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Hawaii Plantation Village Obon Festival. The spirit of bon dancing is welcoming to everyone and the gestures tend to be repetitive and easy to pick up. June 5 & 19, july 3 & 24, and august 14 & 28. This japanese buddhist tradition to honor the spirits of ancestors has been going on for over 500 years. A legacy of eight generations in hawai‘i » + google calendar + ical export.
Today in hawaii, various local japanese buddhist shrines and bon dance groups continue to celebrate this festival tradition. 于蘭盆會 or 盂蘭盆會, urabon�e), a sanskrit meaning hanging upside down, which implies great suffering. We will also be open on the following saturdays, 9:00 a.m. June 5 & 19, july 3 & 24, and august 14 & 28. And obon is celebrated as a time to remember your ancestors. Obon service & obon dance.
Princess kaiulani hotel obon festival, time tbd saturday, june 21:
Bon dance season in hawaii will get under way this week on oahu with events at hawaii’s plantation village in waipahu (pictured, above) and at the hawaii state library, situated between iolani palace and honolulu hale in honolulu’s capitol district. And obon is celebrated as a time to remember your ancestors. The irrepressible takeshi take toma has invited us to join him for an evening of bon dancing and grinding on onolicious local foods at the annual obon festival on saturday evening, june 1. Hawaii’s plantation village, 5:45 p.m., following 5:30 p.m. The midsummer holiday of obon, the festival of the souls, was celebrated throughout the plantation system, and, starting in the 1880s, all work stopped on november 3 as japanese workers cheered the birthday of japan�s emperor. June 5 & 19, july 3 & 24, and august 14 & 28.