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Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of ancestors. People clean graves and spirits revisit ancestral altars. Includes a festival and dance.

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ゆうれい - Ghost, spirit
せがき - Service for the suffering of the spirits
てぬぐい - Hand towel
はずき - Month of the Leaves
ぶつだん - Buddhist offering shrine

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpK7NogNB4g

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1. Three different starting dates for three regions:
七月ぼん（しちがつぼん）
八月ぼん（はちがつぼん）
九ぼん（きゅうぼん）
2. The celebration has been around for nearly 500 years and includes a dance called 盆踊り（ぼんおどり）
3. Participants wear 浴衣（ゆかた）or 着物（きもの）during おぼん
4. takes place on the 沖縄 islands（おきなわ）
5. Music played at the festival is 民謡（みんよう）and 演歌
（えんか）

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Halloween is the American equivalent to Obon. Halloween is to remember the dead, and Obon is to remember ancestral spirits. There are festive songs for Halloween as there is for Obon

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when is obon?

What is “Towel” in english?

What is the dance called?

What is “spirit” in English?

What do people wear during obon?