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Obon Part Two: Sending Away Fires (Okuribi) (Ep. 9)

Obon Part Two: Sending Away Fires (Okuribi) (Ep. 9)

FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language


Obon Part Two: Sending Away Fires (Okuribi) (Ep. 9)

FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This month's podcast is Obon Part Two, the time when you have to send ol' grandma and grandpa back to the World of the Dead. There are various ways of doing this. I talk about two, the chill, mellow way and the flinging-balls-of-fire-into-the-air way. Credits The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a piece by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo). The whole album is just gorgeous as it everything else by FM3. Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Check out her books on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a creepy bedtime story sent to you monthly, please visit Patreon.
Released:
Aug 15, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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Looking for a podcast on Japan's mysterious culture? Try listening to Bram Stoker Award Finalist and Clarion West 2015 Graduate Thersa Matsuura's Uncanny Japan Podcast and experience all that is weird about Japan—strange superstitions, folktales, cultural oddities, and interesting language quirks—and not found anywhere else!