The reason it is sometimes called Momo no Sekku is that Momo means 'Peach Flowers'. ![]() The festival is to celebrate the birth of girls and their future happiness. Hinamatsuri is a festival to celebrate all the female children in Japan (boy's get their own day later in the year, called Kodomo no Hi or Childrens Day, and is technically to celebrate both genders but is recently more for boys). It is also called Momo no Sekku, but it is called this as much as it is called Hinamatsuri.Īlthough I have learnt about this previously in a lesson, for this post I have been looking up bits and pieces from Wikipedia, and the lesson notes from JPod, to rattle my brain to bring back the information to pass on to you. This first Japanese Culture event takes place on 3rd March every year, and is called Hinamatsuri, or Girls Day. ![]() Hello All, and welcome to first lesson in Japanese Culture (one that I have been promising for quite some time now).
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