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taimatsu 松明と伝説 Legends about torches
and hi matsuri 火祭り fire festivals



. Taimatsu Torch Festivals in Japan .
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hi no saiten 火の祭典　Fire Festivals where people carry torches 


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......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県

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......................................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県
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南宇和郡 Minami-Uwa district 愛南町 Ainan town

Before drawing wakamizu 若水 the first water of the year, people light the water surface with taimatsu 松明 a torch.
In former times they could see Fuku no Kami in the water.

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......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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いわき市 Iwaki city

hi matsuri 火祭り fire festival
During the O-Bon festival for the ancestors, according to the lunar calendar from day 13 to day 17 of the 7th month, there was a large fire festival.
Large torches were made from wheat straw. The children put fire to the torches and carried them up to 横手山 Mount Yokoteyama. From there they threw them into the valley. But there was never a large fire in the mountain forest.
In a village were they stopped this custom, they had fires and often a diarrhea epidemic. So they continued the fire festival the next year again.
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. geri 下痢と伝説 Legends about dysentery, diarrhea - Durchfall .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
08 火祭り (01)
50 松明 to collect

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