Toro-Nagashi
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Toro-nagashi (灯籠流し tōrō nagashi; "setting lanterns adrift") is a ceremony conducted on the last night of the Bon Festival. Paper lanterns are floated down rivers to help guide the ancestral spirits back to the other world. A white lantern represents a person who has died within the last year.
Toro-nagashi is not just performed during Obon; it is also used to commemorate the victims of a disaster, such as the Hiroshima bombings.
In Fatal Frame
In the ending of Fatal Frame III, lanterns floating on the water represent the souls of the dead passing on to the next world.
In Fatal Frame V, dolls were traditionally floated down the river instead of lanterns.[1]
External Links
- Tōrō nagashi on Wikipedia
References
Japanese Culture
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| Religion |
| Buddhism - Shinto |
| Japanese Ghosts/Creatures |
| Funayūrei - Goryō - Hitodama - Ikiryō - Onryō - Ubume - Yōkai - Yūrei |
| Specific Japanese Ghosts/Creatures |
| Oiwa - Okiku - Yuki-onna |
| Terms |
| Dosojin - Grave Mound - Hannya Mask - Higanbana - Jizo - Kaidan - Miko - Mukoyōshi - Sanzu River - Shimenawa - Toro-Nagashi - Wara Ningyo |
| Locations |
| Northeastern Japan - Shizuoka - Sugisawa Village - Tono |
| Media and Entertainment |
| Kagome, Kagome - Ringu |