Virtual Gion Festival Presentation | Writers in Kyoto Event
Channel: The Gion Festival
Date: 2021-07-29

In her talk given to the Writers in Kyoto community, Gion Festival expert Catherine Pawasarat gave a sneak preview from her new book, "The Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries", the first comprehensive guidebook to the Gion Festival in English.

Presentation topics include:
* Covid-relevant: The anti-plague roots of the festival, details of the Gion Festival deities and how they came to be considered powerful against plagues.
* Covid has caused the Gion Festival to be reduced in scale. Were there other times in history when the 1160+ year-old Gion Festival was scaled back or didn't take place? What were the causes? 
* Other times in history when the Gion Festival, or parts of it, did not take place, such as after the Great Fire of 1864 and during the US Occupation when there was a regulation against gathering in public.
* A generative shift of our perception of the festival from a tourist extravaganza to an amazing collection of spiritual rituals, and an incredibly large but essentially self-organizing community. How might this affect us as festival-goers and lovers of Kyoto?
* Challenges faced by the Gion Festival community today, and how they are transforming these into opportunities to introduce new vitality to the festival.

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好きでしたらライクやサブスクライブやコメントしてください。
京都の世界的なレベルで素晴らしい祇園祭についての意識と継続可能性を支援する目標で、そのため一緒にサポットしましょう。
Grow your understanding of Kyoto's fascinating Gion Matsuri with my book or website. Details below. 
詳細については英語になりますが、下に私がクリエートした祇園祭についての本やウエブサイトまで。
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"The Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries" is the first comprehensive English guidebook on this 1150+-year-old festival. It intimately covers this World Heritage Event with stunning photos of priceless artwork, plus explanations of legends and esoteric secrets. Discover insider details on the Gion Festival community, including spiritual, cultural and artistic contexts that are not available anywhere else in English.
Learn more and get free excerpts from the book here: https://www.gionfestival.org/book

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