Antesteria Festival - Antesteria Festival

Japanese: アンテステリアの祭 - あんてすてりあのまつり
Antesteria Festival - Antesteria Festival

…There are some commonalities among the banquets of the world's peoples. Banquets are held as part of periodic festivals, and an extraordinary world of solemnity, frenzy, competition, extravagance, and gift-giving unfolds there. For the hunter-gatherer Eskimos, the Kwakiutl Native Americans, and the Australian Aborigines, summer and the dry season are seasons for work, but winter and the rainy season are seasons for intensive festivals to confirm and strengthen solidarity. Banquets are held during these seasons, and they are drawn into a melting pot of excitement. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Anthesteria Festival" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…世界の諸民族の宴会には共通した点がいくつかある。宴会(宴(うたげ))が周期的に訪れる祭りの一環として行われ,そこに厳粛と狂騒,競争,浪費,贈与などをともなった非日常的な世界が展開されている。採集狩猟民のエスキモーやアメリカ・インディアンのクワキウトル族,オーストラリアの原住民にとって,夏や乾季は労働の季節であるが,冬や雨季は彼らが連帯性を確認し,強化するために,祭りを集中的に行う季節である。宴会はこの季節に集まり,彼らは興奮のるつぼに誘い込まれる。…

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