Bonbana - Bonbana

Japanese: 盆花 - ぼんばな

Flowers offered during O-bon. A general term for bellflowers, ominaeshi, misohagi, hagi, and lilies. Recently, artificial flowers such as lotus are also called bon flowers. Traditionally, they were picked from the mountains around 10 days before O-bon, and this event is called bonbana mukae. It is said that the spirits of O-bon are welcomed from the mountains into the homes of people using the bonbana as a substitute.

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Japanese:

盆に供える花。ききょう，おみなえし，みそはぎ，はぎ，ゆりなどを総称していう。最近では，はすなどの造花をも盆花と称している。古くは盆の 10日前後に山からとってきたもので，その行事を盆花迎えという。盆の精霊が盆花を依代 (よりしろ) として，山から家々へ迎えられるとされている。

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