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	Bon Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Bon Odori in Okayama prefecture will be completely different from one in Kanagawa prefecture.
		From this dance of joy comes Bon Odori or "Bon Dance", a time in which our ancestors and their sacrifices are remembered and appreciated.
		Bon Odori (盆踊り) is an event held during Obon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bon_Odori

	San Jose Taiko - Features: Obon
		Bon Odori is an exercise in "just dancing", in "just hearing and accepting", in being a river forever flowing and changing instead of the riverbank forever watching.
		In most cases the Bon Odori is held in conjunction with the temple bazaar or carnival.
		Bon Odori is the one great Japanese-American tradition of folk culture.
	www.taiko.org /obon/obon_basics_mas.html

	Brief History and Meaning of Bon Odori
		The first organized Bon Odori in the Continental United States was held in the auditorium of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco in 1931.
		Bon Odori is a Japanese Buddhist Folk Dance performed outdoors and danced in concentric circle around a raised platform called a Yagura.
		Odori means dance and Bon is the abbreviated name of a Buddhist text, the Ullambana Sutra, whose Japanese pronunciation is Urabon, shortened to Bon.
	www.bcsfweb.org /Obon3.html

	Aaron's Homepage - Culture: Bon Dance
		There are two types of Bon Odori, the first is the line dance and the second is the circle dance.
		The Bon Odori, or Bon Dance, is an old Japanese tradition.
		Before I show you a modern Bon Odori I would like to give you a brief history of the dance.
	japan.aaronshomepage.com /public/culture/obon/index.htm

	Bon Odori of Japanese = Penang @ Pulau Pinang Malaysia - Virtual portal and travel guide
		Bon Odori is also celebrated in Penang but on a much smaller scale.
		Despite its association with the dead, the Bon Festival is still a colourful occasion especially on the evening of the 15th when the Memorial Dance, Bon Odori is performed.
		Bon Odori of Japanese= Penang @ Pulau Pinang Malaysia - Virtual portal and travel guide
	www.pulaupinang.com /events/bonodori.shtml

	White River Buddhist Temple - Obon 2004
		Bon Odori, which is free and open to the public, will be on Saturday, July 24th, 4:00-9:00 P.M. Food booths will open at 4 P.M. Beef bowl, bara sushi (rice), somen (noodles), kori (shaved ice), hot dogs, hamburgers and desserts will be for sale.
		To celebrate Obon, Bon Odori is a festival where young and old come together to dance, rejoice, and remember their ancestors.
		The Ke Liko A’E O Lei Lihua, Polynesian Dance Group, will perform at 4 P.M. There will be a short opening service in the temple at 5:40 P.M. Traditional Bon Odori Folk Dancing begins at 6 P.M. Seattle Matsuri Taiko (drum group) will perform during Intermission.
	www.whiteriverbuddhisttmpl.org /obon.html

	Bon Odori festivals: local traditions celebrated at NAF, NSF Kamiseya
		The NAF Atsugi American Festival and Bon Odori, was held Saturday July 31, and Kamiseya’s similar event was held on Sunday, July 25, as a means of fostering good relations with the Japanese.
		Even though many Bon Odori festivals are held throughout Japan, the Kamiseya festival “is the only (large) Bon Odori event in this district, be it military or civilian,” said Shimizu.
		“Bon Odori is a time to welcome the spirits of our ancestors,” said Shimizu.
	www.navy.mil /search/displaybbs.asp?bbs_id=1079&cat=5

	USARJ/9th TSC Camp Zama, Japan
		Bon Odori Festival -the Festival is jointly hosted by Camp Zama and Zama City, and has been held since 1959.
		One of the major festival attractions is the Bon Dancing, which normally attracts 20-25 dance groups from both the American and Japanese communities.There are also two omikoshi shrines, food and game booths, Japanese and American entertainment, sports events, sport kites, arm wrestling, and fireworks.
		Everyone on the Camp Zama as well as Zama City and surrounding communities are invited to attend.
	www.usarj.army.mil /events/BonOdori/index.htm

	Buddhism - Jodo Shinsu - Bon Odori
		Bon Odori dancing in traditional costumes was performed by members of the Temple Campfire group (youth organization) at the Seattle Center House to celebrate the Campfire organization’s birthday.
		Bon Odori was held in front of the old temple on the unpaved street for the next few years.
		Bon Odori was reactivated in Seattle and held in the Temple gym for Temple members only.
	www.seattlebetsuin.com /bonodori_2004.htm

