For Those Living Far from their “Family Temples” Greeting Ancestral Spirits at the Cemetery During O-Bon is More Practical Than Guiding Them Back Home

By Avi Landau On the evening of August 13th I watched a stream of villagers walking toward their “Family Temple”, colorful handheld lanterns in hand. They were observing the O-Bon Festival in the traditional way, going to the cemetery (on the temple grounds) to lead the ancestral spirits back home – where they will “spend… Read More For Those Living Far from their “Family Temples” Greeting…