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Culture — March 1, 2009 22:19 — Comments Written by: NEENZ

Hawaii Culture: Japanese Tradition, Hina Matsuri

One of the blessings about living in Hawaii is the exposure to the traditions of the different cultures which then becomes part of your own, personal culture. On March 3 of each year is the Japanese Doll Festival or Hina Matsuri, familiarly known as Girl’s Day.

big hinamatsuri Hawaii Culture: Japanese Tradition, Hina MatsuriThe origin of Hina Matsuri is said to be from an ancient Chinese ceremony in which people would make paper dolls and transfer their ill fortunes or sicknesses to the dolls. They would then cast all of the paper dolls into a river. Feeling pure, they would then welcome the Spring season.

To celebrate Hina Matsuri which means festival of peach blossoms, practitioners display dolls adorned in ancient Japanese wardrobe set upon tiered platforms; sometimes accompanied with colored mochi. The three different mochi colors are: white (symbolizes snow), green (symbolizes growth), and pink (symbolizes peach flowers).

Here are a list of events happening around the world to celebrate Girl’s Day:

How will you be celebrating Hina Matsuri?

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  • April, I hope you continue to read. The residents of Hawaii have incorporated so many different cultures to form "local culture". We aim to acknowledge them all.

    Jen, I love Twitter! Glad we have found each other. :)
  • Hi, Just found your blog through Twitter! Love it!
  • April M. Williams
    I was fortunate to celebrate 3/3/09 in Hawaii with Japanese friends. I had never heard of girls day until then. The Japanese influences are one of the things that draws us back to Hawaii.
  • @Eugene I'll be writing a post about Boys' Day, we'll celebrate once more.

    @Renee You're the girl! So celebrate :)

    @Meg Can we compromise with you vacationing in Hawaii? I'll have a tweetup just for you :)
  • Meg
    and "smarthing" should be "starting" :P
  • Meg
    I'm smarthing to think I'm either going to have to move to Hawaii or unfollow you on Twitter! So jealous of the good weather, laid back life and now a gorgeous girls' festival.
  • Renee, be the first. Have a strong and beautiful carp flying for your boy. Others will see it and soon you'll have something going in the future. Maybe next year.
  • I really wish there was a little girl in my life that I could celebrate with. I will be sure to keep boys day in mind for my son. And I wonder why there are no events in Atlanta?
  • Hinamatsuri was a big part of my growing up. So was Boys' Day (Tango no Sekku / Kodomi no Hi). In some ways Hawaii and other parts of the world practice these old cultural ways more than modern Japan.
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