	Bon Odori - Wikipedia en espaÃ±ol
		El Bon Odori debe ser celebrado durante la noche debido a que se cree que las almas de los ancestros regresan durante la noche.
		Durante el Bon Odori la gente se reÃºne en lugares abiertos alrededor de una torre con tambores taiko (tambor japonÃ©s) y baila al compÃ¡s de la mÃºsica tradicional.
		Bon es una temporada festiva durante la cual se da la bienvenida a las almas de los ancestros.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bon_Odori

	NikkeiWest - Northern California's Only Japanese American all-English News Source
		Likewise, any given member of a Buddhist temple that hosts Bon Odori will tell visitors that they are invited to learn the dance, or join in spontaneously on the day of the event, whether they are Buddhist or not, Japanese or not.
		From an intellectual perspective too, the Bon Odori perhaps epitomizes the essence of Buddhism; it is a dance to be danced, not performed, in a non-competitive, free-spirited, natural manner without regard to how it looks to anyone.
		Iwanaga’s arrival to the U.S., Bon Odori became formalized by the training of dance teachers and the offering of rehearsals and lessons to prepare for the occasion.
	www.nikkeiwest.com /200.asp

	Bon Odori - Japanese Traditional Dance
		There are several traditional dances in Japan, but the one of the most famous and common dance is Bon dance, which is called "Bon Odori" in Japanese.
		The Bon Festival is held during in Bon week, and people gathers at the near open-space or the parks, and dance with traditional Japanese music.
		Moreover, the Bon Dance should be held in the night because Japanese people believe that ancestors' souls come back in the night.
	www.japan-101.com /art/art_bon_odori.htm

	Japanese Words
		Bon Odori is performed by large groups of men, women and children of all ages.
		Nowadays, many booths are set up by the Bon Odori stage.
		Each location has its own style of Bon Odori.
	raider.muc.edu /re/WorldReligions/words.htm

	Ties Talk Archive - Bon Odori Thread
		A few years ago when I visited Kagoshima (one of the most beautiful places I have been to, in southern Kyushu in the shadow of a living, spitting volcano in the bay), I was involved in a "bon odori" street festival/dance.
		Having seen what fun bon odori is, the recent success of Texas line dancing or "The Macarena" wasn't such a surprise.
		I did not attend my first Obon Festival until I was an adult, so bon odori to me was something akin to aerobics, "The Hokey Pokey" or "The Bird Song".
	runker_room.tripod.com /tiestalk/bonodori.htm

	Bon Odori
		@@Bon Odori is a general name for some various kinds of dances, such as the Nenbutsu Odori, Hanekomi, Jinku, Jyuuroku, and Sansa.
		Anyone may join in and dance at any of the bon odori dance performances.
		Hanekomi strongly relates to the religion of the area, and Te Odori, which has artistic features, is frequently performed on summer nights.
	www.town.toei.aichi.jp /saizi/bonodori_e.html

	Basic Celebrations - Celebrate this day and every day!
		The Bon Odori festival is well know all over the country, and every prefecture has different ways of celebrating it.
		For instance, if you see a Bon Odori in Okayama prefecture, you will be able to see a completely different one in Kanagawa prefecture.
		The Bon Odori is a Japanese traditional dance festival which has existed for more than 500 years.
	www.basiccelebrations.com /holiday.php?id=28

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	murraygunn.id.au /culture/japan/album/festivals/slides/gaijin%20bon%20odori.html

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Seattle
		Festival Sundiata, held in February, celebrates the cityâs African American heritage, and in the summer Bon Odori is the cityâs Japanese American celebration.
		Each year many of the cityâs communities celebrate their unique character with neighborhood fairs, such as the University District Street Fair and the Fremont Fair, that offer music, crafts, and food.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761555710___4/Seattle.html

	Festivals & Holidays
		"Bon-Odori" or Bon dance, a religious folk dance, was originally given to comfort the spirit of the dead during the o-bon season.
		July 15 (Lunar calendar), or August 15 (Solar calendar) is celebrated in Japan as "Bon" or Urabon, The Feast of Lanterns, especially by the Japanese Buddhists.
		It is said that during the year, on this day only, the iron pot in hell is opened for the deceased.
	mothra.rerf.or.jp /ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/50.html

