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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6406359" data-attributes="member: 50895"><p>In my published Kaidan setting of Japanese horror (PFRPG), due to its affinity with undead, the real world Japanese Obon Festival held in August is a part of the setting. Essentially, Obon is the Festival of the Dead, when the spirits of our ancestors visit the land of the living to be honored by members of their living family, then the spirits are returned to the land of the Dead via tiny folded paper boats with lit candles and placed in streams and rivers to float out to sea. Also the playing of Taika drums and dancing is a part of the festival activities as well. This is a week long celebration.</p><p></p><p>New Year celebrations are the only other national holiday celebrated by all members of society and cleave to Japanese traditional practices of the same holiday. Use of fireworks, parades, temple pilgrimages, and special feasts are a part of the New Year celebration - a week long event.</p><p></p><p>Most other festivals held in Kaidan vary as regional festivals only with different celebratory practices and are unique to each region or village - there are few other "national" holidays beyond the Obon festival and New Year, however. Also almost all these holidays are religious, many having parades marched through town with a heavy temple float carried by yakuza members through the streets - yakuza are expected to perform this public service as part of their positive participation in the community.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 6406359, member: 50895"] In my published Kaidan setting of Japanese horror (PFRPG), due to its affinity with undead, the real world Japanese Obon Festival held in August is a part of the setting. Essentially, Obon is the Festival of the Dead, when the spirits of our ancestors visit the land of the living to be honored by members of their living family, then the spirits are returned to the land of the Dead via tiny folded paper boats with lit candles and placed in streams and rivers to float out to sea. Also the playing of Taika drums and dancing is a part of the festival activities as well. This is a week long celebration. New Year celebrations are the only other national holiday celebrated by all members of society and cleave to Japanese traditional practices of the same holiday. Use of fireworks, parades, temple pilgrimages, and special feasts are a part of the New Year celebration - a week long event. Most other festivals held in Kaidan vary as regional festivals only with different celebratory practices and are unique to each region or village - there are few other "national" holidays beyond the Obon festival and New Year, however. Also almost all these holidays are religious, many having parades marched through town with a heavy temple float carried by yakuza members through the streets - yakuza are expected to perform this public service as part of their positive participation in the community. [/QUOTE]
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