{"id":4304,"date":"2015-02-28T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2018-07-24T20:55:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T20:55:37","slug":"hinamaturi-japanese-doll-festival-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/hinamaturi-japanese-doll-festival-for-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinamaturi – Japanese Doll Festival for Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of the young girls in Japan are now looking forward to celebrate the Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri, \u3072\u306a\u307e\u3064\u308a\u3001\u96db\u796d\u308a)coming up next week, on March 3rd. Every year, on this day, parents along with their daughters celebrate their daughter’s happiness and health. It is a special day for a family with daughters, as they prepare for this day even a month ago.<\/p>\n

One of the most important thing they prepare for this day is the special doll called, Hinaningyo, (\u3072\u306a\u306b\u3093\u304e\u3087\u3046\u3001\u96db\u4eba\u5f62). This is a doll only for March 3rd, Hinamatsuri.<\/p>\n

Since the Edo period in 1600’s, \u00a0dolls such as above are displayed in\u00a0imperial court costumes. The costumes symbolize the Heian Period (794-1192). Full scale display is usually, 7 tiers although it is common to only display the emperor and empress that you see on the top tier.<\/p>\n

On the second tier, what you see are three ladies-in-waiting. They are called San-nin- Kanjo (\u3055\u3093\u306b\u3093\u304b\u3093\u3058\u3087\u3001\uff13\u4eba\u5b98\u5973). \u00a0On the third tier, you see the five male court musicians. They are called Go-nin Bayashi(\u3054\u306b\u3093\u3070\u3084\u3057\u3001\u4e94\u4eba\u56c3\u5b50).<\/p>\n

Ministers that are called, Sa-daijin & U-daijin (\u5de6\u5927\u81e3\u3001\u53f3\u5927\u81e3) sit besides the food on the forth tier. On\u00a0the fifth row, you see the 3 guards called Eji(\u3048\u3058\u3001\u885b\u58eb).<\/p>\n

There days, there are many stypes of Hinaningyo(\u3072\u306a\u306b\u3093\u304e\u3087\u3046\u3001\u96db\u4eba\u5f62) out on the market. The one you see above is very traditional, full size, 7 tier display. However, there are many smaller versions of Hinaningyo’s such as the ones below.<\/p>\n

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“Kumamon Hina Dolls” by Japanexperterna.se is licensed under CC BY-SA on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n

This coming March 3rd, if you have a daughter(s) at home, you might want to celebrate the day with her as a special day just for girls. Even if you don’t have Hinaningyo’s like this to display, you can still celebrate by listening or singing the traditional Japanese Doll’s Festival Song\uff01<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SFugKy3Baic<\/a><\/p>\n

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Many of the young girls in Japan are now looking forward to celebrate the Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri, \u3072\u306a\u307e\u3064\u308a\u3001\u96db\u796d\u308a)coming up next week, on March 3rd. Every year, on this day, parents along with their daughters celebrate their daughter’s happiness and health. It is a special day for a family with daughters, as they prepare for this…<\/p>\n

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