This last weekend Michele and I attended our second Obon Festival. Our first was last year in Seattle, this year it was a little closer home at the the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim. If you haven't done an Obon Festival before I recommend you give it a look, it's a lot of fun. Your typical Obon Festival consists of lots of food, Taiko drumming and toward the end of the day Bon Odori Dancing, which is like a big community square dance. Next year both Michele and I are going to take the dancing lessons so we can participate. We don't want to miss out in the fun. For those interested the OC Buddhist Church practices Shin Buddhism which is the largest form of Buddhism in Japan but very little known outside in the west. I plan on taking some classes there soon and am very glad I found them. Here are some phots, enjoy:
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