Obon Part Two: Sending Away Fires (Okuribi) (Ep. 9)

Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language

English - August 15, 2017 00:00 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 153 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 8: Obon Part One-On Cucumber Horses They Ride

Next Episode: Episode 10: Hungry Ghosts (Gaki)

This month's podcast is Obon Part Two, the time when you have to send ol' grandma and grandpa back to the World of the Dead. There are various ways of doing this. I talk about two, the chill, mellow way and the flinging-balls-of-fire-into-the-air way.

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