Monday, February 4, 2019

Procrastinating Burning the Kadomatsu

Art has a very special friend who was his classmate in high school. This friend has given us a kadomatsu to welcome every year.

We were pretty good the first couple of years to burn the kadomatsu after 15 days had passed. But ummmm.... for the last few years we've procrastinated pretty badly.
"A kadomatsu (門松, "gate pine") is a traditional Japanese decoration as yorishiro (Shinto object to attract spirits) of the New Year placed in pairs in front of homes to welcome ancestral spirits or kami of the harvest. They are placed after Christmas until January 7 (or January 15 during the Edo period) and are considered temporary housing (shintai) for kami....
...After January 15 (or in many instances the 19th) the kadomatsu is burned to appease the kami or toshigami and release them."              --Wikipedia

This year, it was on our To Do list so.... Yay! It got done!

And now it's on to February.

Holey smokes! Time is burning away.
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16 comments:

  1. AnnsterwFebruary 4, 2019 at 2:05 AM

    So they are probably so happy to finally be free! That is about the coolest Thing I have heard of - thanks for sharing!

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  2. TaborFebruary 4, 2019 at 3:10 AM

    So many burning ceremonies that I miss.

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  3. ChristineFebruary 4, 2019 at 3:29 AM

    Thanks for sharing this tradition, interesting.

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  4. DJanFebruary 4, 2019 at 3:45 AM

    I have only heard of this from your blog, Kay, and I find it fascinating. Glad to know you have released those trapped spirits. :-)

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  5. Rhapsody PhoenixFebruary 4, 2019 at 4:52 AM

    Blessings. Sounds like a wonderful tradition.
    Life sometimes gets in the way, good you got it done though.

    have a fabulous week.

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  6. AdamFebruary 4, 2019 at 5:06 AM

    Interesting ritual

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  7. Joanne NoragonFebruary 4, 2019 at 5:32 AM

    Did you burn it indoors or out? No matter what, good job!

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    1. KayFebruary 4, 2019 at 6:14 AM

      Definitely outdoors. It would have set off all our smoke detectors if we did it indoors.

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  8. Great Grandma LinFebruary 4, 2019 at 6:57 AM

    fun tradition...

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  9. Arkansas PattiFebruary 4, 2019 at 9:56 AM

    Glad you made the window and didn't release unhappy spirits.

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  10. MageFebruary 4, 2019 at 1:38 PM

    :)

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  11. Linda ReederFebruary 4, 2019 at 2:20 PM

    May the happy spirits be with you. :-)

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  12. Agnes CF LeeFebruary 4, 2019 at 9:21 PM

    Are the flowers tight on the bamboo real ? Very interesting tradition.

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  13. KayFebruary 5, 2019 at 6:14 AM

    No, not tight at all. And these were plastic.

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  14. jabblogFebruary 7, 2019 at 1:13 AM

    What a lovely tradition. Our tradition is always to remove all Christmas decorations on the Twelfth Day of Christmas (December 6th) To be honest, it's quite a relief!

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  15. Jenn JilksFebruary 8, 2019 at 4:49 AM

    This is really interesting!

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