MATSURI- ESSENCE OF JAPANESE SPIRITUALITY

Angela Hondru

Romanian Economic Business Review, 2014, vol. 9, issue 3, 47-55

Abstract: Benefiting from the precious help of her advisor, Professor Shunsuke Okunishi at Osaka Gaidai, and from many fieldwork trips occasioned by the two generous Japan Foundation Fellowships (2000-2001 and 2005-2006), the author of this article was most fortunate to enjoy the lively rhythm of the Japanese traditional festivals as a witness. She voices her satisfaction in knowing that, despite modernity and influences from other countries, matsuri may still be found in abundance in Japan, standing for its genuine spirituality. The author illustrates the diversity of matsuri either through symbolical meanings or by outlining parades of portable shrines or floats, rituals specific of agricultural festivals, the traditional dances Japan has boasted about along the historical periods as seen in On-matsuri, or even Kyoto’s history through the epochs.

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Date: 2014
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