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

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