Festival To Burn An Entire Mountain In Japan

Instead of just burning fireworks to celebrate the festival, the people of Nara city have a more distinctive way of organizing by burning an entire mountain. Japan, is also the ancient capital of the country cherry blossoms until 784. It is loved by tourists thanks to its traditional values bearing the color of time and many unique cultural and artistic festivals. One of them is the Wakakusa mountain burning festival. Image: Jessica

.Wakakusa, 350 m high, was formerly an extinct volcano, located behind Nara Park. From the top of the mountain, visitors can admire the panoramic view of the city. Wakakusa was initially covered with reed grass, cherry blossoms on both sides of the mountain in full bloom in early April However, when winter comes, the grass turns yellow and the cherry deciduous, the mountain becomes alone, gloomy.



This is also the time when the famous Wakakusa Yamayaki festival begins. Wakakusa Yamayaki Festival is held on Saturday, 4th week of January. The origin of the festival so far is not really clear, but many people believe that the reason is due to the dispute between Todai-ji and Kofuku-ji temples in 1760 surrounding the ownership of Mount Wakakusa. Due to unsuccessful reconciliation, they decide to burn the mountain to resolve the conflict. However, according to another legend, the cause of the burning of the mountain is said to keep the boars away, preventing them from attacking the people. Today, the festival is organized by the three temples, Todaiji, Kofukuji and Kasuga. The opening ceremony will be a torch-burning ceremony at Kasuga Shrine After that, the fire will be paraded to the foot of Mount Wakakusa, where the funeral pyre is set up.



Photo: Iris. At 18 o'clock, the festival opens with a brilliant fireworks display and when the ceremony ends, the "burning mountain" ritual begins. The burning process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour depending on how dry the grass is. This majestic mountain burning can be seen at any point in Nara. Photo: Rocky. According to Vnexpress ***.

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