Hina matsuri -Japanese Doll Festival-

Japanese Doll Festival for Girls ,held on March 3.
The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits. Hinamatsuri traces its origins to an ancient Japanese custom called hina-nagashi ( "doll floating"), in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex in Kyoto) celebrates the Nagashibina by floating these dolls between the Takano and Kamo Rivers to pray for the safety of children. People have stopped doing this now because of fishermen catching the dolls in their nets. They now send them out to sea, and when the spectators are gone they take the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them.
The customary drink for the festival is shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice. A colored hina-arare, bite-sized crackers flavored with sugar or soy sauce depending on the region, and hishimochi, a diamond-shaped colored rice cake, are served.Chirashizushi (sushi rice flavored with sugar, vinegar, topped with raw fish and a variety of ingredients) is often eaten. A salt-based soup called ushiojiru containing clams still in the shell is also served. Clam shells in food are deemed the symbol of a united and peaceful couple, because a pair of clam shells fits perfectly, and no pair but the original pair can do so.
Families generally start to display the dolls in February and take them down immediately after the festival. Superstition says that leaving the dolls past March 4 will result in a late marriage for the daughter.

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2:40-3:35 the origin
3:47 strengths bonds within each family

[@supremoruiz9009]

very nice festival...specially 4 the girls....

[@endofyraaaaryfodne3389]

Is Stuart the beloved narrator of Begin Japanology? I love his voice and tone!

[@anavahanam5643]

India has golu the same doll festival named navaraathiri golu this is nine day women god festival this is wery ancient festival in south India please do see it u may like it

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Arigatou Gozaimashita!

[@anavahanam5643]

In our south India we have navaraathiri golu please do see it this is 9night festival about power god sakthi this festival is girl festival like hina but our Hindu navaraathiri golu doll based on god we put nine steps it shows scientific and spiritual

[@KayKay-ir3hh]

Konichiwa 😀 (sorry if I spelled it wrong)

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I don't like the announcer. He is in everything and is probably super rich from it. He would have no idea how regular foreigners slog it out day after day while he has his cush jobs. Also my March 3rd video is in 4K