Japan has many religious events that we pray everyone’s health or we pray we won’t have bad accidents.
Today I’d like to write Todai-ji’s event, Omizutori.
Today I’d like to write Todai-ji’s event, Omizutori.
There is Todai-ji in Nara prefecture.
You may think Omizutori (お水取り) is water event, but actually it is fire event.
Omizutori, which means taking sacred water, has become the popular name of the ceremony. It has taken place as an annual rite for 1248 years. In the past it had taked place in eburuary in the lunar calendar. At present, it starts on March 1 and ends on the 15th of the month.
This event is taken place because Buddhist priest repent sins of profane world.
As picture shows, firebrands(松明) are lighted. And this is very popular, so many tourists visit there to see it, especially March 12th. Because March 12 th's Omizutori is special. Firebrands which size is 6 meter long are lighted.
You may think Omizutori (お水取り) is water event, but actually it is fire event.
Omizutori, which means taking sacred water, has become the popular name of the ceremony. It has taken place as an annual rite for 1248 years. In the past it had taked place in eburuary in the lunar calendar. At present, it starts on March 1 and ends on the 15th of the month.
This event is taken place because Buddhist priest repent sins of profane world.
As picture shows, firebrands(松明) are lighted. And this is very popular, so many tourists visit there to see it, especially March 12th. Because March 12 th's Omizutori is special. Firebrands which size is 6 meter long are lighted.
Firebrands make people's sin pure, and you soak up spark, you spend this year without disease or accidents.
1 件のコメント:
I especially like the first picture, with the temple, the fire, the people and the moon. Nice.
Can you find and provide links (in English) about the temple and ceremony? Somehow your description seems a little general and almost tourist-guide-like rather than anthropological.
Perhaps your layout could have been done differently, mixing text and photos rather than photo-photo-block of text.
You always have interesting subjects and illustrative photos.
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