#松上げ — Public Fediverse posts

Another local tradition is the throwing of torches (or burning pieces of straw rope) into the air at the end of Obon (お盆).
In this way spirits are literally directed away from earth to the netherworld.

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On August 24th the temple of Kōun-ji (高雲寺) in Kumogahata (雲ヶ畑) sponsors the Matsuage (松上げ).
Each year a secretly chosen (usually Buddhist) symbol is created with bonfires on the mountainside opposite the temple as a prayer for good harvests and fire protection.

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6) 'MATSUAGE', LOCAL FIRE FESTIVALS🔥

Along the Kamo River the villages of Hanase (花背), Hirogawara (広河原) and Kumogahata (雲ヶ畑) preserve torch lighting ceremonies called Matsuage (松上げ).

These fire festivals perhaps most clearly show where the Gozan-no-Okuribi came from.
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