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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
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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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