna pololei i nāʻuhane o nā kūpuna.
I ka manawa o Obon, ua hoʻopiha kaʻala o ka mea senko i nā hale a me nā hale kupapaʻu Iapana.
ʻOiai ua loaʻa nā loina i ka honua āpau i nā makahiki i hala hope aku nei, uaʻikeʻia lākouʻo "toro nagashi" ma ka'ōlelo Iapana, a he wahi maikaʻi loa ia o nā hana i mālamaʻia i ka wā o Obon. Ma loko o kēlā me kēia meleʻo nāgashi he kukui,ʻo ia ka pauʻana o ke kukui, a laila e kahe ana ka kukui i kahawai e holo i ka moana. Ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka toro nagashi, hiki i nā lālā o kaʻohana ke hoʻokipa nani, a hoʻouna i nāʻuhane o ko lākou mau kūpuna i ka lani ma o nā kukui.
ʻO kekahiʻano kuʻuna iʻikeʻia he hula hula i kapaʻiaʻo Bon Odori. ʻO keʻano o ka hula e likeʻole ia mai kahi a kahi aiʻole i ka manawa, akā,ʻo nā pahu hookanika Japanese ka mālama i nā mele. Hoʻopukaʻia nā hana maikaʻi i nā pāʻani, nā mahinaʻai, nā wahi kiʻekiʻe, a me nā luakini paha, e kau ana i ka yukata (mele kimime) kahi e hula ai nā hula i kahi hāʻina. Hiki ke komo i ka hana maikaʻi, no laila, mai hopohopo, a hoʻokomo i ka pōpuni inā makemakeʻoe.