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I-Obon yenye yezona zithethe ezibalulekileyo zaseJapan . Abantu bakholelwa ukuba imimoya yooyise ibuyele emakhaya abo ukuze iphinde ihlangane kunye neentsapho zabo e-Obon. Ngenxa yoko, kubalulekile ixesha lokuqokelela intsapho, abantu abaninzi babuyela kwiidolophana zabo ukuze bathandaze kunye nosapho lwabo olude ukuze imimoya yabo ibuyele.
Imbali ye-Obon
U-Obon wayephambili ngokusungulwa nge-15 ngosuku lwenyanga yesixhenxe kwikholenda yenyanga, ebizwa ngokuba nguFumizuki文 月 okanye "iNyanga yeencwadi." Ixesha le-Obon lihluke namhlanje kwaye lihluka ngeemimandla zaseJapan.
Kwiindawo ezininzi, u-Obon ubhiyozelwa ngo-Agasti, obizwa ngokuba yiHazuki葉 月 eJapan, okanye "iNyanga yeeNqatha." U-Obon uqala ngokubanzi malunga ne-13 kwaye iphetha ngomhla we-16. Kwezinye iindawo eTokyo, i-Obon ibhiyozelwa kwinyanga yendabuko kaJulayi, ngokuqhelekileyo inyanga yenyanga, kwaye iyakubhiyozelwa ngosuku lweshumi elinesihlanu lwenyanga yesixhenxe kwirejista yenyanga kwiindawo ezininzi zase-Okinawa.
Abantu baseJapan bahlambulula izindlu zabo kwaye banikela ngemibingelelo yokutya efana nemifuno neziqhamo kwimimoya yookhokho babo phambi kwe-butsudan (isibingelelo samaBuddha). Izibane ze-Chochin kunye neentlobo zeentyatyambo zihlala zibekwe ngu-butsudan njengomnye umnikelo.
Amasiko e-Obon
Ngomhla wokuqala we-Obon, i-chochin (iphepha) ilitye ngaphakathi ngaphakathi ezindlini, kwaye abantu bazisa izibane kwiindawo zabo zokungcwaba zeentsapho zabo ukubiza imimoya yabo ekhaya. Le nqubo ibizwa ngokuba ngumama-bon. Kweminye imimandla, umlilo obizwa ngokuba yi-mukae-bi uyabhalwa kwiingeniso zezindlu ukukunceda ukukhokela umoya.
Ngomhla wokugqibela, iintsapho zancedisa ukubuyisela imimoya yabo ebuyela emangcwabeni, ngokuxhoma izibane ze-chochin, ezifakwe kwi-family crest ukuze zikhokele iimoya kwindawo yokuphumla yazo. Le nqubo ibizwa ngokuba ngu-okuri-bon. Kweminye imimandla, umlilo obizwa ngokuba ngu-oyri-bi udibene kwiminyango yezindlu ukuze uthumele ngqo ooyise.
Ngexesha le-Obon, iphunga lempepho ye-senko lizalisa izindlu zaseJapan kunye namangcwaba.
Nangona izibane ezihambayo zifumene udumo emhlabeni wonke kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ziyaziwa ngokuthi toro nagashi ngesiJapan, kwaye ziyinxalenye entle yezithethe ezigcinwe ngexesha le-Obon. Ngaphakathi nganye toro nagashi yikhandlela, ekugqibeleni iya kutshiswa, kwaye ilanga liza kuhlahlela emlanjeni ogijimela elwandle. Ngokusebenzisa i-toro nagashi, amalungu omndeni anokuhle, kwaye ngokuzenzekelayo athumele ooyise bawo esibhakabhakeni ngendlela yokukhanyisa.
Esinye isithethe esicatshulwa ngumdaniso womntu othiwa uBon Odori. Izitayela zomdaniso ziyahluka ukusuka kwingingqi ukuya kwindawo kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo, iidashu zaseJapan zigcina iimpawu. Bon odori ngokuqhelekileyo iqhutywe kwiipaki, igadi, iitempile, okanye iithempelini, egqoke i-yukata (i-summer kimono) apho abadansi benza khona nge-phase yagura. Nabani na onokuthatha inxaxheba kwi-bon odori, ngoko ungaba neentloni, kwaye udibanise isangqa ukuba unjalo.