Meaning of Obon | Babel Free

Definitions

A Japanese festival to honour the spirits of one's ancestors.

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“It was coming up to Obon, and spirits were cruising about like travelers arriving at the airport with their suitcases, looking for a place to check in. Obon was their summer vacation, too, when they could come back from the land of the dead to visit us here, in the land of the so-called living.”

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