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| | Girls' Day Dolls |
 | | According to one source, the hina must be displayed only during the festival each year, or the daughters in the family will not find husbands. |
 | | The general word for the girls' day ningyo is hina (also ohina, and the combination form -bina, as in tachibina, "standing hina," or dairi-bina, the seated royal pair who feature in most displays) and the festival is known as Hina Matsuri (though its proper name may be Momo no Sekku, or Peach Festival). |
 | | Similar hina float in round straw "boats" on the river at Hina Matsuri, in a ceremony "for the safety of children" at Shimogamo Shrine near Kyoto. |
| www.clas.ufl.edu /users/jshoaf/Jdolls/hina.htm (1307 words) |
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