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Japanese Culture: The colourful Doll Festival

Do you know what has been celebrated in Japan last Friday? The Doll Festival known as hina-matsuri. It is a very special day in Japan. Families celebrate good health and future happiness for girls in a unique and colourful matter. But also communities have their own individual way to solemnise this occasion. The tradition goes back to the Heian period in Japanese history.

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Celebrating the New Year in Japan

The arrival of a new year puts many people in a special mood. In western cultures, friends and family perform rituals to leave the ghosts of the old year behind, and to embrace new opportunities that may surface with the change of years. In Japan, “shōgatsu” – the “Japanese New Year” – has the same great importance as Christmas for most people in Europe. The New Year’s Day is called “Ganjitsu”.

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