Bon-Odori

Bon-Odori Bon-Odori Bon-Odori is the annual memorial dance to commemorate the lives of loved ones who have passed away during the previous 12 months. Over a two-day period in August many Buddhists celebrate the Bon Odori Festival. Bon Odori originates from the story of a Buddhist disciple, Moggallana, who envisioned his deceased mother in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts where she was suffering for her selfishness. Greatly disturbed, he went to Buddha to ask how he could release her from this upside down world. The Buddha advised his disciple to perform some charitable act in memory of his mother. The disciple did this and, thus, secured her release. He also began to see the true nature of her past unselfishness and the many sacrifices that she had made for him. The disciple was so happy for his mother’s release and grateful dance, odori, disciple, bon, release, time, sacrifices, ones, mother, memorial, loved, lives, joy, festival, celebrate, buddhist, buddha, bon-odori, ancestors, yukata, world, without, vocals, upside, unselfishness, two-day, true, traditional, towels, thus, terms, suffering, story, sticks, simple