What happened in July 7 ?

Tanabata the Stars Festival

This is a celebrate of Japan 

It  celebrate the meeting of the Deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by 

the stars Vega and Altair respectively) 

The Legend, Milky Way separates these lovers,and meeting onlyn once a year on the seventh days of the seventh lunar moth of the lunisolar calendar. but The date of Tanabata varies by region of the country.but the first festivities begin on July seven of the Gregorian Calendar.

Story

The Story of Tanabata was inspiren by famous  Chinise Florkore History 

 "The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd". 

Traditional Japanese Customs

-The people Generally whitring Wishes but sometimes  in the form of poetry, in small  pieces of paper and haning them in Bamboo,

and afther of Festival burn

There is also a traditional Tanabata song.

ささのは　さらさら         Sasa no ha sara-sara           The bamboo leaves rustle,

のきばに　ゆれる         Nokiba ni yureru               shaking away in the eaves.

お星さま　きらきら         Ohoshi-sama kira-kira         The stars twinkle

きんぎん　すなご         Kingin sunago                  on the gold and silver grains of sand.

ごしきの　たんざく        Goshiki no tanzaku             The five-colour paper strips

わたしが　かいた         watashi ga kaita               I have already written.

お星さま　きらきら        Ohoshi-sama kirakira           The stars twinkle,

空から　見ている        sora kara miteru               they watch us from heaven.

Curiosities:In the previous celebration of tanabata Pokemon Company distributed a Shiny Jirachi celebration of this day as players of their games

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