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FEAST OF BANNERS (Jap. Nobori-no-Sekku)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 354 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FEAST OF

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BANNERS (
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Jap. Nobori-no-Sekku)  , a
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Japanese festival in
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honour of male
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children held on the 5th of May . Every householder who has sons fastens a
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bamboo
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pole over his
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door and hangs from it gaily-coloured
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paper fishes, one for each of his boys . These fishes are made to represent
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carp, which are in Japanese
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folklore symbolical of
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health and
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longevity . The
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day is recognized as a
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national
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holiday . For
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banners in
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general see
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FLAG .

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