Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-11-12
MERRYMAklNG In JAPAN.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE OF
THE FLowERY KINGDOM.
Great Public Festivals That Had
Their Origin in Religious and
National Ceremonials.


with full determination to see and
be seen, and if, as judged by our own
standards, few repulsive features Of
life do occasionally present them
selves when least looked for and under
almost startling circumstances, it is
none the less a fact that the great
mass of the people enjoy their mirth
full seasons innocently and with hearty
COED will.
Public festivals in Japan, as a rule,
have their origin in some religious or
national ceremonial, says a CORE
spondent of the Chicago Record, but
they are now carried on quite apart
from any religious observance,
although the fairs are held and the
booths and stalls are erected in the
broad avenue approaches about the
temples, and the priests, as matter
of course, cone in for n fair share of
the holiday money spent by old and
young alike. The temples at these
times are open almost the entire day
and night, few priests kneeling on
either side the shrine chant their un-
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"uSances' 'nS Soene IL very striAinS'
ana as one can rea''iiy uscehu helSh,
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tbo temnles ore Aanked with oiant
traas whicb +hrow welcome and ra'
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an,1 iias,oIi' ~ sbaI+or;no, hranaI,a,
tho a t,,n,hIary ~ iraalers fbo hnIlad
rnoroana i and snae{ e ,mao+ seI,ers nnl
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