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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Star Festival (Tanabata Festival) - Wishes - July 7th, 2010

    
Tanabata Festival (Star Festival) is a Japanese tradition.  People write their "wishes" on tanzaku papers and hang them on bamboo branches.

Tanabata originated more than 2,000 years ago with an old Chinese tale called Kikkoden.

Once there was a weaver princess named Orihime(おりひめ)and a cow herder prince named Hikoboshi (ひこぼし)living in space. After they got together, they were playing all the time and forgot about their jobs. The king was angry at them and separated them on opposite sides of the Amanogawa River (あまのがわMilky Way). The king allowed them to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar.

Tanabata(たなばた)literally means the night of the seventh, and it's also known as the star festival. It's believed that Orihime and Hikoboshi can't see each other if the day is rainy, so people pray for good weather and also make wishes for themselves.  (from About.com)







Make a Wish in Japanese





七夕 = たなばた =  Tanabata = Star Festival
願いごと = ねがいごと= Negaigoto = Wish


ねがいごとは  なんですか。
Negaigoto wa nandesuka = What is your wish?

My wish is...  わたしの ねがいごと は・・・
もやもやが  すっきりしますように  スチュアート

日本でたのしく  すごせますように  ステファニー

びじゅつとスポーツがもっと  たのしめますように  ジョーダン

いつもしあわせで  ありますように  ジョン

アイビープログラムを  落としませんように  トム


てぃむほおとんずでくるまが  あたりますように でぃあな

たのしいなつやすみに  なりますように  えま

べんあだむすに  あえますように  ろくさん

くるまのめんきょが  とれますように  ぶれっと

アルバイトがみつかりますように  ジェイ


  くろのストライプのあかおびが  とれますように  エベリーナ

めきしこわんがきれいに  なりますように  きゃさりん

ギターがじょうずに  なりますように  ティファニー

平和  ダニエルペイン

かっこいいふくを  かってもらえますように  モリー

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