Saturday, March 6, 2010

Doll’s festival hinamatsuri

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Japan celebrated the “Hinamaturi” Doll’s day or girl’s day on March 3rd. Most of the Japanese houses with girls, display the dolls to pray for the girls happiness.

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Dolls representing the emperor and empress, and court ladies musicians, ministers, ad servants are displayed on several layers covered with a red carpet.

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The girls families purchase the doll when the girls are very young and display them every year until the girls get married and take them with them.

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As families are living in smaller houses now, only the top layer with the Emperor and the empress are becoming more popular.

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