迎え火

毎年恒例の お盆 の行事。

８月１２日は　迎え火

ナスの牛と
きゅうりの馬で
お柄をたいて

おがらの煙で家の場所を教えて、
きゅうりに乗って早く家に帰って来て、

お盆が終わったら　牛に乗ってゆっくりあの世に戻ってね。


そういう素敵な習わしです。

うちの場合は、こんなことしなくても　いつも家にいるような気がしていますけどね。


A OBON festival in JAPAN through Buddhist way.

On 12th August,
To Grand spirites..ghost of the family

Make a cow with eggplant
Make a horse with a cucumber
Make a smoke with OGARA

It means ,,,, Please come back soon ride on the horse to my house where you can find with a smoke.
  And
On 15th
Please go back to your another world ride on the cow very slowly.

We can meet the dead family in these 3 days,
That is the OBON.

But i think my dead husband is still live with us . i don't need make these OBON habitude.