My favorite celebration is Omisoka. Omisoka is the last day of the year. Every year on this day, I go to my grandmothers house with my family. My cousin and her mother also come there. On the night we enjoy music variety shows or marathon programs on TV, and special dinner. Many funny varieties are on air this day. It is very common Japanese style. This day is also my cousin’s birthday. So, we eat cakes too. It is my pleasure time! And we go to the temple around twelve am. Buddhist temples start ringing their bells on late New Year's Eve and continue into the early hours of New Year 's Day -108times in all. The figure symbolize the casting away of 108 earthly desires. Actually we can ring this bell. After that we can get cup noodles and some snacks and a sweet alcoholic drink made from fermented rice there . And we eat New year's Eve Buckwheat Noodles. Usually Japanese people eat that in Omisoka. But we don't care about that. Eating buckwheat noodles, and wishing for longevity has remained as one of the good old traditions of the night. People pray for longevity by eating long thin noodles, hoping for the health of the whole family in the coming year. Every year on this day, I am very excited because I can eat delicious food and I can get New Year in New Year's gift.
That is why this day is my favorite celebration.
Is this only Japanese festival? Looks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn my country we don't celebrate new year's day.
ReplyDeleteBut I think celebrate new year's day to go to tempel, to eat nodle ,and to get gift is so interesting.