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Bluebear from Doubutsu no Mori
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end card redraw for RemakeAc on twt! (a project to reanimate the ac movie)
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Tanabata - Today's Japanese Festival (たなばた/七夕) 🎋
What is Tanabata?
Tanabata is a Japanese festival based on a Chinese folklore story, based on the Chinese Qixi festival. The legend states that every year on the 7th day of the 7th month, Orihime and Okoboshi (Chinese mythical figures who are lovers) will meet. The 7th month is July. Therefore, Tanabata is today! (July 7).
Tanabata customs
Tanabata is celebrated by the celebrators writing their wishes for the future on a piece of coloured paper and then proceeding to hang it on bamboo. This process is called "tanzaku" (短冊)Sometimes, these wishes are written in the form of poetry, which is reminiscent of Tanabata Customs from the era in which Tanabata was a new celebration when Japanese aristocrats held poetry contests. Please note that some customs vary from region to region.
Tanabata in popular culture
Instance 1: Animal Crossing
The Animal Crossing video game franchise is created by Japanese video game giant Nintendo. Nintendo, being Japanese, decided to incorporate Japanese culture into the games to promote it to the western world. In earlier games of the franchise (the Japanese version of the first game along with Animal Crossing: New Leaf) players can obtain in-game bamboo. In the latest game (Animal Crossing: New Horizons), Tanabata is "celebrated" by "selling" limited-editions bamboo plants with tanzaku, and traditional yukata of Orihime and Hikoboshi.
Instance 2: 2008 G8 Summit
In 2008, the date of the G8 Summit (meeting of the "Great 8" countries leaders) was located in Toyako, Japan and coincided with Tanabata. To celebrate, the leaders made tanzaku and wrote their goals, in place of their wishes.
Sources: nippon.com, Wikipedia, Tanabata in Animal Crossing, G8 Summit Tanabata, Tanzaku photo, G8 Summit Photo
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