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		Although music for the Bon Odori held August 14 was furnished by phonograph records and a loud speaker, it was supplemented by the two drummers shown.
	ark.cdlib.org /ark:/13030/ft367nb17h

	Bon odori - Network Live
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	bon_odori.networklive.org

	Awa Dance Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Men and Women follow separate dance steps and wear different costumes, although most professional Awa Odori troupes will tightly choreograph the movements of their male and female members together.
		Tokushima city area every year in the time of Bon festival,
		It follows an accompaniment such as Shamisen, Drum, Brass, and Flute, and dancers dance and walk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Awa_Odori

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Bon Odori fest honors Japanese heritage
		Shimizu teaches the craft at festivals such as this weekend's Bon Odori, a celebration at the Seattle Buddhist Temple.
		She's spent the past 20 years traveling up and down the West Coast teaching the craft at festivals such as this weekend's Bon Odori, a celebration at the Seattle Buddhist Temple where members of the Japanese- American community honor their ancestors.
		The 88-year-old woman — her full name is Haruko Shimizu — takes long cords of Japanese rice paper in her hands and bends and loops them together to form chrysanthemums, animals and ships.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2001982054_bonodori17m.html

	SUNY Geneseo Japanese Culture Club: Events
		Bon Dancing is a folk art which has 500 years of history.
		It is believed that each year during Bon, the ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives.
		Bon is an annual Buddhist event in mid-August to commemorate one’s ancestors.
	www.geneseo.edu /~japan/eve_intclt.html

	LiLi’s Weekend Stories - Jul3Wk98 (Bon Odori)
		There was this Japanese Dance Festival (Bon Odori) on Saturday at Matsushita National Panasonic in Shah Alam (Kim Lee, did you go too?).
		I had expectations of getting to know what Bon Odori was about, expectations of seeing "real" Japanese performed with full make-up.
		Maybe, all that did happened earlier since we were quite late for the event.
	www.fortunecity.com /oasis/stlucia/90/weekend/wk9798/jl3w98.htm

	Kazuno's Kemanai Bododori
		Most people return to their hometowns during this time, and an important part of the celebration is the performance of the traditional dancing called bonodori.
		Together with the celebration of the new year, bon (or, more commonly, o-bon) is one of the most important holidays in Japan, generally celebrated from August 13th to 16th.
		This site created and maintained by the Planning Division of Kazuno City Hall.
	www.city.kazuno.akita.jp /kikaku-E/E-bonodori.html

	Shin Daiko - Bon Odori Daiko
		The spirits of the ancestors are welcomed with the "Bon Odori", meaning bon dance.
		The bon festival is celebrated every year in August.
		Typically for all Matsuri (festival) is the sound of the Taiko as a basic element.
	www.shin-daiko.de /screen/en/e_bonodori.html

	European and Pacific Stars & Stripes
		Bon Odori is held throughout Japan in the summer, but Kaze-no-Bon at Yatsuo, Toyama, is reputed to be Japan’s most elegant bon dance.
		Kaze-no-Bon literally translates to “Bon Odori of the wind.”
		Yatsuo’s men dance much more briskly than the women but they, too, have their faces shaded.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=17265&archive=true

	Prayer - Prayer Times, Pray, Bible Study, Bible Verses, Online Bible
		Bon odori is a popular form of folk dancing performed at festivals on shrine grounds.
		Some shrines have special structures dedicated to kagura, but many still stage the dance in the large open space in front of the worship hall.
		Celebrants dance around a large, raised, scaffold-like platform on which drummers and other musicians perch to play their popular hayashi style music.
	www.prayer.net

	Kumidaiko.com - The Source for Taiko News - Bon Odori 2004
		In Charlotte, the Japanese have celebrated Bon Odori for 20 years to honor their traditions and thank their new friends and family for their warmth in accepting them.
		Summer in Japan is synonymous with the folk dancing, shaved ice treats, Japanese delicacies, seasonal cotton kimono, toys, masks, and community conviviality of Bon Odori.
		Bon Odori features, for the first time, some foot-stomping down-home gospel.
	www.kumidaiko.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=203

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