Video: Setsubun Festival in Japan: Sumo wrestlers throw soybeans at people
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The Japanese are perhaps the most impatient people when it comes to spring. Warm days in the land of the rising sun are anticipated in early February. These days, the Japanese hold a festival where winter is simply banished. This has been taking place in the form of a ritual for several hundred years.
Setsubun Festival is held annually on February 3rd. On the lunar calendar, this day is the actual Japanese New Year. Setsubun is part of the Haru Matsuri Spring Festival. On this holiday, the Japanese banish winter. In their opinion, the long night and cold are associated with dark forces. Therefore, people put on masks of evil demons. In them famous people and sumo wrestlers throw soybeans. Demons are believed to be afraid of beans. All this action is accompanied by loud cries of "Oni-wa soto! Fuku-wa uchi!", Which means "Demons out! Happiness to the house!" After that, festival participants eat as many soybeans as old as they are.
Soybeans are scattered at various Buddhist and Shinto temples throughout Japan. In the temples themselves, the beans are often wrapped in gold or silver foil.
In addition to Japan, Setsubun is also celebrated in other countries: Brazil, USA, Togo, India.
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