NAHA, Feb 26 (News On Japan) –
On January twenty fifth, which corresponds to the sixteenth day of the primary month within the lunar calendar, the folks of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, had been seen celebrating the New Year for the deceased, referred to as “Juurukunichi.”
This vigorous custom entails households visiting graves and providing feasts to honor their ancestors. Juurukunichi is an annual occasion grandly noticed within the Miyako and Yaeyama areas. This yr, coinciding with a Sunday, noticed many family gathering on the cemetery parks in Miyakojima City from the morning. In entrance of the graves, dishes and sweets had been provided, and after burning Uchikabi, thought of the cash of the afterlife to make sure ancestors don’t undergo from monetary woes, the gathered people joined arms in prayer. The crowd then loved the feast choices whereas merrily paying respects to their ancestors. A person in his thirties, who had returned to the ancestral grave along with his kids and grandchildren for the primary time in eight years from the primary island of Okinawa, stated, “I prayed to our ancestors for the health and well-being of our family.” Furthermore, a lady in her twenties shared, “I reported the birth of my child to them.”
Source: NHK