Hey guys, welcome to my world, which is called A Blue Colour Life...
A little about me:
I'm 24 years old.
I love to read, write, draw, watch anime, make wallpapers and just be here.
I'm in the final year of my master in English literature.
I have watched 100+ animes, and my favorites are bleach, Sakurasou no pet na kanojo, beyblade, K-ON! kaichou wa maid-sama, nodame cantabile, hyouka, Romeo x Juliet and kimi ni todoke, Hanasaku Iroha and etc.
I love making friends and I make them easily, but people take me for granted most of the time.
I have a talent in drawing and I write pretty well too.
My best friends on TheO are:TheDarkEclipse, nikkeh09, Soulanime14, Snowzi and Crimson-rose.
I haven't posted for a long time and I apologize for that... :-/
Today let's talk about festivals! Japan has TONS of festivals and I just love reading about them so I'm gonna share a few I adore~
First a bit about festivals: Festivals in Japanese is Matsuri 祭 meanng festival or holiday. They are usually sponsored or held at Temples and shrines.
♥) Blossom Viewing Festival (Hanami 全米桜祭り)~
Since this world is named after one of Japan's favorite flowers, I think it's only right to talk about this festival first. Though it is Blossom Viewing, the only flower they really view is the Cherry Blossoms (a.k.a 'Sakura') or occasionally Plum Blossoms (a.k.a 'Ume'). The blossoms perish away after only a week or two and that is why it is greatly celebrated and watched carefully. There is a festival alike this but only involves the Plum Blossom that the older folks enjoy because it is much quieter than the crowded and noisy Cherry Blossom parties. This festival involves close friends, family, delicious food, music and of course, fun! But Japan is not the only country that enjoys this beautiful view. USA does too! Japan gave 3,000 cherry blossoms trees to the US as a gift of their friendship and was planted in Washington, D.C.
♥) Lantern Floating Festival (Tōrō nagashi 灯籠流し)~ Toro means lantern and nagashi means flow. Lantern Floating is somewhat a sacred gesture and usually done after a large killing. Like the bombing during World War II and sometimes this gesture is done after funerals. The lantern is believed to be a light to guide the way for the deceased's spirits. Usually the person releasing the lantern into the water will write a message for the spirit to see. The Lantern Floating Festival is also done to mark the end of the Bon Festival (which we will talk about later on) as a way to send the visiting spirits home.
♥)Bon Festival~
The Bon festival is celebrated by Japanese Buddhists to honor their ancestors. It has changed over the years and it became a custom. It is like a family reunion involving cleaning of their ancestors' graves and a special dance: The Bon Odori.
The festival ends with (mentioned before) the releasing of lanterns also known as the Lantern Floating Festival.
♥) Star Festival (Tanabata 七夕)
Tanabata means: The Evening of the seventh. It is a day to celebrate a lovely romance between Orihime and Hikoboshi (The star Vega and Altair). In the legend of these two lovers, the Milky Way seperates them and only allows them to see each other only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. The custom is to write wishes or sometimes poems on strips of paper called tanzaku paper and hang them on the branches of trees.
Widely celebrated in Japanese literature, poetry, and art, sakura carry layered meanings. For example, because they bloom briefly, the blossoms are often seen as a metaphor for the ephemeral beauty of living. At the same time, the joyful tradition of hanami (flower viewing) is an old and ongoing tradition. The practice was first associated with plum blossoms before becoming almost exclusively linked with cherry blossoms by the Heian Period (794–1185). With wider exposure to Japanese art and culture in the nineteenth century, audiences in the U.S. and around the world embraced sakura as a particularly Japanese cultural hallmark
This is officially my last day on theO before the exams...I'm really sorry if I can't reply to your future post and artworks, I promise after exams I'll go to all of my friends' profiles separately and comment on their work and stuff :) For now I have got to be really serious about exams...so for now good bye all, I'll see you guys after the exams....
I have decided! I'll be happy no matter what! And I'll always face the music and just be happy about it :D I'll be ready for the fight always! No matter how my health effects or how crappy I do in my exams(which I hope I don't), no matter what the situation my city or country faces, I'm ready for the fight...
I have learnt to cherish the present and just forget about the future because it is already pre-defined so why the worry, just be happy in the present and think about the present!
